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Author:  furgie [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Hi guys,

Just finished basing 4,500 points of Space marines and I'd like to paint them so they can be used in anger.

I'm a dreadful painter and really hate doing it, so I thought I would just undercoat white (spray) and then spray Blue (to make them ultra marines) and then finish with a little silver here and there for weapons, vehicle damage etc, and perhaps some white markings, also on the vehicles.

Any thoughts or ideas on a better way? Some of the marines and vehicles are SM1 green and blue plastic, hence the white undercoat.

Furgie

Author:  Warmaster Nice [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Depending on how dark you want the veichles you could also undercoat thhem black and then spray blue. If you are a bit carefull and don't spray too heavy a layer of blueyou will get as minor shading effect.
Alternatively spray everything white and give it a coat of thinned down dark blue (Regal or Midnight blue) which should leave the edges with a bit of highlight. Optionally you could coat everything with ultramarine blue before the wash.

The way I paint my ultramarines are first a coat of regal blue (white spray primer for metal units) then drybrush from ultramarine to lightning blue. sometimes I also give a quick wash of my old Regal blue (waaaay old pots) which has a slightly less "blue" shade than the current colour.
Then it is a simple matter of adding detail to suit your taste.

I hope thhis helps.
Cheers! :)

Author:  Falesh [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

For speed there is a guide to how to paint Rhinos just using spray paint in the AE rulebook, that might help.

Check out the "Appendix: Painting Epic Miniatures" here: http://www.specialist-games.com/epic40k/Vault.htm

Author:  vanvlak [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:10 pm ]
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And try applying a wash and a drybrush - dark blue wash is ok, and try bleached bone drybrush - seems to go well with anything if you keep the paint volume low. Both techniques are fast and very effective. If you do use wash, paint the bases after applying the wash - at least if you mess up the bases when applying wash on the troops.
:oo

Author:  TuffSkull [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

I did my first playtest army for E:A in a day & did it by:
Undercoat white
Wash with blue ink.
Metal deails
Metal wash (black)
white details (you could skip this I guess)

It gave a very basic job, but was damn fast & the reultant miniatures were shaded due to the wash straight over white.

Author:  netepic [ Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:50 pm ]
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Do you have any pics of them Tuff?

Author:  TuffSkull [ Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:45 am ]
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Quote (netepic @ 22 2004 Feb.,22:50)
Do you have any pics of them Tuff?

I'm sure I posted some on the boards at one time.

I think they also feature in my review of the Timecast scenics - did that article make it onto the new system from the old Epic40k.com site?

If not, I'll dig some out.

Author:  TuffSkull [ Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:49 am ]
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Couldnt find it on the EpiCenter, but going through the old site I found some pics HERE

Seems I still know my way around that old site like the back of my hand.... ahh.. the memories...  :blush:

Author:  furgie [ Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Thank you for all your replies.

Food for thought.


Furgie

Author:  netepic [ Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Hmm.... you may have a convert to the Ultramarines - they are a wicked paint job :D

Author:  Viscount Charles [ Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

I did an Ultramarines army for the original Space Marine in a weekend - about 6 tactical detachments, 4 assault and 4 devastator detachments, rhinos for everyone, a dozen land raiders, land speeders, 3 predators and 3 vindicators.

I used a spay gun for pretty much everything - white undercoat, mid-blue base coat, dark blue ink (yep - sprayed on  :D ), a quick drybrush mid-blue, detail guns in silver and tank tracks in black, paint bases green and flock, finishing with a coat of gloss varnish (again, with the spray gun).  It would never win any prizes for beuty, but in E:A terms that was probably 5,000 points done in 48 hours.

The next weekend I painted the same number again, in green (for a chapter of my own invention, the Viper Knights).

I wish I could repeat that sort of feat.  My E40k Marine army is almost finished - so that's what, 8 years after the game came out?

Author:  mr_mich [ Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:43 am ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Wow TuffSkull, those are like...the ideal ultramarines.  I hope you don't mind if I steal your scheme. :)

Author:  TuffSkull [ Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Quote (mr_mich @ 27 2004 Feb.,00:43)
Wow TuffSkull, those are like...the ideal ultramarines. ?I hope you don't mind if I steal your scheme. :)

LOL, not at all  - Its hardly a great technical breakthough for painting schemes & at any rate, I wouldnt post if I did mind!  :cool:

Author:  Cuban Commissar [ Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Ultra marine painting advice

Just to add a thought...

I use blue ink for my Napoleonic armies.  To make a real nice blue, thats a little darker, mix some black ink into the blue ink.

Tale Care

Author:  mr_mich [ Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:36 pm ]
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Quote (TuffSkull @ 27 2004 Feb.,11:00)
Its hardly a great technical breakthough for painting schemes & at any rate

The simplicity of the process doesn't make it look any less well-done, just easier to replicate. :)

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