[Bloodhound]

I thought that the purple on my Dark Angels Successors was a bit too bright so I made it darker. I liked it and here's a tute.

Step 1
Base the areas to be purple in a mix of 1:1:4 Chaos Black:Mechrite Red:Liche Purple. Keep this thin.



Step 2
Make a wash of 1:1:2:10 Purple Ink:Chaos Black:'Ardcoat:Water and coat the purple in it. Don't just coat the surface but the adjoining crevacess as these are the shading.



Step 3
Rebase the surfaces with the mix in step 1. Keep this thin and leave a fair bit of the wash showing for shading purposes.



Step 4
Highlight the purple with 3:1 Liche Purple:Chaos Black carefully, leaving a bit of the previous mix showing.



Step 5
Highlight with straight Liche Purple.




Simple. Effective.

Have fun with this.


Thanks

 

[CATzeentch]

I like, i think i might use this on my purple/pink emperors children.

 

[eon08]

it looks great but why put ardcoat in the wash? it just makes your shading shiny, does it make the wash easier to use or what? im kind of a noob when it comes to using ardcoat or pva with my paint, really confused

 

[Mad King George]

i like the black lines you have left

 

[Bloodhound]

The ardcoat it to protect from scratches.
When you use primer, the undercoat itself is protected but the paints can still scratch. This protects it fairly well.

 

[whiskeytango]

i like the green and purple together... makes me think of the riddler

 

[Wykyd]

OMG!!, thats awesome painting Dude.
I am kind of a noob at painting, but this looks worth trying.
My marines are a basic version of what you have above, and I have been looking for a more complex paint scheme.

How do you measure out the ratios of the mixes?
Should I undercoat the models chaos black first?
Howd you do the green?

 

[Pirate Metal Troy]

The purple and green was never one of my fav color combos but the result is pretty good.

 

[Inquisitor Aurelius]

I would've left out Step Five, personally, but even so, not at all a bad technique. It'd work quite well for Slaaneshi types, methinks.