He lives in Craftworld Hamburg, located in the north of Germany, where he walks the Path of the Graphic Designer. Cookie Notice Need to add some contrast medium to basilicanum grey to tone it down. "@type": "FAQPage", You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. ", If you have a hard time with your pour, try using a funnel used for pouring booze into those tiny metal flasks. Damn you GW for introducing innovation after I've committed to something else!! As the head of his Legion, he fast gained a reputation for the exact qualities the Iron Hands would later came to embody bloody-minded ruthlessness, a disdain for any and all obstacles, and a hatred of weakness. I finished off with Leadbelcher on the trim highlighted with Vallejo Model Air Silver. We are hobbyists like you and do all of this in our spare time. The appropriately-titled, Additionally, if you can get your hands on them, the. All names, trademarks, and images are copyrighted by their respective owners. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. The Army Painters new metallic colour Warpaints are regular acrylic-based metallic paints, non-toxic and dilutable with water or acrylic medium of your choice. So after I prime a model with a spray can, is it a good idea to apply the contrast paint on after that primer dries? Combine whichever medium you prefer in a half-and-half mix with Vallejo Flow improverto create your own Contrast thinner.. Pouches: Rhinox Hide > Gloss Nuln > Baneblade BrownPurity Seal: Mephiston Red > Agrax > Scale75 Aldebaran RedParchment: Zandri Dust > Skeleton Horde > Flayed One FleshSilvers: Scale75 Thrash Metal > Gloss Nuln > Scale 75 Heavy MetalLenses: Mephiston Red > Troll Slayer Orange > Fire Dragon BrightGun Casing: Grey Seer > Apothecary White > Scale 75 White. Should be mixed with Fairy Dust for highlights. One less thing to paint. Old Citadel. Now, gently pour the paint from your Citadel paint pot into your dropper bottle. Pre-heresy Alpha Legion with contrast paints - the closest I've ever gotten to FW colors without an airbrush 737 45 Grey Seer base spray Runefang Steel base coat* - This is very important, as leadbelcher is just too dark and the bright blue doesn't come out as a result, could probably use Stormhost Silver as a replacement, but I didn't try. 25 new Contrast paints are expanding the range into a whole new realm of vibrant colours. I think the leadbelcher base solved a lot of the problems with contrast paint and power armor. If youre looking for less of the 10,000 words about every stratagem in detail approach, and more of a how can I make a cool, fluffy army on the table, then carry on reading here. Iron Hands are one of the many, many Chapters which are best described as pretty much all black, along with their co-releasees the Raven Guard, the Deathwatch, the Ravenwing, and a legion of others. Have you considered a comparison to glazing/contrast/similar over a high-quality metallic, like the Valllejo Metal Color range? That means the price per ml is 0,153 Euro / 0.138 for metallic Warpaints, and 0,30 Euro / 0.23 for Citadel, almost double. Painting black can be hard, and this offers a really good solution to getting something black but then showing you where to highlight. I use Gore-Grunta Fur over Leadbelcher on my Goliaths, makes a great looking dark copper. Rob says there are aboutseven must-have Contrast paintsfor his hobby toolbox. They complete the base and shading with one or two thick coats, and as they dry they form a natural highlight. The Mortal Realms and 41st Millennium boast countless creatures with a touch of the dark, as well as warriors clad in weathered armour and solemn robes. You noted that clear medium was the first thing that came out of some of the pots. The size of the metallic pigments is not as fine as for example Scale75 or Vallejo Mecha Color, however, in comparison to Scale75 Alchemy paints, The Army Painters metallic colours are much more sparkly and vibrant. "Wir sehen hiermit wieder die Sprache als das Dasein des Geistes." It doesn't have the highlighted/shaded effect but it shows the metallic well. Dont miss how all the new Citadel Contrast paints really look on miniatures with each of the new model primers from Games Workshop! I recommend adding a light silver paint such as Stormhost Silver or Shining Silver Warpaint for creating highlights. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. "text": "The spray primers that are designed to work Contrast are going for $22 per can, but in theory, you can use any lighter-colored primer, and it will be fine." I hadnt seen this yet, so I wanted to post something comparing these three as different washes. 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The Legion/Chapter and Clan Company markings on the shoulder pads, the battlefield role on the left knee, and the Squad number on the right knee (Guillimans Codex is really more guidelines than hard and fast rules for these guys) are Leadbelcher highlighted with Model Air Silver. You can watch Robs video to see how to do it or read our highlights below. Now that youve seen the colors and price (dont worry if its too expensive, well show you how to make your own as well), lets look at how paints will look with different rattle can primers. Oh, man. It can take three to four hours to fill 50 or so dropper bottles with paint if youre careful not to make a mess. Did you like this post? 4. Yeah. P.O. Perditius 4 yr. ago "text": "The first question is, do they help you paint faster and get decent results? Review: Speedpaint by The Army Painter really better than Contrast? The 15ml is the standard Vallejo and Army Painter dropper bottle size, so if you dont feel like doing this, just go grab some of their paints! Contrast Paints: Airbrush Test M3Studios 844 subscribers Subscribe 29K views 3 years ago First time ever using Contrast Paints! Vallejo metal color Steel. The medium you wish to use solely depends on your desired effect. For the armour I washed blood angels red contrast and then flesh tearers red contrast all over straight from the pot. The tutorial with zenithal priming for the blood angel has also given me lots of hope for the new line. There really are some cool colors were added, which should make painting a wide range of minis fairly easy. "@type": "Question", Would also be very suitable for Idoneth Deepkin. So yes, no trouble at all with using Leadbelcher as a primer. "acceptedAnswer": { Once the Leadbelcher was dry, I added a couple drops of Tamiya Clear Yellow to Tamiya Smoke, about 1:4. They apply well with a paintbrush or, thinned with airbrush thinner, with an airbrush, too. I take a look at using the paints for. Hey guys, I have been experimenting with making a nice metallic blue armour for thousand sons using contrast. Review: The 25 new Citadel Contrast Colours. INSTAR 6. I wanted to use different techniques to call out the difference between the 10,000 year old armor and the fresh- off-the-line Mk X, while still having the oily-sheen-on-black-metal look that shows they are clearly part of the same larger force. Of course, that leaves Wraithbone in the middle of the road. I see your recipe and would like to add this one. I have been searching out new Metallica and so this is timely. Colours like red, blue, and purple but metallic are some of the few things you cant find in Games Workshops paint range. He is known for bold colour schemes and sharp edge highlights, which he paints with typical German perfectionism (one of the reason he is such a notoriously slow painter). One coat makes it look light gray, the 2nd coat makes it lose edge highlight and makes it shiney in places. Thank You, Patrons. People! Trim on the shoulders, practice my silver/grey highlights etc. Stahly is the founder of Tale of Painters. And this was insanely easy, much easier than trying to airbrush Tamiya glazes on, imo. Theres nothing stopping you from using it with our regular Citadel range, however. This subreddit is for anything and everything related to Warhammer 40k. Black Metal is just too black, 'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect. Can be mixed with a light silver paint such as Stormhost Silver or Shining Silver Warpaint for creating highlights, as well as Fairy Dust. Painting the Traitor Legions with Contrast Heresy isn't easy - you have to muster your forces, plan the route to Terra and make sure that your armour looks good. In this review, I find out how The Army Painters new Metallic Colours Set can keep up with the competition from Scale75 and Green Stuff World. Thanks for the review. Just note that painting over leadbelcher with certain coloured contrast paints leaves a metallic/pearlescent finish (look at shiny Blue/green Alpha Legion armour or red 30k Thousand Sons armour) 12 SpacetimeTwitch 2 yr. ago Thanks for the reply, it does feel like it would be a time saver. It won't work unless the undercoat contrasts in some way. Transferring your paints into dropper bottles will help improve your hobby paint game. A perfect armour colour for Heresy era Thousand Sons. For mixing paints, especially metallics, I recently picked up a mini vortex mixer. Regular Citadel metallic paints have an RRP of 3,60 Euro / 2.75, but they come in 12 ml flip-top containers. Still, if you love GWs paints and contrast more specifically, this could be really good. Not pictured is Nuln Oil on the bases and in the recesses of the silver arms. "text": "Contrast paints retail for $7.80 per 18 ml pot, and because these are between a layer and a wash in consistency, the paint will probably go fairly quickly" }] There are a, frankly unreasonable, number of YouTube videos on the topic of how to use Contrast paints. I wanted to darken the metal more, especially in the recesses, but leave a bit of the Leadbelcher showing through on the raised spots. Each Clan Company has its own symbol too, which features on the right shoulder plate, with the Chapter symbol on the left. "@type": "Answer", So I'm getting into painting my models, and under their different paints GW has this type called contrast, which it says " , gives you a vivid base and realistic shading all in a single application. Lastly I gave all the armor plates a coat of thinned Tamiya Smoke to tie it all together and bring the black tone up a little more. He transitioned from Lego to Games Workshop models at the tender age of 11 and didn't look back ever since. Dont worry, contrast and viewing the model from 3 feet away will hide your sins. Or just read this Hammer of Math. However, this may be be way forward for things like pouches and different coloured weapons. Rob walks us through how to make your own! Use this as your excuse for the Dread mob of your dreams, though. And then a dab on the lenses in the helmet. Get the Supplies to Transfer Your Contrast Paints: Contrast paints retail for $7.80 per 18 ml pot, and because these are between a layer and a wash in consistency, the paint will probably go fairly quickly. However, this is only a minor inconvenience and can easily be remedied. Wait, BT has a blue/green tint? David Johnston (Brother Argos) and the Bolter and Chainsword, https://redemptionminiatures.com/painting-metallic-blue-with-contrast/. Box 2225Southern Pines, NC 28387United States of America. The new Codex Supplement is all well and good, but what about if you want to know more about the Logical Boys? These paints look like an amazing product which I won't/can't use since I've already painted a third of my Marines to a certain standard in an old-school aesthetic. David Johnston (Brother Argos) and the Bolter and Chainsword The BA red is a little too flat, I think. Other than the color, the pop-iness and general characteristics of the paints are very similar, as we can see! (Before anyone says use contrast black on GW leadbelcher or iron warriors metal, that may work for infantry models, but how would that work for vehicles with flat panels? Not really; they will give you a tabletop standard very quickly, however." Looking for a metallic paint quite a bit darker than leadbelcher, a neutral metallic very dark, or almost black. A little bit of shaking is required to prevent separating. In the Moirae Schism, a large number of Iron Hands Marines came to believe in the Moirae Tech-creed, officially a tech-heresy which split the Adeptus Mechanicus. That's why this makes me righteously mad since I've never strived for top quality painting, yet Contrast paints appear to enable people to get decent results in no time. "@type": "Answer", Better safe than sorry. Release the excess medium, open the bottle, and give it a good stir, for example with a cocktail stick. You Give Goonhammer Writers Serotonin. "@context": "https://schema.org", Their Clear paints are kind of thick and gloopy and takes longer to dry between steps than washes or glazes. Iron Hands are pretty much just Space Marines in Apocalypse. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "ad7ef11115e186fc783f5b743231fd13" );document.getElementById("bf36fdcb51").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Tale of Painters is an unofficial Warhammer hobby magazine run by hobbyists like you. Opinions are our own. My previous metallic ones are tamyia metallic light blue with tamiya clear blue over the top (same as my Heresy thousand sons only with the red replaced with blue),but again, I felt it came out a little too dark/deep for what I was looking for (still looks good though ;-) ): I might give the Talassar blue a try though, the Akhellion worked really well on Magnus (I've nearly finished him) so will try it a Rubric for comparison soon. Yeah, I almost went with that (I'm mostly using Heresy models and saying they're time lost) but I don't want to start my beasties over to match. Mix with Fairy Dust for highlights. "acceptedAnswer": { This message was edited 1 time. The Contrast medium helps pull the wash into all the recesses intensifying the shading. Fortunately, Horus Heresy mastermind and Alpha Legion commander Anuj is on hand to guide us through painting the nine Traitor Legions to a fast, Battle Ready standard with Contrast paint. Here are my Top Five Contrast paints that I love, which may be perfect for you too! Link to video of guy using BT contrast paint to paint a primaris marine. You could also look at the towering Redemptor or dip into Forge Worlds range of Dreadnoughts. I haven't tried it, but I've seen it. For example, I wouldnt recommend using contrast paints for metallics; however I strongly recommend using them for painting your minis primary color. Apothecary White is designed to provide subtle, blue-tinted shading that'll help bring out white models without overpowering them." Save Money On All These Alternative Miniatures. The Hands bitterness at the death of their Primarch, and their consideration that emotional weakness was partly to blame, only entrenched their attitudes. PS - Was out of the loop for a long while, learned about that paint from you just now and just heard about contrast paints today lol. I mix this by sight and look for a shade that is roughly halfway between the two. I hope that this paint line might contain some nice shortcuts that set us up to shave some time off painting/enable us to reinvest said time in other aspects of the model. Black Templar almost looks like it's greenish compared to the other two. Unfortunately, it also highlights the main problem with contrast paint. Post-Heresy, the Iron Hands were broken up into a number of separate Chapters instead of the singular Legion, much like the other loyalists. Note: This paint swatch was hand-painted on structured plasticard over grey primer and photographed under a 5500K daylight lamp to provide you with an as accurate colour reproduction as possible. Or use it on its own and darken it with a wash. For my example above, I used Citadels Mephiston Red. Thankfully, The Army Painter also included plenty of stainless steel mixing balls you can add to the bottles to improve the blending when shaking the paint. Even in the Great Crusade era, they were noted as a pitiless Legion, unmindful of their allies, intolerant of failure or weakness. Over leadbelcher the contrast paints achieve a nice coloured metallic look, but they didnt do the whole shade and highlight thing they are supposed to do iirc. If you put it on straight out of the pot then you will get a darker tone that equates to about two layers of nuln oil. That said, there are some interesting possibilities which present themselves. I'd be tempted to try a darker blue too, see if you can't get a bit more of the "classic" look. Also it smells like it would be delicious. I've been using a grey base with Eshin Grey coated with 2-3 washes of Nuln Oil Now that I need to paint my primaris units I'm excited to use the new paint- especially with the white base primer. Transfer your Games Workshop Citadel Color, and Contrast Paints to dropper bottles in three quick steps to stop them from spilling, drying out, or taking up too much space in these three steps. Night Scales: Now this is a peculiar colour. Over the years, Iron Hands have developed a character of their own. Flesh Tearers Red on the gun/weapon and then go back with the silver to fix the icon you just mucked up. Hopefully, this side-by-side comparison of primers and the Citadel Contrast paints has helped you decide which primer you should go with and maybe what Contrast paint would look best for your minis! Approaching painting black armor for this I knew I wanted to go for something a little bit different than the standard grey-blue edge highlights, while also not stepping on Condits toes painting up the Heresy style oil slick scheme. Leaving the helmet separate i undercoated the model with chaos black spray then went over that with retributor armour spray. },{ By "acceptedAnswer": { The autocannnon was done in Vallejo Model Air Steel, washed with Nuln Oil and highlighted with Vallejo Model Air Silver. Thats why in this article, we will show you one of the easiest ways to get the most out of your hobby paints. I then brushed on some Seraphim Sepia, Druchi Violet, and Biel-Tan Green in places to get the shimmery oil effect, and then washed . But it doesnt look like it will happen after ther recent announcement, so its time to take matters into your own hands! David Johnston (Brother Argos) and the Bolter and Chainsword If you want a full-fat rundown of everything in the new Codex Supplement and how it interacts with the base book and the 8th edition metagame, check out our review here. This led to them developing a much closer relationship with the Mechanicum and Titan Legions than other Legions a theme which will hold all the way up to the 40k era. It may be a good idea to grab a few bottles of the same color if you plan on painting your little rank-and-file guys in your army. The schism threatened to cause a civil war within the Imperium, and indeed within the Chapter itself. }. You can get your own Contrast Paints for less from independent retailers or Games Workshop directly at the links below: Amazon | Dicehead Games | Bazooka Games |Frontline Gaming | Games Workshops Store Link. For a nice red-ish gold, try painting it over a gold metallic. Can I get an example of a single coat of Black Templar over Grey Seer??? Any reason why you tried all the green tinted blues and not Talassar blue? But do they work as contrast over other Sprays?
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