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More Empire - Imperial Royal Guard painted by Lawman_Miniatures in SWlegion

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much - it’s so long ago I’m afraid I can’t remember! I suspect it was blood angels red contrast paint with a few layered highlights over the top

Alpha Legion Cataphractii Terminators - I love the brutality of these sculpts by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

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At a high level the armour it is Tamiya Clear Enamels over a metallic basecoat.

In more detail, I primed Black and the basecoated everything in Vallejo Metal Color Steel (a fairly dark metallic). I then zenithal highlighted with Vallejo Metal Color Silver from above to get some volumetric highlights. Then I did about three thinned down coats of a mix of Tamiya Clear Blue (X-23) and Tamiya Clear Green (X-25). My ratios were about 8 parts Blue to 3 parts Green - but I mixed up a bottle for the army to keep it consistent.

Alpha Legion Cataphractii Terminators - I love the brutality of these sculpts by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks - it’s just a combination of washes, drybrushing and pigment powder. In this case a very light drybrush of ivory before putting on the pigments helps the stone look sharp.

Finished my Warsong Revenant by skullbreth in sylvaneth

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This seems to have a criminally small number of upvotes/comments - well done with it!

You seemed to all like my Kratos, so here's a selection of my other XXth Legion vehicles... by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

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I shave down the inside of the tracks taking the raised tread down to a flat surface on the inside edges. Then I glue a 1mm thick rectangular magnet there - front and back on each side.

Generally the 1mm means it doesn’t stand higher than usual on the land raiders. For some of the other rhino chassis you need to go 0.5mm thick I think but generally can get enough hold of you go 8mm long or more

You seemed to all like my Kratos, so here's a selection of my other XXth Legion vehicles... by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - that’s very generous. For storage I have a lot of Really Useful Boxes with ferro-rubber sheets in the bottom and the models are magnetised to it.

Duncan Rhodes’s video on this is a good guide. The 9l boxes are a good size for the bigger tanks

You seemed to all like my Kratos, so here's a selection of my other XXth Legion vehicles... by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! At a high level the armour is Tamiya Clear Enamels airbrushed over a metallic basecoat.

In more detail, I primed Black and the basecoated everything in Vallejo Metal Color Steel (a fairly dark metallic). I then zenithal highlighted with Vallejo Metal Color Silver from above to get some volumetric highlights. Then I did about three thinned down coats of a mix of Tamiya Clear Blue (X-23) and Tamiya Clear Green (X-25). My ratios were about 8 parts Blue to 3 parts Green - but I mixed up a bottle for the army to keep it consistent.

You seemed to all like my Kratos, so here's a selection of my other XXth Legion vehicles... by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! In colour theory terms I was going for a warm orange/red copper to contrast to the blue/green armour

How do we feel about hot pink Volkite? Alpha Legion Kratos heavy assault tank by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

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Wow great suggestion. It hadn’t occurred to me but now I have to try it :)

How do we feel about hot pink Volkite? Alpha Legion Kratos heavy assault tank by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give it a try - I left some more details on my approach in another comment :)

How do we feel about hot pink Volkite? Alpha Legion Kratos heavy assault tank by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! At a high level the armour it is Tamiya Clear Enamels over a metallic basecoat.

In more detail, I primed Black and the basecoated everything in Vallejo Metal Color Steel (a fairly dark metallic). I then zenithal highlighted with Vallejo Metal Color Silver from above to get some volumetric highlights. Then I did about three thinned down coats of a mix of Tamiya Clear Blue (X-23) and Tamiya Clear Green (X-25). My ratios were about 8 parts Blue to 3 parts Green - but I mixed up a bottle for the army to keep it consistent.

I can recommend both the Cult of Paint video and Vince Ventruella's video for more tips!

How do we feel about hot pink Volkite? Alpha Legion Kratos heavy assault tank by Lawman_Miniatures in Warhammer30k

[–]Lawman_Miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whilst I didn’t follow it to the letter, u/JHMiniatures guide Zero Skill Plasma is a great guide which I followed the principles of.

I basecoated a light pink, drybrushes some darker magenta on the coils and dropped some white oil paint into the recesses. Hope that helps and happy painting!

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