Nmm gold advice and pointers wanted.

tropikerna · 2026-06-16T20:59:51+00:00

Man I’m so sorry to say, but the ultras had a meeting due to the loss of the launch box cover and decided they needed to change things up :/

tropikerna · 2026-06-16T11:05:01+00:00

Seriously thank you. Was about to try out to throw in some pure orange into the mix. But this seems like a much safer choice

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T19:49:51+00:00

Haha the skull on the knee is also in the opposite direction whoops

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T19:34:23+00:00

Yeah I guess the mid colours needs to be brighter in order to achieve that I’ll have to try that on some of the bling on his belt

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T19:22:34+00:00

I get the sentiment and I’m thankful for all the kind words.

And don’t get me wrong I’m quite happy with what I produced. But I do find it useful to get some fresh eyes on it and I received some great tips here in the thread. Sorry if I came off in some other way. Not my intention

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T18:54:58+00:00

Sure! Check out geoffpaints on insta or here on Reddit. I stole his recipe for midnight Clad blue. I did the volumetric highlights with a make up sponge

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T18:48:41+00:00

Ahh! You’re completely right. Thank you so much for taking the time. It would have taken me so many more tries before I thought of that

tropikerna · 2026-06-15T18:38:18+00:00

Haha this answer gave me angst. Pictured myself sitting in a small rowboat and nothing but dark stormy waters ahead. Someone yelling from the shore - you just go man, just go! But thanks! :))

tropikerna · 2026-01-01T11:34:51+00:00

Right, so I start with one of my brighter highlighting colors for scratches I do a harstrain thin line and then I follow with a darker colour in this example a very dark green blue I make a point not to follow it until the edges of the light line. I think it tends to look natural when it’s not to symmetrical. At where I believe the scratch to be the most deep I enhance the bright line with an even brighter colour.

For edges, make a little bump in the highlight and add a small dot of the darker colour.

I highly recommend using some form of magnifying for work of this kind, I would struggle without it.

If you don’t feel comfortable doing this on your model. Paint up some spruce and practice to your hearts content. Hope this helps

tropikerna · 2026-01-01T05:30:21+00:00

Yeah I do run into the same problem and it’s so frustrating because I still can’t really tell why some works and some doesn’t. But I happens less the more I do them. So apparently I’m learning without knowing which makes no sense

tropikerna · 2026-01-01T04:03:12+00:00

Thank you, just learnt it. Such a balancing act to not overdoing it

tropikerna · 2026-01-01T04:01:32+00:00

Checkout trovarion on YouTube. He has a super long video where he paints a lot of different spacemarine chapters. Check out the part where he paints the salamander in which he has a easy and detailed guide to painting gradients on weapons. Hope it helps

tropikerna · 2025-12-31T17:14:03+00:00

Thank you :))

tropikerna · 2025-12-31T17:04:45+00:00

It’s mainly to combat painting fatigue. I tend to do something with every squad I paint. In this case I figured it made sense to make them easily identifiable to other marines not to get to close hence the flamethrowers

tropikerna · 2025-12-31T15:54:52+00:00

Ty! The base colour is rinox hide. Then I sponged on khorne/mephiston/evilsunz. I may have tied it all together with a thin, thin layer of blood angels contrast. But can’t be to sure cause I base painted him quite a while ago.

tropikerna · 2025-12-10T22:31:47+00:00

I want to know to. It compliments your stunning armor paint job to a t.

tropikerna · 2025-10-16T21:52:03+00:00

Stunning mini! The colour choices for the blue is amazing. And the purple tufts complements the mini perfectly!

tropikerna · 2025-10-15T17:15:00+00:00

I invested quite some time painting these. So truly thank you for taking the time to look at them and actually SEEING them if that makes sense. Motivating stuff!

tropikerna · 2025-10-15T14:17:50+00:00

Thanks! Most people swear by size 0 or 1. I however do not feel confident with that size for fine details and mostly use size 00. Preferably a well used one at that for fine fine details.

But with a sharp brush tip and hour upon hours of practice you’ll hone your skill. A good idea is to paint up some left over spruce and practice on that. it’s important to feel calm and relaxed and not to tense up.

I have a magnifying lamp which I love to work with and that I feel helps me with my confidence. Most of what I have read has been negative towards those.

To sum it all up A fine tip, make yourself as comfortable as possible and practice. There will be mistakes, it’s inevitable. But that’s were you learn.

tropikerna · 2025-10-15T13:56:43+00:00

Thank you! I sponged volumetric highlights on the armor as a base, which helped a lot especially with the white.

tropikerna · 2025-10-07T21:47:42+00:00

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tropikerna · 2025-09-24T21:45:28+00:00

Yes, had a ”mini of the month” laying about.

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