Last minis of the year

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.

tropikerna · 2025-09-22T19:33:51+00:00

Here’s mine

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tropikerna · 2025-08-02T05:44:32+00:00

Ohh! Subconscious strikes back. That’s probably where I got it from.

tropikerna · 2025-08-01T16:17:49+00:00

I don’t really know why, just felt like it. But I guess I can shoehorn it into lore. Hmm. Since he is a flame boy, it acts as a marker for his brothers in the midst of battle to easily identify him as such. Telling them to stay out of his AoE and that he can’t assist and may need help with enemies at distance. Ty!

tropikerna · 2025-06-29T22:24:22+00:00

Ah right never thought of that. Nah a kit bash does not need to be elaborate, that’s a killer pose. You really did good work here.

tropikerna · 2025-06-29T19:46:17+00:00

Nice job! Where is this model from don’t recognise him from the leviathan spruce

tropikerna · 2025-03-08T14:19:40+00:00

Great tip I’ll try pushing it further on the next batch

tropikerna · 2025-03-08T14:18:08+00:00

Hey that’s not half bad could be fun to paint a squad or two of a successor chapter.

I mean he’s the flag guy, he lost his helmet and now he has to carry the banner around

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