Brotherhood of Fire, new scheme test mini

[SotonShades]

Yeh, I've always liked blue purity seals on red armour.

How would people feel about replacing the blue on the storm bolter with bronze? I'm also tempted to do the chest detail and powerfist in a dark bronze as well, with the cabling for the weapons on the back of the arms in the same leadbelcher/agrax earthshade combination as the rest of the boltgun.

[Deadlift]

If your going to do bronze, which I think sounds great then you could make a very thin wash of that blue and use it over the bronze. It would give a patina look that would help the bronze pop without detracting from your lovely paint scheme
Good luck mate.

[Psychosplodge]

Bronze might work. An old pot of tin bitz laying around?

[SotonShades]

Cheers guys. I do have tinbitz, but Warplock Bronze is pretty similar and gives much better, more even coverage. Also highlights really nicely with Brass Scorpion

[Psychosplodge]

I don't have those two.
iirc I think I highlighted with dwarf bronze/gold whatever it was called.

[SotonShades]

updated with bronze. Not done the blue wash Deadlift suggested, but I might later on. Can always paint back over it if it doesn't work. For now though;

[Psychosplodge]

That looks a lot better with the rest of the scheme

[SotonShades]

Another update or two today. I may start a new thread after this, to show how long it is going to take to repaint all of my marines properly.

For now though;



One combat squad, finished apart from their bases. I think I may have gone a bit too far up the legs with the yellow? For these guys, I also created a special pattern Bolter. By created, I mean I screwed up drilling two of the barrels and, rather than just fix them, cut off the remnants and those of the rest of the squad. There is still a hole drilled in the front of the guns as a muzzle though.



The Sergeants skin is a nice bronzed tone, like someone who has spent his life working in scorching sun. This was done to tie in with the rest of the scheme rather than really pop against it. You can also see the results of the blue wash over the bronze areas of the Terminator. I'm still not convinced it is the right way to go though, so I'll probably do it on another few models and leave others as they are so I get a broader comparison.



A comparison between a finished Tactical Marine and one with only the first two stages of dry brushing complete. It is amazing how much the other details really bring the Red, Orange and Yellows together.



Next ten man squad under way. This is just about the first time where I have done a colour scheme where batch painting actually worked for me. Still quite a timely process building up the colour with dry brushing, but infinitely quicker than trying to get a solid, bright, smooth red without an airbrush.

[SotonShades]

One last note; I also have these guys ready for dry brushing



and these piles of bits that will make up the next few squads



and this guy, who has been desperately in need of stripping and a decent paint job even since I bought him off a friend many years ago for a couple of quid.



So, any comments, advice or words of encouragement?

Shades

[Deadlift]

Looking good, love the flame effects on the terminators shoulder pad. I like the blue wash too, but I understand its a matter of personal taste .