Since I started painting this newest commission piece - I'll be showing them a lot - I decided to prepare a complete tutorial on how I paint my slaaneshi minis. Many people asked me about my purple - so now you can do it by yourself following this tut

Ok

Day 1

1. Assembly, moldlines cleaning , gluing torsos and priming

Ok as said - got rid of mold lines ( i must say that GW is getting better and better with their plastic kits - almost none moldlines were visible on these models) , primed with black , and then vertically primed with white - pics don't show it good - i spray some white paint from above - so that the shadowy areas are darker and the areas most exposed to light are brighter. Also glued some plastic to termies' legs - so that I won't touch the mini itself with my fingers while painting (this prevents the sweat from my fingers to get onto the mini )





OK
2. Paints and palette.
For the armour I will be using:

Violet (I use generic artist's paints - you can take liche purple)
Warlock Purple
Sunburst Yellow
Smoke Ink
White
Enchanted Blue
Hawk Turqoise
Glaze Medium

I also use a wet palette - this allows me to lower the usage of paints keeping them moist all the time I paint.
For such a palette I use a piece of sponge - natural one is best - and some baking paper.
The paper doesn't absorb water so it's ideal for keeping the paints 'fresh'



3. Base colour

I believe that this is the most important part when it comes to painting miniatures - a solid basecoat gives you a good start to painting. I apply 1 thick layer of paint , and then a few layers of glazes with the same colour , untill I'm sure that the colour is exactly as I wish it to be , and the black/white base cannot be seen underneath. Also the layers should be as smooth as possible.

Here I applied Violet to the whole armour. (missed some spots , but painted them later on )




4. Shading

Since the armour of my slaaneshi termies will be in bright, warm colours I decided to shade it with cold blues.
First I applied watered down Enchanted Blue to the recesses and the parts of the armour that will be darker, then added another wash of Hawk Turqoise.
Enchanted Blue is darker than Hawk Turqoise so if it comes to shading - you always apply darker colour first (if you want to get a similar effect )

5. Highlight I

Ok now I applied the base colour mixed with glaze medium to remove those annoying blue stains.
Then started slowly highlighting in about 5 layers mixing gradually Violet with Warlock Purple and diluting the mix with water and glaze medium.
Remember to remove the excessive amount of paint from your brush with a paper towel - I was rather glazing to achieve a smooth blend here than painting with wet paint. Applied many thin layers of almost transparent paint.
Start with 1/4 Warlock Purple to 3/4 Violet and add some water + glaze medium.
Highlight up to pure Warlock purple. (I highlight everything 'going' to the edges of the mini)




6. Highlight II

When finished with Warlock Purple similarily as before I started adding Sunburst Yellow to purple - also with water and glaze medium.
I know this is kinda strange - first you will get a strange 'dirty' orange - don't worry - apply it just to the edges , after a few layers , when you come closer to a pure yellow it will look better
I used pure yellow just for fine highlights on the edges.




6. Destroy what you have done so far! (just joking ) Shading II

Ok now it's the funniest thing - Wash or rather glaze all the armour pieces with Smoke Ink - remember it must be semi-transparent - so dilute it heavily with water and remove the excessive amount on a paper towel!!!
Apply untill it looks good - I was happy with this:




At the end apply small white dots to the tips/edges of armour.

E VOILA!

Going to make myself dinner (hmm maybe spaghetti) and will start doing golden NMM

Any comments ??
Requests??

When you talk about smoke ink you are referring to the "paint" made by Tamiya right?

I prefere vallejo - tamiya is alcohol/oil based and eats your brushes away...

How long did it take you to get to that stage with one model?

Looks like a great base to start on.

Also how would you go about fixing any errors caused by painting the details later? I only ask because with stupid fingers like mine its bound to happen....

Hmmm - about 1.5 hours for the armour. if you'll be careful enough you won't mess it up - if you splatter some paint over something you already painted, take a dry brush, some clean water, and try to remove the error- if you are fast enough you will succeed

Ok Gold NMM

For golden nmm I use:

Snakebite Leather
Black
White

1. Base colour

Mix some Snakebite with Black - you should get a dark green colour. Apply this colour to the areas that will be gold.





2. Highlight I

Start highlighting the colour you have applied up to pure Snakebite leather - the best way is to set 1 point where the lights reflect, and highlight to that point - I chose the front left side of the model.



3. Highlight II

When you reach pure Snakebite , start adding white paint



Up to pure white on the edges

4. Shading

Glaze everything with heavily diluted snakebite leather - this will give a crispy, warm look to the nmm - don't worry that it will turn the white highlights to yellow - it should be this way.

Then highlight again with pure white. ( the edges)
You can repeat this step as long as you like - the more glazes and highlights - the better the nmm looks.



5. Paint up the rest of nmm pieces




6. Fine details

I painted the sash and cord on his right foot using

Hawk Turqoise
Vallejo Model Colour Deck Tan
White

Base colour - Turqoise + Deck Tan , highlights with Deck Tan , and later white



Ok - it's for now.

I'm preparing the base and finishing arms at the moment, will try to update later today.

Looking Great.

Keep up the good work

OK - tomorrow will write everything - for now wip pics - need to glue the helmet - am too tired today.









What do you guys think ??

Dude, its wicked. The NMM and the armour scheme work really well and it was definitely worth the time.

But I think that having the same purple scheme on the weapons (bolter blade and the power axe) as on the armour is not that good. Its a bit too much purple, looks like the model could use a third minor colour. Like a green or turqoise, or light blue. Something that would give more contrast to the armour.

The base is great too.

Damn, think will bend my will and repaint the weapons if a few more people tell me

I must say if the blades were done in a similar colour to the sash (the blue) they would probably jump out more.

i like them as is, but i do think its a bit much.

Yeah, the purple looks great on the armour, but a contrast for the weapons would be nice.

Beautiful work. I always get mad when I hear people say "it's easy, just do 5 layers"

Done








4 more on the workstation - starting to paint a Juggernaut no to get tired with those
Will upload all the tuts tomorrow