Result... pretty much got the Custodes light units done.
[20200226: two coats of stormshield done]
[20200227: magnets glued to base bottoms]
I started with a light coat of black, then leadbelcher over everything. After that a moderate coat of the yellow contrast paint. This ended up a little 'greener' and duller than i was after. I was definitely not after something ganga bling but wasn't quite right.
I dry brushed on some metallic gold which livened it up enough. Pics don't really pick up the subtleties here.
Wont go step by step through the rest of the process but I managed to establish a decent 'painting formula', which i'll use when doing the vehicles.
The spear guys at the front. Swords at the back.
The other spears at the front. Guns at the back. For the Sagitarrum (gun guys) I dry brushed some bright silver on the helmets and pauldrons to create a bit of difference and also to reflect the full size models. Pretty happy with them
The Xiphons turned out pretty good. Worked a wing motif in there, based on a fairly common iconography used on Thunderbolts. Doesn't fit as nicely as on the Thunderbolts but still works I think.
The sword infantry are my favourite units in the army and turned out great. I freestyled a bit of detail on the shields to try to reflect the quite ornate aquila design used on the 28mm version. At arms length it'll be fine.
The light jet bikes actually turned out quite nice with a bit of paint. A touch of silver here and there brightened up some details and created contrast.
As did the heavy jet bikes. Not perfect prints and could have done better with full supports probably, but good enough for arms length use.
Still have the vehicles to go so some work to go before the project's anywhere near complete, but... getting there.
Until next time...
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