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Black Company Chaplain WIP [C&C Welcome] (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Adm_Drummer to c/warhammer40k

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My first ever fully painted miniature that didn't come free in a box with paints.

Paints used:

2:2:1 Black Templar:Lahmian Medium:Ultramarine Contrast (Citadel)
Pure Red (Warpaints)
Skeleton Bone (Warpaints)
Greedy Gold (Warpaints)
Cobalt Metal (Warpaints)
Skeleton Horde (Citadel)
Nuln Oil (Citadel)

I've got some places I definitely want to touch up. Places where my brush control was lacking for sure and I'm not happy with the tone on the belt. I find it mixes too much with the gold. I'll be adding some more layers to that as well as touching up any spots I missed with paint.

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. I'll be continuing to edge highlight with the cobalt Metal on any exposed armour and will attempt my first OSL from the eyes.

Funny thing is, this isn't even from my main army. I have 2500 points of Nids I need to prime and paint. I've just been having a bit of the winter blues so I forced myself to paint something to try and kickstart my engines. Building has been really therapeutic though and painting was even moreso.

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[–] Adm_Drummer 1 points 2 weeks ago

A vortex mixer is definitely on my list. Probably going to be a while as I need a new wet palette. My homemade palette just isn't cutting it anymore. It's been great to learn with and practice with but I can feel its limitations now. The vortex is the next stop after that because I can see issues arising with badly mixed paints on a few of my test paints.

I'll have to see if I can find a non-amazon version or a suitable alternative. I try to mostly shop domestic manufacture and if not possible I avoid American or Chinese manufacture. Which is frustrating as a Canadian.