I scraped the decals a little to add a realistic effect.
Here's the base I will use. I am going to hit the dirt parts with the airbrush, and add whatever color that winds up being to the Vallejo sticky textures and pigmentation mix I use around the feet and on the ground.
I even managed to get Dante primed and put down the basest of base colors: mahogany!
Here's my question: How much weathering do you want to see on the dreadnought? I can't imagine that the Ultramarines would let their Dreads get really messy and torn to pieces, unless it was part of some long campaign. That being said, I don't really like the fresh-off-the-lot look, either. If you have suggestions, put them in the comments. I don't get too many readers here, so I'll basically do whatever is suggested (low-medium-intense choice of weathering).
For Ultramarines I would say you can go weathered, but not dirty, if you know what I mean. I'd say paint chips and oil is good, but dirt is not... they would clean that...
ReplyDeleteI don't know I thunk dirty ultramarines look pretty cool. It sort of calls back to a heroic last stand like the 1st company vs the tyranids. War isn't clean or oily for that matter its dirty ! I think it's just finding that balance where it looks weathered but doesn't detract from your nice paint scheme!
ReplyDeleteI love the scorched effect on the ends of the gun barrels such a fantastic look, The base looks sweet to. Its shaping up to be one of the nicest ultramarine dreads I have ever seen :)
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