Roboute and the Ultramarines

The Primarch of the Ultramarines has arrived in the disputed sector to provide the 'Fists with some much needed backup against the Death Guard incursion. I ended up with two Roboute Guilliman models, so decided give this one to my friend Kevin who's been playing Ultramarines since the 80's. I decided to paint them both simultaneously; the other version without the helmet is not pictured here but looks otherwise identical.

The detailed gold gilding on the outer suit of armor was quite an impressive bit of sculpting, and it ended up contrasting well against the dark blue. For expediency, I chose not to use the alcohol-based metal paints, we'll save that for another time (see HB's tutorial on Dante for shading alcohol metals). There's three different values of gold here, which come together bright and shining after being set in the black oil wash. The Hot Flaming Fire Sword of Fiery Flames took on a life of its own, done primarily with several thin airbrush gradient coats, and patience.  I left the detailed base purposely muted and drab in color - the model comes with two flaming torches near the ground, which I left off to keep the color attention on the model itself. Finally, there's a variety of varnishes going on here (hard to tell in the photo), matte for the base and the flames, satin for the armor, and selected gloss for higher points of gold.

Placed next to a squad of filthy Death Guard, Guilliman looks like the golden god he's supposed to be!