I have decided on a yellow and gray scheme for my GSC. I think the yellow will be a good contrast with the pinks/purples/blues of the GSC flesh and chitin. I will get more into the fluff of the cult in another post, but they are from a mining colony outside of Hive Primus on Necromunda. I want to really invoke a miner/construction worker vibe, so I am going to attempt a neon yellow suit and a sort of reflective gray for their armor. I am hoping to achieve this affect by mixing Vallejo's Fluorescent Yellow with Reaper's MSP Clear Yellow for their jumpsuits and a mixture of Reaper's MSP Pearl White and various GW grays for their armor. Thanks James for the advice!
I dug out a few old MKVII Space Marines and partially assembled them so I can ruin them trying to get the techniques mildly in control before I start painting the GSC. I primed them with Army Painter's White spray and then brushed on a thin coat of GW's Ceramite White. As it dried I started clipping, cleaning and sub-assembling the GSC. Next I mixed the fluorescent yellow and clear yellow at 2:1 and applied the first coat.
I am happy with the color, even though it is under some harsh harsh light in these photos (will look into proper lighting and photography techniques as I go). It is much more fluorescent and less warm in person. As that dried I continued prepping GSC and sprayed a few more old marines. Then I applied a second coat, mindfully thinning my paints with water even though you can still see pooling in certain areas (this will be an ongoing struggle).
I essentially achieved the look I wanted, even though it doesn't come through in the pics under the yellow light. Hopefully I will be able to get better pics going forward. I also had few paints from a failed attempt to get back into the hobby in 2016, so I decided to goof off a little with them in hopes to gain a little xp. I applied GW base paints Abaddon Black and Mephiston Red to a couple places, and after they dried, I brushed GW wash Nuln Oil over one side of the model just to experiment. The black wash on yellow looked predictably bad (unless you want a soot covered armor look) but it was the only wash I had at the time.
While packing up my work station, I realized I had a pot of GW's Lahmian Medium which I would have mixed with the Nuln Oil at 2:1 or 3:1 before applying to the one side of the model. My application of the minor colors was awful. Struggled with getting the right viscosity of the paints by thinning with water (I really hope this gets easier as I go). I think trying to paint over the fluorescent/clear mixture was also part of it as they are both high pigment high translucence paints and meant to be a top layer, not a base layer. Here are a final couple pics under a little bit better lighting.
You can see the yellow affect a little bit better. I have some more paints incoming, one of which is GW's Casandora Yellow wash that I will play around with. I am planning to buy Secret Weapon's Parchment Wash to experiment with as well. I am not sure how the fluorescent/clear mixture will react with the typical layer-wash-layer method, but we will see. Also incoming are GW's Sector Mechanicus bases, so be on the lookout for more yellow test marines and my start in molded base painting.
I used a wet palette I constructed on the sage advice of Uncle Atom. Your videos helped push me back into the deep end of the hobby!
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