Well, it's been a little bit since I had a chance to take up the brush regularly again. Post-Christmas work can be time consuming. At any rate, a squad of Terminators are base coated, and I've finished the initial armour highlights. There's not much to say so far; the first phase is very similar to normal tactical marines, so I've not included any pictures.
The main item of note is actually the lens eyes of Terminators. They're raised, not lowered into the helmet as with normal power armour. It makes it a little more interesting where to choose the highlight and shaded areas. I'm going for a blue colour this time, just to make them different from the green favoured normally with Blood Angels. Even typing this I've had inspiration for something different, so perhaps photo will be coming soon.
I'm also a little stuck with the colouring of storm shield outer trim, but think I'll go with black in the end, and highlight it with very light blue, up to white, just to simulate the energy field.
Something else I'm getting into is actually using less metallic paint. I'm reserving that mostly for weapons with the Terminators. I could come up with some reason for it, but it's mostly just to force myself to get grey colouring right. Be that as it may, it also does help to add variety to the model a bit, which will add to the overall finish.
Last note: the helmets I managed to do without applying any wash, and also used the spray paint. They look no different to the rest of the armour, so I'm taking that as a sign that I'm starting to get the hang of layering a bit.
-- silly painter
