Ultramarine Legion Herald

Biggus Stickus

So finished the Herald. Mostly stuck to the cover picture from the blister pack, so I didn't go completely overboard with the painting. Mostly it was an excuse to use blue with the airbrush originally, but I also explored some more highlighting beyond just the base armour colour. So most trimming, symbols, etc, has some directional highlighting applied as well.

As far as the model goes, I have a few issues with it. Some of that is down to manufacturing processes: there's excess on the standard that I couldn't trim down without breaking it. Those imperfections are annoying (and are something I would fix on Blood Angels), but I really do want to speed up getting some of my models painted, so it'll have to be classified as battle damage.

Actually the base has some more colour variation to it, but the lighting washed it out. Next time I'll have to remember that and exaggerate the variation more.

Lessons learned will be used on other models, including Horus. A combination of Mournfang Brown, Wazdakka Red, and Agrax Earthshade (or perhaps Carroburg Crimson, or both) I've decided will look good for pteruges. And next time I do eyes, I may well use Celestra Grey instead of white; a solid white can stand out too much on the face sometimes.

-- silly painter.