More Stormcast

I'm blue da ba dee.

So first off, the image above is adjusted slightly to exaggerate the highlighting done by using an airbrush. Perhaps it could use a little less contrast, a little more light, but it's still better than the original. I can see the appeal of working with raw files.

Following on from the Aggressors, I've decided that doing three models at a time seems to be my sweet spot. I'm too involved in details to be able to batch paint effectively - so squads of ten Marines at a time is probably not going to work. Mini-batch painting means the details don't get tedious, and it's still better than one at a time.

In this particular case, I wanted something to paint that wasn't red, and wasn't as detailed as Blood Angel. Stormcast offer that alternative; easy to paint, different colour, and I have references to work with (just that I didn't write down the original painting steps - oh well!).

I bought Night Lords Blue to try as a darker blue. Kantor Blue was too light as a base colour last time I tried this, but is effective as a first stage highlight. So all that's seen above is just an airbrush witih:

• Night Lords Blue (base colour)
• Kantor Blue (highlight)
• Caledor Sky (additional highlight)

This has all worked out fairly ok. The blues don't appear to spatter much either, so the transitions between colours works very well. Later on I'll use Drakenhof Nightshade in recessed areas, or to better define armour plating, and Caledor Sky again for edge highlighting. Alaitoc Blue is an alternative edge highlight colour if that doesn't really work.

At the time of writing, the heads have actually been done already, just because gluing them into place doesn't obscure anything else. The colour scheme for the helmets is quite simple:

• Celestra Grey
• Drakenhof Nightshade
• Celestra Grey (thinned down, soften shaded areas)
• Ulthuan Grey (edge highlighting)

Most have a kind of halo, which is done in typical metal style:

• Leadbelcher
• Nuln Oil
• Leadbelcher (thinned down, soften shaded area)
• Ironbreaker (highlight)
• Stormhost Silver (edge highlight)

Hopefully these can be finished quickly, just because a quick "win" would be nice.

-- silly painter.