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This tutorial shows how to paint a deep green armor, which can be used to paint a Space Marine from the Salamanders chapter, using the Game Color range.
For this tutorial, a Desolator Space Marine (Warhammer 40,000) from Games Workshop was used.
Let’s get started!
Tools used
As I get questions about the tools or products used, I will mention what was used to paint this miniature.
First of all, for the airbrush phase, I used my Iwata Hi-Line, undoubtedly the best airbrush I have ever tried.
For the armor outlining phase, I used Artis Opus M Series brush no. 0.
For the rest of the details, I have used size 2 for base colors, size 0 for some outlines and number 00 for small details such as lenses.
And of course, in the whole brush painting process I used the Red Grass Creative wet palette (large size).
Primer
The miniature is primed in black, using Hobby Paint Black 28.012 or Black Primer 70.602.
Airbrush
A mixture of Sick Green 72.029 and Dark Green 72.028 is mixed and airbrushed all over the miniature. The ratio is 4 drops of Sick Green to 3 drops of Dark Green.
Use Scorpy Green 72.032 with an airbrush for the first highlights, leaving all the shaded areas in the previous color.
Paint the areas of maximum light with Bile Green 72.122, reducing the size of the surface covered.
Pintureando Wash Recipe
Using a mixture of 2 drops of Wash Black 73.201, 1 drop of Xpress Color Lizard Green 72.418, 12 drops of Thinner Medium 70.524, 8 drops of Airbrush Flow Improver 71.362 and 2 drops of water, apply a wash with a brush all over the miniature. Use a brush moistened with Airbrush Flow Improver to remove the wash from the areas of maximum light, leaving it in the recesses of the armor.
Brush
The whole armor is outlined with Scorpy Green 72.032.
The areas of maximum light and the edges of the armor are outlined with a mixture of Scorpy Green 72.032 and Bile Green 72.122 in equal parts.
To finish the outline work and create more contrast, paint small dots of light on the edges with Bile Green 72.122.
To better show the final result, the remaining parts will be painted using Black 72.051.
Final result
Finally, we paint the rest of the miniature.
