Citadel Layer: Thunderhawk Blue

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If I was painting 60+ of these guys under time pressure they’d be based and ready before the wash even dried. Since I’m not, everything then gets two highlights and a glaze: If you do have any questions or suggestions on how to improve it for others, then please do let me know. Purity Seals – Wash with Agrax Earthshade. Highlight with Wazdakka Red and Ushabti Bone. Add lines of writing in Eshin Grey.

Do take your time when priming to get a smooth finish, as it makes all the difference to the end result. Step 2 – Apply Base Colours Red Areas: Citadel Word Bearers Red 50:50 with Vallejo Game Color Dark Fleshtone, then layered with thinned Word Bearers Red I made this decision based on the knowledge that these Space Marine chapters have a lot of blue in their color schemes. Thunderhawk Blue paint can be used as a base coat for these chapters, providing an excellent foundation for layering, highlighting, and shading, giving them a deep and rich look. It can also be used to paint the details and weathering on the miniatures, giving them a realistic and weathered look. Thunderhawk Blue Colour Schemes & Combinations Blue areas: Stegadon Scale Green 20:80 with Citadel Thunderhawk Blue, then an extreme spot highlight of Thunderhawk and Vallejo Arctic WhiteStage 4 is for final details and highlights. This stage involves adding the finishing touches, sometimes just small details like the eyes, or adding small highlights to increase definition. Red Areas: Citadel Word Bearers Red 50:25:25 Citadel Khorne Red and Lahmian Medium, then 50:50 Khorne and Flayed one Flesh

This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how to paint. For the beginners, I will explain the techniques as I go along. Each picture below shows four chronological steps. Underneath each picture are the corresponding instructions. Each step shows the paint I used during that step. Paints you will need for this tutorial: Eye Lenses – Paint the full lens in Wazdakka Red then, leaving an edge of red, paint Evil Sunz Scarlet inside. Altdorf Guard Blue: This is a cool, muted blue that can be used to paint the details and accents on the miniatures painted with Thunderhawk Blue. It can also be used to create a analogous color scheme.

The glazes on everything are made using a hugely thinned mid tone – Khorne for the red, Thunderhawk for blue etc. For the very final finishing touches, I add a little cross hatching or stippling of washed out pale versions of the core colours to represent fraying, wearing or particularly on leather, poor maintenance. At that point our doughty musketeer is ready for basing.

The Thunderhawk Blue paint is a versatile paint that can be used to paint a wide variety of Space Marine armies in the Warhammer 40K universe. Here are three armies that would particularly benefit from using this paint:When we think about what the English Civil War looked liked, it’s usually more-or-less identical sides, dressed in similar colours and distinguishable by either long hair or severe puritan scowls. There are a few iconic colours out there – the classic brown buff coat, or the first Redcoats in the New Model Army – but a lot of the time, we don’t have a set mental image of what colours we should be painting. Both on the table and in real life, there was (and is) a fairly bewildering array of colours you can paint your pike and shot. Ultramarines: The Ultramarines are one of the original Space Marine chapters and their color scheme is primarily blue. Thunderhawk Blue paint is perfect for painting the main body of the Ultramarines’ armor, giving them a deep and rich look. Ironbreaker: This is a warm, metallic copper that can be used to paint the details and accents on the miniatures painted with Thunderhawk Blue. It can also be used to create a split-complementary color scheme.

Color Space Conversions Decimal 5282729 Binary 01010000, 10011011, 10101001 Hexadecimal #509ba9 LRV ≈ 28.0% Closest short hex #49a ΔE = 1.590 RGB rgb(80, 155, 169) RGBA rgba(80, 155, 169, 1.0) rg chromaticity r: 0.198, g: 0.384, b: 0.418 RYB red: 31.373%, yellow: 47.334%, blue: 66.275% Android / android.graphics.Color -11494487 / 0xff509ba9 HSL hsl(189, 36%, 49%) HSLA hsla(189, 36%, 49%, 1.0) HSV / HSB hue: 189° (189.438), saturation: 53% (0.527), value: 66% (0.663) HSP hue: 189.438, saturation: 52.663%, perceived brightness: 54.441% HSL uv (HUSL) H: 210.284, S: 72.857, L: 59.898 Cubehelix H: -178.429, S: 0.532, L: 0.526 TSL T: -1.658, S: 0.194, L: 0.526 CMYK cyan: 53% (0.527), magenta: 8% (0.083), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 34% (0.337) CMY cyan: 69% (0.686), magenta: 39% (0.392), yellow: 34% (0.337) XYZ X: 22.188, Y: 28.011, Z: 41.766 xyY x: 0.241, y: 0.305, Y: 28.011 CIELab L: 59.898, a: -19.280, b: -14.458 CIELuv L: 59.898, u: -32.305, v: -18.866 CIELCH / LCHab L: 59.898, C: 24.099, H: 216.865 CIELUV / LCHuv L: 59.898, C: 37.411, H: 210.284 Hunter-Lab L: 52.925, a: -17.785, b: -9.741 CIECAM02 J: 48.603, C: 35.259, h: 212.816, Q: 137.354, M: 30.833, s: 47.380, H: 270.221 OSA-UCS lightness: -10.115, jaune: -2.373, green: 3.846 LMS L: 21.510, M: 32.191, S: 41.520 YCbCr Y: 131.242, Cb: 145.246, Cr: 94.081 YCoCg Y: 139.750, Cg: 15.250, Co: -2.250 YDbDr Y: 134.171, Db: 52.412, Dr: 103.013 YPbPr Y: 140.033, Pb: 15.625, Pr: -38.144 xvYCC Y: 136.264, Cb: 141.725, Cr: 94.493 YIQ Y: 134.171, I: -49.176, Q: -11.503 YUV Y: 134.171, U: 17.140, V: -47.525 Okhsl h: 211.196, s: 0.547, l: 0.590 Okhsv h: 211.196. s: 0.543, v: 0.686 Okhwb h: 211.196, w: 0.314, b: 0.314 Oklab l: 0.647, a: -0.066, b: -0.040 Oklch l: 0.647, c: 0.077, h: 211.196 Munsell Color System 5B 6/6 ΔE = 4.297 Brand Color Salesforce ΔE = 8.729 Random ColorsUsing thinned down paints are wonderful for getting a smooth finish but the extra water or thinner in the mix can result in the end result being quite glossy. Sometimes this is great but in this case, I wanted the end result to look smooth and matte. Bolter – Base the metal areas in Leadbelcher, the red casing in Mephiston Red and the grip in Eshin Grey. Wash the metal and grip with NuIn Oil and casing with Carroburg Crimson. Highlight metals with Ironbreaker, grip with Eshin Grey and casing with Evil Sunz Scarlet. Pink Horror: This is a bright, vibrant pink that can be used to paint the details and accents on the miniatures painted with Thunderhawk Blue. It can also be used to create a split-complementary color scheme. So, I applied several thin layers of Lahmian Medium all over the mini to tone down any unwanted shine. Then it’s time to apply some scratches and scrapes. I just lightly drybrush on some Leadbelcher in places where the marine might get his armour scraped. That means the feet, hands, elbows, knees, shoulderpad trims and the weapon as well.