Blood Angels assault squad : Gallery #2 (and color test piece)

This set gives you the rest of the squad.

At the time, this was the first space marine unit on which I tried out the new shaded bascoat technique.  I began with a mix of scab red and rotting flesh, gradually increasing the amount of rotting flesh until my highlight layer, which involved some ivory added to the mix.  The whole idea behind this technique is to start out light and go lighter, rapidly covering every surface, quickly establishing where all your lights and darks will be as soon as possible.

All of the tinting and shading from that point was layer after transparent layer of very controlled glazes.  These were done with small liner brushes, again with as much control as possible.  The initial layers were ogryn flesh and baal red watered down.  The mix became more pure, until I started to add some asurmen blue to the mix.  The final layers saw me add a bit of badab black to that glaze mix.

Whe I realized that you canmix the glazes together to create some very nice combos, that made the new technique quite handy.  The idea is that I can start out with very simple, easy to remember colors (a middle tone and a light color), and shade darker using the same glazes.  It makes it a lot easier to match colors long after your initial painting!  I did abut 25 of these guys, and it was great not to have to write down any formulas  or hopelessly try to keep a color "alive" over the course of 20+ marines!  The task here was to create a deeper red, one that was not so "Blood Red".  The tinting really helped with that!















This is the initial color test piece: