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PAINTING A BLOOD ANGELS
SPACE MARINE
There are over 1000 Chapters of Space Marines, all of which have their own unique history, heraldry and traditions. Blood Angels have red armour, decorated with a winged blood-drop.
What you will need:
 | An assembled Space Marine model
| Brushes
| Citadel Colour paints: Chaos Black, Skull White, Ruby Red, Snot Green,
Boltgun Metal, Golden Yellow, Blazing Orange, Goblin Green, Black Ink and
Red Ink. Note: These were the colours we used, you can of course use any
colours you like!
| Aerosols: White undercoat, Blood Angels Red and varnish sprays.
| Modelling sand
| PVA glue | |
Before you start, you will need to undercoat your model.
Painting the Space Marine
Undercoating:
I paid special attention to cleaning off the mould lines on the model if you
don't, they really show on the rounded plates once you've undercoated. I
gave the Space Marine a light spray of white undercoat. This didn't have to
cover the model totally, its purpose was to help the next layer of paint to
stick on.
Painting tip: You may prefer not to glue the arms into place until you have finished painting the chest eagle.
Base
coat: When the undercoat was dry, I sprayed on a coat of Blood Angels Red.
Once dry, I put a thinned down coat of Ruby Red all over the model. Next I
painted all the piping, the shoulder pad rims, the eyes and the weapons black. I
mixed black ink into the paint instead of water, to ensure the paint gave a
strong covering.
I wanted to paint the chest eagle yellow, so first I painted it white to ensure the final result would be good and bright.
Metal
detail: I painted the chest eagle Golden Yellow. The metal areas were
painted Boltgun Metal. To pick out the texture of the piping, I flicked the tip
of the brush across of the detail, making sure I only had a little paint on the
brush (I wiped the brush on a tissue until only a little was left).
Base: First off we need to fill that gap. Use a piece of sticky tape to cover it up before you spread the glue on the base. I painted the top of the base with PVA glue and dipped it in sand. Finally, I painted the base Goblin Green. At this point the model is ready for the battlefield!
Painting tip: For a smoother, more even finish on Space Marines (or any other models), I like to keep my paint thinned, and to build up the colour in two or three thin layers. Although this may sound a lot more time consuming than using one thick layer, it really isn't, as the thinned paint will cover much quicker. The end result is definitely worth it.
Finishing
touches: If you're feeling confident, you can take the painting a little
further by adding more details and highlights. I
painted Blazing Orange onto the top halves of all the armour plates, being
careful not to get paint into the recessed areas like the face detail. When that
was dry, I thinned down some red ink with a little water, and painted it all
over the armour, being careful not to let it run into the Boltgun Metal areas
(it may take some practice to get the right amount on your brush, but if you do
get the ink where it shouldn't be, just clean your brush and dab it onto the
affected area it should soak up the excess ink, and you can try again).
I painted the gemstone on the chest eagle Ruby Red, and put a little Snot Green into the eyes. All that was left was to brush the base with a mix of Goblin Green, white and yellow. You can apply any relevant transfers now, if you want.