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Painting The Cleaved - Chaos Space Marine Renegades

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#1 ·
Hey. With the release of the new codex i have some Plage Marines in my army and have decided to represent them with models painted in the cleaved color scheme.



any ideas how to do this?
 
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#7 ·
I am just not seeing the pink in there... Besides pink is not very nurglish... heh... :) Pale flesh is about as pink as I would expect this to be...

I haven't poked around but you may want to peruse the GW website to see if they have a citadel paint recipe for them considering their inclusion in the new codex.

I am sure you can get a similar effect by basing with bone white or pale flesh, inking with a light brown or black ink wash and then highlighting with a light grey.

Cheers,

-Mike
 
#9 ·
Maybe it's the monitors, but they look kind of a wan pink to me.

"Pale flesh coloured armour with little metallic detailing left. Sickly liquids flow from his soft armour and battle damage. On his left shoulder pad there are three bulges in the armour forming the symbol of Nurgle that oozes foul liquids even more frequently than the rest of his armour."

Pale flesh is the way to go.
 
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#8 ·
It looks like Deneb Stone to me.

A light wash of Kemri brown may have been added to the recesses then re paint the flat parts deneb stone. Highlight the armour edges with white.

The ooze looks like dark angel's green and maybe snakebite leather or dark flesh.
 
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I don't think there is any pink in there really. I looked at them very closely in the book and there is no pink. The red/blood that has been added is affecting the other colour because it is so pale and stronger colours 'bleed' onto weaker colours in this case making it look pinkish. If they were pink they would look terrible as pink and red clash.

What exact colours were used, I'm not sure. It seems to be some kind of grey as the horns are a lighter colour and seem to have bleached bone and or white on them. A very light grey seems to be what it is but not too light as they have a lighter highlight. I think you should consider creating a colour scheme that is similar to what you see here. You have to remember that these Marines have been very carefullly photographed which is changing how they look slightly.

You could paint them ghostly grey (if they still do that colour, I haven't looked at greys in ages). You could then shade them with a slightly darker grey and then highlight them with white. I think you should consider that the GW painter who did them was given several days to sit about doing them and they paid him to do it. Basically they look simple but in a way above average so I don't think they will be quick to paint. You can try other ways to do them though.

I would suggest you try an off-white or grey. Take a look at the foundation paints for a colour to use as the colour used may be one of them. To get that effect you will need to completely paint them in the desired colour and then carefully shade in the cracks. The 'blood' seems to be red gore with some black painted with it to make it look oily and gross.

I think that whatever colours you chose you should remember the concept behind this lot seems to be to make them look ghost-like or undead. Stick with that and you should be able to progress further in doing them, especially when it comes to tackling big boys like Dreadnoughts.

Using colours such as pale flesh is also a good idea. You should really take a couple of cheap expendable models, they don't even have to be Marines. Try out effects on them until you get what you want.
 
#12 ·
Mutant Lord (love the name btw), as others have said, I really don't think there's any pink in the color mix. I've had a decent amount of experience mixing the base color for this army. At first glance, the mixture appears to be from kommando khaki (not bone white) and a bit of some kind of true brown. Don't be fooled into using a brown with a slight yellow tint, such as snakebite leather. Using a yellow tinted brown with off white tends to make the end result favorably yellow. Don't worry if you actually want a little bit of yellow to show through the paint; the brown will natural do this subtly on its own. The same holds for reddish browns, such as bestial brown and dark flesh (one of my favorite paints). Avoid them.

For a 'true' brown, I've used two paints: scorched brown and/or graveyard earth. I prefer scorched brown, because it looks more true to brown, whereas graveyard earth has a very slight yellow and black tint. Good so far?

If you don't have kommando khaki, then you can use bone white. However, I've found that the mixtures end up being more consistent and easier to replicate, if I use colors that are closer to my end hue. Kommando khaki is a darker off white than bone white and is closer in hue to your desired color scheme. Hence, there's less transition to your final color. Also, if you're having trouble getting the mixture to work with scorched brown, due to an issue of hue, then don't worry; switch to graveyard earth. It will be easier to achieve the desired hue with graveyard earth, simply because it is a lighter paint and closer to your end color. However, if you're up to it, then scorched brown is still your best choice. As I mentioned earlier, it's a closer 'true' brown.

Next step focuses on neutralizing the colors or better yet, balancing out the colors. Have you ever had trouble with a color mixture going AWALL? Sometimes, when we desire to create a specific blend, we end up adding too much of one thing, and so try and compensate by adding another color. The final result is usually too rich. In order to balance this out, I like to add a moderate amount of gray to some mixes. This especially rings true when trying to add browns or yellow to off whites, which often result in a greater yellow tint than desired. Both fortress gray and codex gray work well for this purpose. I'd recommend fortress gray for you, simply because it's lighter. Also, for balancing a paint, it often comes down to the sheer volume of gray. Don't make the mistake of looking at a very light color mix, and thinking that only a smidgen of darker gray will do the trick. The mixture really needs a decent amount of gray. Obviously, a small amount of dark gray doesn't produce the same result as a moderate amount of light gray. Does this make sense? Volume can be as important as hue. In other words, adding a small amount of black to a white mix can sometimes actually produce a different color, than adding a moderate amount of gray to the white mix.

For this reason, I'd also suggest that you cut your fortress gray with 1 part bone white prior to adding it to the mix. Some painters will simply add the gray directly to the mix, and this works too. However, this removes any kind of safety net. I like mixing the gray/white separately and then adding it in. It allows me to make minor mixing adjustments to only the gray/white mix. It's just simpler this way.

So, here's the formula that I'd first try. It's been a while since I've made this color, so you may want to experiment with it a little before hand.

Kommando Khaki- 9 parts
Scorched Brown- 1 parts
Fortress Gray- 2 parts (gray mixture prior to adding should be 1 part fortress gray/ 1-2 parts bone white)

Best of luck. Be sure to post your paint scheme.
 
#13 ·
well, they do look a fleshy pinky color to me too, but it could very well be my monitor.
Upon close inspection though, it has a purplish hue.

I do agree that its probably an off grey.
 
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