The Lostprophets Space marine's

[Tenacious E]

Hey guys First time on warseer so im gona log my new space marine army called the Lostprophets.

i will put there army list and some background fluff on later so im just starting the thread...

but here's the colour scheme ....

[Tenacious E]

ok guys first of all i want to paint my marines a desert colour...

what citadel paint will i need and any pointers on how to make them look awsome???

thanks

[Sinisterfence]

if I called a SM army Lostprophets, they'd be blue, white & black, like the Fake Sound of Progress album

[Tenacious E]

i would but i am sick of painting white and blue

[Xarius]

use the foundations

[Emilio101]

use the foundations

Yeah these will give a nice subdued look to them. Also use some army pics to get an idea of what desert fatigues look like. Hope you do add some colours here and there though just to break it up a little.

Edit: Whoops didn't notice the blue stripe. That breaks it up nicely!

[Tenacious E]

oki here's my commander...

he has a power fist and a bolter and some other wargear but you can see that when i publish the army list ...

i will undercoat black first but then i will.... erm
paint him

naaaa im gona practice the paint job on some older marines b4 i paint him.

[Tenacious E]

@ Emilio101

oki dude thanks will do :P
erm i still wouldn't know what colour to make them i want it a desert but suggest what paints i would buy to make this effect ??????

[T_55]

Hmmm

I think we need bigger pictures before we can judge anything else. Now get those test paint jobs done up quickly so we can see what it looks like on a real model!

[Emilio101]

There's a nid log below yours with a desert theme so maybe ask Ferro. Here's the link:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155184

There are other amazing threads about that I'm sure cover desert armour but I just can't think of any atm.

[Tenacious E]

ok iv decided im going to use the Tau painting Guide on the GW website as thats the colour i want...

take a look - http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/co...30&aId=2400004

[Tenacious E]

i have decided Iyanden Darksun for base coat. just 2 let ya know :P

Edit: now just to buy some paint xD

[Jihad_Ragsta]

Darksun is a good choices for the basecoat I agree.

Here's a suggestion to save you time tho- how about an undercoat spray to seriously save time? http://www.thearmypainter.com/produc...oductgroupId=2

Try Desert Yellow perhaps?

Anyway, I hope to see progress, the basecoat with a wash of Badab black or devlan mud should work nicely for you, good luck

[Tenacious E]

thanks man il give it a go

[Tenacious E]

ok i thought i might post a simple army list just to get me going

Captain
- Boltgun
- Power Fist
- Artificer Armour
- melta bombs

145 Points

Tactical Squad
- melta bombs (sarg)
- Heavy Bolter
- Melta gun

180 Points

Tactical Squad
- Chainsword

90 Points

Scout Squad
- sniper Rifles
- Missile Launcher

85 Points

Total 500 points

before i make another army list i want to get this list painted...
any comments welcome

[Tenacious E]

oki guys i forgot to mention something... im pants a painting :P

ok so i tried the colour on a tactical sarge and i think he turned out... ok???

ps: soz bout the pic size/quality wont be any better till i find the wire for my camera so a web cam will do for now

Comment plz

[eltanko]

Not a bad start, i think it needs quite a lot of shading/highlighting to break it up. will look quite plain otherwise, and maybe a different coloured Knee/Shoulder pad for different companies etc, to again break up the monotone look to it.
Which colour dod you use in the end out of interest?

ElTanko

[Jihad_Ragsta]

That doesn't look bad, pal, it's neat, not too patchy and the colours themselves are appropriate. I would recommend using a washe or watered down ink for quick highlighting/ shading like eltanko recommended.

Your painting will improve with practise! One thing I would say is be careful when doing the rims of the shoulder pads, they could be neater and they draw the eye as they're so prominent.

[Tenacious E]

hey thanks guys
just a update where i am erm.... iv finished my comander and i will post him later and i am finishing the combat squad...

and i hope u right, i hope my painting will get better :P