Mariners Blight - A Maritime Inspired Lovecraftian Chaos Marine Army

[horacus]

Really damn awsome lord

[Charax]

I am stealing the bejeesus out of that conversion, just so you know.

Awesome work!

[Mega Nutz]

Fantastic looking Lord, absolutely love the strong theme of this army and the execution is sublime!

[BasetheRuin]

Agree with all the above. This is one of the most original takes on CSM I have ever seen. And very well executed to boot. Chtulu ftw!

[S_A_T_S]

These are looking incredible so far, but I'm waiting to see some painted...

[Caiphas Cain]

Paint them!

[REDEATH]

Jesus thats a lot of ForgeWorld stuff FANTASTIC theme and GREAT conversions I cant wait to see them painted up!

[Thrillhouse]

An amazing army, i love how hou have managed to meld chaos with lovecraft and early 1900 tech and still managing to make it all work! And also amazing kitbashing!
I hope to someday be able to convert a full army myself someday, and plocs like this partly inspire and partly intimidate.
Sometimes this hobby feels really cool, this is a time like that.

[atraphos]

..Sometimes this hobby feels really cool, this is a time like that.

Exactly!

Looking forward to seeing some paint!

[Tzeentch Loyalist]

I love your nautical theme. I'm looking forward to seeing them painted... I am interested to see how you execute the rust scheme....

[Veteran Sergeant]

Fantastic models. Love Lovecraft, and you're doing an excellent job paying homage to his work. Hybrid children watch the sea indeed.

[Red Skullz]

The people has spoken, we wants painted figs

R

[Fizzy]

Wow I would have payed alot for a converted army like that ^^

[Appophis]

I love this army and first I'd like to join in the call for painted modles and updates,

Second, are you going to add barnacles and other signs of nauticle corruption to the armor in addition to the paint? I know it's a little intricate and might be annoyingly difficult but just wondering

Third, consider me subscribed Keep it up

[LuckyNo.5]

I'm not dead! Just haven't been in the 40k mode for a few months. But I'm back to finish some Blight! I just saw all these recent comments as I've been absent from the hobby for about 2 months. So I thank everyone for posting


Here's my Mariners Blight EXTREME CORROSION Tutorial

Step 1:
After Spraying the model Black, lay down a coat of Vallejo Rust, followed by Vallejo Sandy Brown in a splotchy uneven pattern. Then Mix Vallejo Sandy Brown with Vallejo FIre Red and spray one more splotchy layer.






Step 2:
After letting the rust layer dry fully, spray the model with a coat of clear matte (I use Vallejo cause I'm a Vallejo Product Whore). Then spray the model with hairspray and sprinkle salt on it.






Step 3:
Spray the entire model evenly with Vallejo Pale Green.






Step 4:
This is where the fun begins. I sprayed the entire model with a thinned coat of green Ranger Distress Crackle. The thinned coat will not crackle much at all…but it will overlay a zenithal lighting effect on the green. I then took a brush and applied heavy coats of the crackle paint to larger sections of armor. NOW THAT CRACKLED.

[LuckyNo.5]

Step 5:
After drying, remove all the salt with a heavy brush and warm water. Let it dry over night.






Step 6:
At this point the model is looking pretty weathered, but it could use na extra kick to amplify the crackle effect. I sprayed the entire model with a very thinned wash of SWM Algae Wash. After drying I sprayed a super thin coat of SWM Amethyst Wash, and then a final super thin coat of SWM Blue Black Wash.

And BOOM! Decades of decay in 2 days.










I'm very excited about how this army is going to look in the end. More to come soon

[Charax]

wow, I'd been thinking about using crackle effect and/or salt weathering on my death guard, but this seals it!

[Beppo1234]

awesome, was wondering when the paint was going on. Well impressed.

[movin_pics]

I am very impressed, I had never even thought of using salt as a weathering effect and is that a special acrylic based crackle paint or just the stuff you can get in craft stores?
Keep it up ....

(Edit) I decided to actually read the post correctly and googled the product...

[LuckyNo.5]

Thanks everyone, I'm in the process of detail painting a ton of marines now. Going to start on the vehicle painting this weekend most likely.