Bot War Painting Challenge 2021 - Atlanticans Rising

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Project Entry by rum8le

Day 8...

June 17, 2021

Tutoring 8

Skill 8

Idea 7

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Marching onward

Starting from the metal basecoats

Taking the metallic basecoats of yesterday, I used the same technique as Neptune and applied Citadel Contrast paints over the top to tint the base, remove some of the lustre, and provide a nice looking nautical scheme of greens and blues.

Using a similar mix as I used for Neptune, I decided to add some more turquoise into the mix using Terradon Turquoise mixed with some Apothecary White. Applying the mixes from different angles, and the turquoise white mix from above created a slightly colour shift iridescent effect.

Continuing the batch painting session on these 4 bots, I swapped out my needle in my airbrush for a 0.2 and dropped the psi to 40, and set about applying the contrast mixes.

Nebulous

Aegon

Nami

Thermal

To finish off today’s session I went in with P3 Ironhull Grey to paint up the limb joints with a nice opaque layer. This is my classic look for bots, like they’re all wearing the same inner frame under all of that outer armour.

It also provides a nice contrast to rest of the armour which can be a good way to highlight interest in the armoured parts and also provide a cohesive look to the force.

This will be highlighted and blackline tomorrow (hopefully) and then I can add some colour to trim details weapons.