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I highlight metal with chainmail, bone can be highlighted up to bleached bone or screaming skull and even a bit of white, leather to snakebite leather mixed with bleached bone work up to blood red mixed with a small amount of white for purity seals, and all the way to pure white with lenses.Highlights are completed on other details such as the purity seals, pouches, metal etc….In certain areas (under the eye lenses is a good example) you may wish to entirely cover the highlight with a single layer, this give a good blending effect where the original highlight is faded but still visible beneath the very thin layer of dark angels green.The advantage of the watered down paint is if you slow and go over a highlight or narrow it too much, a single layer wont be particularly noticeable, or can be completely undone by immediately brushing it with a tissue or your finger.The final effect will be extremely smooth, but make sure you wait for each layer to dry before painting the next.Gradually bring in the green and make the highlights thinner and sharper, use a small brush! A 50/50 mix of dark angels green and water is used to repaint the base coat on the model and sharpen and clean up all the highlights, use a steady hand and take your time, 2-3 layers of paint will be required.If you accidentally cover a crevice or shaded corner with a highlight, simple repaint the Nuln Oil Directly into the area and redo the highlight if necessary.Use water in the mix to make the paint flow, it is better to have the paint too watered down and have to do an additional coat then to apply the paint too thickly and have it dry while still on the brush.
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Sharper highlights are applied again on the corner or raised edges this time with a lighter 40/60 mix of green to white, and then once again with a 30/70 mix for the final highlights used sparingly.This is a time consuming process, rotate the model constantly looking for more edges and lines that can be highlighted, at this point coverage is more important than neatness.
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I do a triple line on the shoulder plates, outside and inside edge of the bezel plus a line just inside the inner edge of the bezel, leaving a small black edge in the crevice where the wash will have darkened the armor 50/50 mix of dark angels green and skull white, then thinned with water is painted on all edges of armor.Always paint the guns separately… there is no point trying to be a hero and paint a breastplate from crazy angels where its obscured by a gun.Agrax Earthshade wash is applied over the brown/leather areas and red areas except lenses.Nuln Oil is applied over the metal and green areas and very lightly over the lenses.Red gore base for wax of purity seals, lenses, gun grips/anything you want red.Leadbleacher/Boltgun Metal base for metal parts.Snakebite leather base for purity seals, skulls, chest plates and pouches.
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I tend to do step one in bulk as a squad and individual models from step 2 onwards Takes me between 4 and 7 hours depending on the day and the model to get a single marine done. So here is a progression picture and guide to how I paint my Dark Angels marines.