Friday, March 20, 2015

Sons of Orar


A Terminator and a spare Rhino side hull were used for this experiment. There were several goals. One of those was to use as much GW paint as possible, and the other was to keep the the mix of colors to a minimum. 



Sons of Orar have white as part of their heraldry. Rather than use full on white, the area is based with fortress grey, and then mostly covered with Ulthuan Grey. A touch of white is used around the edges. It is important to use as little white as possible. White will be used during paint chipping, so it needs to contrast with the grey beneath it. On shoulder pads, whit is only used a the extreme top of the pad. The majority of the pad being left a grayish color.

The main body of the rhino was painted with only two colors. The black basecoat, and mephiston red. The color modulation was achieved using a diluted mephiston red mixture in an air brush. Anywhere two panels came together, more coats of mephiston red went on.


The bottom sides of the smoke stacks were masked off so a gradient could be added.


The gradient is on the right.


With only two panels of the rhino hull completed, the benefits of modulation can already be shown.




Finished color modulation. Wild Rider red was used to highlight rivets. I recommend using this on faces, and front panels of tanks. As the extreme highlight it should be kept minimal. The next step is a gloss coat to protect the paint from oils. Behold the ugliness which is gloss.






A satin coat was sprayed on to dull down the gloss. Vallejo has a blueish tint to their dull and satin coats. I will not use them again for future Sons of Orar, as it interferes with the color too much.


Steel Legion drab was sprayed to add dust to the lower area of the hull. Pigments will be used as well, but I like the tinting the paint does to the the white door and the lower hull.


Side by side with a Sons of Orar Terminator. The pigment used here is Secret Weapon Miniatures green earth.



14 comments:

  1. I like how dark you are planning to take us on the Sons. I have seen far too many bright, saturated reds with pure white. Looking forward to this years project :)

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  2. whoa! That was fast. If you like the blueish tint then speak up on the painters email list! I was surprised by it and thought it was a terrible error. I used a satin varnish FYI.

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    1. I don't like the bluish tint. I like the contrast you got but I was speaking to how I have seen them done by others. They look like candy canes sometimes - way way too red, even with the saturation you used the contrast helps it not be so... festive? I like the before shots better :)

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  3. I always thought Sons of Orar were orange and white. No worries though as these look great. Kind of a more subdue blood angels color scheme that really works.

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  4. OOOH, is this the color palette development for the artists' consortium on the Path of the Outcast charity project?!

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    1. Non, no, no. Nothing to see here o_O Move along, move along...

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  5. Very nice, the colors look really great together, and I agree the darker red and off white look much better.

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  6. you often see a lot of airbrushed tanks looking very flat and clinical, loving how you have weathered it all in, looks great.

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  7. Excellent work John. I do miss the brilliance of that extreme red before you hit it up with oils and coats of varnish though. It was really eye popping! It's much more realistic later in your steps, but boy do I love that red!

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  8. I like both the blue hue in the red and the dirt effect.

    Cant' have too much dirt.

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  9. I need you to walk me through some chipping technique someday. I really like the way the wear around the door looks.

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  11. Very realistic down toned scheme, cool!

    I have the same problem with Vallejo Satin / Matt varnishes for the airbrush.

    If you find an alternative brand for satin / matt airbrush varnish, please please share John!

    Everybody seems to use either Vallejo or Testors spray can varnish, but spray cans are so old tech, airbrush is so much easier and cheaper to use. There must be an alternative to one of these two.

    If anybody else have some suggestions, please share :)

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