What paint do you need for ultramarines?
For your average Ultramarine Intercessor, what Base Paints and Shade Paints would you need for it? Download the citadel paint app. It has most of the color schemes you would need. The most basic paints you need for the blue armor are Macragge Blue, Drakenhof Nightshade and Fenrisian Grey.
What kind of paint do you use for dry brushing?
The drybrush technique can be achieved with both water-based and oil-based media. With water-based media such as inks, acrylic paints, tempera paints or watercolor paints, the brush should be dry or squeezed dry of all water. The brush should then be loaded with paint that is highly viscous or thick.
What is dry brushing 40k?
Once the figure has dried and you are happy with the base coat and washing, you come to a technique known as drybrushing. In drybrushing, the idea is to highlight the raised surfaces by applying a very small amount of paint to your brush which is a lighter color than the painted area that you’re drybrushing.
What kind of paint scheme do Ultramarines use?
Fellow Goonhammer author Cambel “SRM” Chowder has made great use of this for his Vanguard Marines by painting them in a scheme reminiscent of the Ultramarines Destroyer Scheme from the Horus Heresy. This gives the models a very distinct look while also looking cohesive with the rest of his force, you can learn more about it here.
Why are Ultramarines so cool in the fluff?
The fluff often makes note of Space Marines’ superhuman minds and ability to process data far more efficiently than baseline humans, but Ultramarines are one of the only chapters that actually leverage this capability for something other than war. So that automatically makes them pretty cool.
What kind of gold do you use for Ultramarines?
Gold: My usual recipe for Ultras is Scale75 Decayed Metal as a base, followed by covering most areas with Scale75 Necro Gold and then highlighted with Scale75 Dwarven Gold.
Who are the Ultramarines in Warhammer 40k?
They are the poster boys of Warhammer 40,000 and for many people, they probably are the first thing that come to mind when they think of 40K. This has also led some people to think that Ultramarines are boring Mary Sues compared to more divergent chapters like Black Templars, Blood Angels, or Space Wolves.