Tempestus Scions

Tempestus Scions

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    02 Sep 2023
  • Updated
    29 Nov 2023
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Homebrew regiment - 88th Lambdan Cobras - based on 55th Kappic Eagles & 34th Psian Vipers colours. Main colours are blue-green and red-orange (copper).

  1. Primed in either Chaos Black or Grey Seer . Doesn't seem to make a difference.

Blacks (boots, gloves, boxes on backpack, power cables)

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Highlight with Eshin Grey

Leather straps (leg and arms pads, on backpack) and boot coverings

  1. Basecoat with Dryad Bark
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight with Baneblade Brown

Cloth and clothing (uniforms, bedrolls, rifle covers)

  1. Basecoat with Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight with Dawnstone

Metals

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight with Stormhost Silver

Armour plates

  1. Basecoat with Stegadon Scale Green
  2. Layer over with Sotek Green
  3. Recess shade with Coelia Greenshade
  4. Highlight with Temple Guard Blue

Metal trim and decorative bits (skulls)

  1. Basecoat with Screaming Bell
  2. Layer with Hashut Copper
  3. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade
  4. Highlight with Sycorax Bronze

Weapon casings, special equipment

  1. Basecoat with Incubi Darkness
  2. Recess shade with Coelia Greenshade
  3. Highlight with Kabalite Green

Screens on forearms

  1. Basecoat with Caliban Green
  2. Paint broad L of front and lateral sides of screen with Warpstone Glow
  3. Layer a shorter, thinner L with Moot Green
  4. Tiny dot of White Scar in opposite corner (back and medial)

Lenses

  1. Layer eyes and monoscope lens with Stormhost Silver
  2. Layer over with Waystone Green

Medic Kit

  1. White front face of Ulthuan Grey on Celestra Grey . Red helix of Mephiston Red with Wazdakka Red . The rest is in the same blue-green as the armour

Standard (based on box art)

  1. Same blue-green as armour for the blue background but with wash instead of recess shading for the fabric frill bits on the end
  2. White circles and stripes are Celestra Grey to Ulthuan Grey with White Scar highlights and Soulblight Grey recess shading
  3. Dark red for the red parts using Gal Vorbak Red with Nuln Oil (wash on flagpole part, recess shading on the flag faces) and Wazdakka Red highlights
  4. Instead of gold parts, using "copper" as if it were on a real flag (i.e. not metallic): Skrag Brown base, recess shading of Reikland Fleshshade , and highlights of about 1.5:1 mix of Skrag Brown : Kislev Flesh
  5. Scrollwork done with Rakarth Flesh , a wash of Agrax Earthshade , layered with Pallid Wych Flesh and White Scar highlights. The text is Abaddon Black with Eshin Grey highlights
  6. Central skull is Zandri Dust to Karak Stone with Screaming Skull highlights

Meltagun muzzle

  1. Basecoat of Warplock Bronze
  2. Layer with Brass Scorpion
  3. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
  4. Highlights with Runelord Brass
  5. Multiple layers of (front to back): Nuln Oil , Drakenhof Nightshade , Druchii Violet , Seraphim Sepia for muzzle burn effect

Plasma glow

  1. Basecoat coils with White Scar
  2. Glaze coils with 1:1 mix of White Scar : Baharroth Blue
  3. Glaze most of coils, going not as far down, with multiple coats of Baharroth Blue
  4. Glaze as before, stopping higher up, with multiple coats of Ahriman Blue
  5. Glaze as before, mostly the top now, with multiple coats of Stegadon Scale Green
  6. Glaze multiple coats of Stegadon Scale Green on weapon casing ~1mm around
  7. Edge highlight around coils with Ahriman Blue
  8. Fine edge highlight with Baharroth Blue
  9. Recess shade bottom of coils where they meet the weapon casing with White Scar heavily thinned with Lahmian Medium

Base

  1. Add thin layer of Agrellan Badland
  2. Wash with Casandora Yellow
  3. Drybrush highlights with Tyrant Skull
  4. Paint rim with Abaddon Black

Surface Finish

  1. Varnish everything with 1:1 mix of Contrast Medium : Ultra Matte Varnish
  2. Varnish metallic parts, lenses, screens, plasma glow with 3:1 mix of Glossy Varnish : Ultra Matte Varnish

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Varnish 2
  • AK183 Ultra Matte Varnish
  • AK192 Glossy Varnish
Citadel Painting System 53
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caliban Green
  • Celestra Grey
  • Dryad Bark
  • Gal Vorbak Red
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Screaming Bell
  • Stegadon Scale Green
  • Warplock Bronze
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 9
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Casandora Yellow
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Druchii Violet
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Soulblight Grey
Layer 23
  • Ahriman Blue
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Brass Scorpion
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Hashut Copper
  • Kabalite Green
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Moot Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Runelord Brass
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Sotek Green
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • Temple Guard Blue
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Warpstone Glow
  • Wazdakka Red
  • White Scar
Dry 1
  • Tyrant Skull
Technical 3
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
  • Waystone Green
Texture 1
  • Agrellan Badland
Spray 2
  • Chaos Black
  • Grey Seer
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