Space Marine colour scheme

[dull vigil]

I'm currently settling on a space marine colour scheme. The theme's I'm currently going for is:

• Arabian golden age
• Desert worlds with a royal theme

I am pretty settled on the armour colour and the pads, but I'm thinking about the accents in the eyes, shoulderpad trims and the acquila. Suggestions are more than welcome.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/570704756339769388/1173744368012767382/Screenshot_20231113_230046_impcat.jpg?ex=656511a0&is=65529ca0&hm=4d417bdc2ccc44f023950b32561c0cec9e098a5c47ef01a204edfbce81f18914&

The red would be for officers

[fringe sable]

One important thing before you proceed

are you sure you want to paint that much yellow?

without an airbrush, it's more technically demanding than pretty much any other colour by a fair margin

some commission painters even charge extra for yellow or white simply because they're more time consuming no matter your skill level

you have to get your underpaints right and fixing mistakes gets rough

[thorn shell]

If you go with a yellow ochre or similar “earthy” yellow, it’s much easier than a fully saturated yellow since the paint is more opaque.

If you’re doing normal yellow, I’d definitely look at Richard gray’s imperial fist tutorials since it’s a pretty foolproof recipe for both with and without airbrushes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUd5GFXWGsI&t=669s&pp=ygUacmljaGFyZCBncmF5IGltcGVyaWFsIGZpc3Q%3D

[dull vigil]

I got an airbrush so that should solve some issues. I don't know how much easier it makes the process?

[dull vigil]

I got vallejo game colour sun yellow on the model here. Its bright, but also more orange-ey than regular yellow.

What I'm thinking of doing is do a primer of white scar, do the shadows with purple with the airbrush, then use Richards technique in the video. Would that be overkill?

[dull vigil]

For comparison:

[thorn shell]

Just checking, and I think I used the old Vallejo sun yellow for some of my imp fists. It’s very translucent, which means unlike a yellow with lots of titanium white mixed in for opacity, it’s extremely saturated. It works really well with richard’s technique. Although the technique is time consuming for a single model, it works great with batch painting whether or not you have an airbrush, so it’s perfectly doable if you want to knock out a whole army with it

[dull vigil]

I've tried it, worked out great! I still need to figure out placement by moving paint but it's a good first time