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When I originally started collecting Dark Angels, all I had were terminators, who made up the entirety of my Deathwing army. They were very bad, though supposedly that has changed these days. What all of this means is that many of my Deathwing are some of the oldest models I’ve painted, and so the execution leaves a bit to be desired, though with newer models – such as the Bladeguard Veterans – I’ve had much better results.
- Spray Army Painter Bone. You can do white too, and layer VGC Bonewhite instead, if you don’t have the bone spray, but it’s a huge shortcut to be able to spray your basecoats, I think.
- Wash Agrax Earthshade.
- Layer VGC Bonewhite, everywhere except in the recesses. This will take a few coats, but it builds up a really nice color.
- Highlight VGC White.
- See my article on painting green Dark Angels in relation to matching the details up with any 2nd-10th company models you have, with the difference here that the chest eagles and tabards are in green – I use the armor recipe in that section for the robes, but the bone details and red weapons are identical. Along the same lines, for the tabards and robes on the “Greenwing”, I use the same bone recipe as the Deathwing armor. Like I said, consistency.
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