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How I painted my Imperial Guard

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I apologize for not having a slideshow as promised, I had taken step-by-step photos but they turned out to be too blurry to make anything out. However, I still have the instructions:

First off, undercoat. I used Chaos Black spray.

The fatigues: (Pants, sleeves, etc)
1. Basecoat with straight Khemri Brown foundation paint. It should cover completely, if not apply another coat to completely cover up the undercoat.
2. Add Kommando Khaki and and Skull White to Khemri Brown to get a color just lighter than Kommando Khaki. The point of the Khemri Brown is to make the color a little thicker, since Kommando Khaki is normally quite a thin paint.Highlight the clothing, leaving the recesses with the Khemri Brown showing through.
3 (optional step) if you want them to look especially good, you can add more Skull White for highlights, focusing on areas that would be exposed to light.

Armor:
Step 1: Basecoat of Catachan green. A couple of coats may be necessary.
Step 2: Add Camo Green and Skull White to Catachan Green to get a rather pale green and highlight just the edges of the armor.

Guns:
Step 1: Basecoat of Catachan Green.
Step 2: Make a 70/30 mix of Codex Grey to Catachan Green and highlight the edges of the gun.
Step 3: (Metal parts of the gun) basecoat Boltgun Metal, wash Badab Black and re-highlight with Boltgun Metal.

Skin:
Step 1: Basecoat of Tallarn Flesh
Step 2: Wash with watered-down Dark Flesh.
Step 3: Re-highlight with Tallarn Flesh.
Step 4: Add skull white for highlights, on areas such as the nose and cheeks especially.
Step 5: (Optional) I added stubble to some of my Cadians, this was done with 2-3 VERY thin washes of Chaos Black.

Pouches, etc.
Basecoat of Scorched Brown
Add Skull White for highlights.



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Dragenen (Over a year ago):
Im starting my Imperial Gaurd army tommorow and im totally using that paint scheme
MistaShade (Over a year ago):
THX SO MUCH I LUUUUUVVV IT!
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Thanks again everyone. I'm glad this proved useful
wargamer102 (Over a year ago):
awwsum paint job! i'm gonna use this scheme for my IG.
AlistairD (Over a year ago):
sweet they are really cool
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Thanks mate
Kelush (Over a year ago):
u should tryin gets some good pics and try a slide show
Kelush (Over a year ago):
sick man thats cool and now i no what to do i got most of em paints except badab black and talarn flesh and i think that foundasion khemri brown i think but man uve got real skill
titanslayer2 (Over a year ago):
Gr8 stuff
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
It was just smashed-up concrete. I washed it with a mix of Codex Grey and Chaos Black (very dark grey) and then drybrushed with Codex Grey, Fortress Grey and then Skull White.

The rims were some wacky combination of Khemri Brown, Codex Grey and Chaos Black.

Although I'm actually planning on adding more details when my Warhammer 40k basing kit arrives
genso6 (Over a year ago):
What did you do for the bases? I was thinking of urban basing for my Mordians-to-be
asailant (Over a year ago):
To the experiment room!
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Water it down more is all I can say
asailant (Over a year ago):
Washes.. how to make those from citadel paints? I tried 50/50 mix with water, it's still just a wet paint and whatnot dries really fast.
- Halp
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Crap, another double-post! This is getting annoying, and the delete button doesn't work.
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Thanks

Ferix, I have lots more pictures. Check my channel to see more
BladeofKings (Over a year ago):
Thanks

@ Ferix I have tons more picturs, check my channel to see my other uploads
gerard1234 (Over a year ago):
really cool 5/5
Ferix (Over a year ago):
It looks great and if you take the time to read it its a fantastic tutorial, color scheme wise at least, but use more pictures! I know id like to see more of these awesome guardies.
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