Painting elysian drop troopers the wasabi way

Looks good

And, no offence, I thought you'd be painting them with Wasabi. Mmmmmmm tangy!

I would never describe wassabi as tangy but... paint him more I wanna see

Hello everybody, here is what I have done so far on 3 of the figures.

Started off by applying 2 thin coats of desert yellow.





This was followed by a wash of devlan mud.






With the wash applied the highlighting was started by drybrushing 50/50 mix of desert yellow and skull white.







The highlights are a bit bright so another wash of devlan mud was applied to tone them down. I will get pics up when the wash is dry.

With the fatigues finished the next stage is to paint the armour and I will hopefully get started tomorrow.

Cheerio

wasabi

Ok, I have started on the armour by applying a couple of coats of catachan green.







The next step is to highlight the armour and I should get round to that soon.

The boots, gloves and straps and anything else leather was painted bestial brown. There was a couple of slips (getting some brown on knee pads ) that I had to fix. I will need to the brown a wash to blend it in better with the armour and fatigues. After this is done I will get the lasgun painted and start on the face.













Now I will get that wash on...

wasabi

Ok, I'm almost finished with these chaps, only the faces to do and some small details like the boot buckles etc.

I have painted the guns and the tubing chaos black. This was then given a drybrush of boltgun metal to give a slightly used look.

I then gave the boots, gloves and equipment a highlight of 50/50 bestial brown with skull white. This was drybrushed on and followed by a coat of devlan mud. The gun and tubing was also given a wash of devlan mud. The grenades were first painted mithril silver and then followed by catachan green to give a metallic look.Finally black ink was applied to the grenades, tubing and gun.

Here are the pics:














The black ink was still drying when I took the photos so the guns look a bit shiny. Now I will get the started on the heads (once the ink is dry).

Cheers

wasabi

Before I move on to the bases I thought it best to summarise all the work done so far.

Paints used
Vellejo beige 103 (undercoat)
Graveyard earth (base coat)
desert yellow
catachan green
bestial brown
chaos black
skull white
boltgun metal
mithril silver
bronzed flesh

Washes and inks
devlan mud
black ink

Step 1 - Undercoating the figure
I used Vellejo Beige but chaos black would be a good choice as well

Step 2 - Painting the Fatigues
Apply a coat of graveyard earth to act as a base. Then paint all the fatigues desert yellow. This should be followed by a wash of devlan mud to give some shading. Then mix 50/50 desert yellow with skull white and drybrush this on. Finally another wash of devlan mud can be applied to help tone down the highlights (this also helps bring out the detail in the leg and arm patches).

Step 3 - Painting the Armour
Armour should be given a coat of catachan green. Then mix 50/50 catachan green with skull white and drybrush lightly to bring out the detail. Finally apply a wash of devlan mud.

Step 4 - Painting Leather straps, equipment, boots etc
All leather items should be painted bestial brown. A wash of devlan mud should then be applied. Finally mix some skull white to the bestial brown (50/50) and drybrush to bring out the detail.

Step 5 - Painting the guns
Guns are painted chaos black and drybrushed with boltgun metal. Black ink is then applied.

Step 6 - Faces
Apply a coat of bronzed flesh and then give a wash of devlan mud. Paint the visors chaos black and the helmet straps bestial brown.

I hope that the above steps will be helpful to some. I am still new to the forum and this is my first ever painting guide on this site so feedback will be welcome. Hope everyone enjoyed the photos etc, I look forward to your comments!

I will now get started on basing so keep your eyes out for more pics.

Cheerio

wasabi