Tips on snow camo for cadians?

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hi guys

i need elp deciding on a paint scheeme for cadians based around ice/snow camo. Not bad at painting so hard or easy, whatever looks best.

so far ive thought cloth astromican grey highlighted up to skull white and armour 50/50 space wolfes grey and shadow grey

second scheme is skull white/ asrinomican grey camo on cloth and armour shadow grey

any ideas tips and thoughts will be much apriciated

thanks

[jerbat123]

Did you look at the GW site on painting guard camouflage,they have one or two based on Arctic wear

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thanks 4 the tip, i will check it out

[lastword]

i have a snow scheme army
carapace=skull white
cloth=space wolf grey. then use the wash asurman blue

i'm not that good a painter but its not a bad paint scheme
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[StillANoob]

I undercoated everything chaos black
then i basecoated the fatiuges, helmet and shoulder pads with codex grey
then a layer of fortress grey
and the camo pattern with shadow grey

[christopher300]

My guard are from Fenris so I am painting a bit of a winter theme with them but also trying to tie it into a space wolves theme.

For the fatigues they are based with fenris grey and then I place white around the place and then cover the white but not as densly with warpfiend grey.

The flak armout, if they have any (there are some catachans in there too) I base with fenris grey, wash with nightshade blue and then dry brush with white.

How would you suggest washing camo?

I did try putting base down of fenris grey then washing with nightshade. Then i went over high area with fenris grey again. What happens though s that I place my camo pattern on and then the recessed areas are quite dark and it kind of makes the camo not as bright as it should be for winter.

Alternatively if i apply wash after doing my camo do I highlight each individual color that is raised?

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[bastian]

Why do you use Catachans for winter? Wouldnt it be too cold for them?? Nice painting otherwise!

[Adkenpachi]

Cause their hard as nails?

[rayvn70]

I've found that using pale blues up to whites work best with pale greys worked into the camo. But what really helps most is the base, I love doing bases! For that I suggest using "realistic water" from woodland scenics as the glue for the snow flock, the best flock I found is from gale force 9 and secret weapon miniatures. Just base your dudes like normal and put some snow on, after that I like put a sparse grass in areas to complete the effect

[optimat]

I think the camo is pretty good but I concur that what distracts from the wintery feel is the catachan models & their skin. If they were on fenris they would probably have paler skin.

[rayvn70]

Dec 25, 2013 12:01:56 GMT -5 optimat said:

I think the camo is pretty good but I concur that what distracts from the wintery feel is the catachan models & their skin. If they were on fenris they would probably have paler skin.

Not necessarily, pale skin would be derived from a lack of sunlight to human skin, which tans with sunlight, now saying said sun gives off the same UV as our sun, hoping so as humans need it to survive, then they could be tanned, BUT if they lived caves to help them survive the harsh environment they live on then yes, I'd think they would have pale skin. But looking at the fluff for Fenris then his guys are nomads, used to the harsh environment, their skin may be lighter than the norm, I agree, but also very leathery due to the harsh winds