Custodes of Hera, Primaris Successor chapter.

[dougeye]

Ok so like many others I have a complex about mini marines so I had to start a new army lol.

Custodes Of Hera are a successor chapter of the ultramarines, based in ultramar segmentum and primarily tasked with the defence of ultramar and the surrounding worlds which is a big task given the new fluff!

Being a successor of the ultramarines I wanted them to be blue primarily but ive gone with a much lighter blue for the main layer which actually proved tricky as the final armour highlight I had to mix from scratch as no standard paints really worked.

Ive only built and painted the one marine so far and have not quite finished some of the finer details such as the bolter needs highlights etc but im looking for feedback on the primary scheme of light blue with bone trim and gold plates.

Also I have included a comparison between a Custode of Hera Marine and my old smurf second company.

The leviathan dread in the pic is for the new Primaris Chapter and will be next on the list after ive had feedback.

p.s just seen a couple of untidy highlights that need fixing

[judcottrell]

Looks good, I really like the lighter blue.
My only problem is with the bone trim on the shoulder pads, might be the pic but they kind of get lost in the gold.
Apart from that you're off to a good start!

[dougeye]

Yeah I see what you mean mabye pure white trim, or change the shoulder pads.hmmm

[cheminhaler]

The colours work well together. It might be the light but usually you can spot the difference between bone and shiny gold. You could try to use a darker gold or bronze if you think the high pigment gold is too bright. Balthasar gold is very dark and bronz-ish or there is a very dark bronze colour that I'm trying to think the name of..
I like the shiny gold personally. If it's retributor gold I'd stick to using that ; the paint is so much easier to layer on than other metallic.

[dougeye]

Yeah I think it's because I used ubsha bone (spelling) then darkened with seraphim sepia and just highlighted with screaming skull, might just put ubsha bone down then highlight with screaming skull. Also just noticed. The bolter needs touching up were I've been handling it. Greasy fingers lol

[cheminhaler]

Yes; Ushabti bone is a good colour. You can darken it ever so slightly by adding a small sliver of black paint. That way it'll hopefully stand out from the gold.

[judcottrell]

You could always try screaming skull with a white line highlight?
Will be a lot paler but will be stark against the gold.

[dougeye]

Yes so ive tried screaming skull with a white hightlight and still don't like it, I might just go for pure white on the shoulder pad trims. like first company smurfs. It will be difficult to do on larger areas on vehicles though. here is the screaming skull with white highlight for now.

[dougeye]

or I could just make the shoulder pads blue aswell?

[dougeye]

Ok so ive gone with blue shoulder pads as the rest of the armour and bone trim. what do you think?









Also this guys up next, base coats and first shade done,

[judcottrell]

Looks great!
I prefer the blue against the bone, the helmet stripe to tie it in really works too.
Looking forward to seeing more!