Marble bases - by Ana (eng.)(363 total words in this text) (12127 Reads)  I've been asked questions about the way I painted the marble base on my Space Marines Librarian. As people seem to be interested in explanation of my way of painting marble, here it goes: I used VMC 907 ?pale greyblue? as my base color. 
I stained the surface with dark stains of wash made from VMC 939 ?Smoke?. Beginning of this stage can be seen above, and the final effect ? below: 
While increasing the intensity of the wash I outline the streaks achieved previously by several layers of wash and make them bolder. I also create a few more streaks: 
Effects of this operation can be seen below, just like thickness of the base color (ie. thinned a lot) which was still used to highlight the palest parts and to emphasize the edges where colors change: 
| I painted some veins with the base colorI used wash of VMC 938 ?transparent blue? in some places, where my intuition suggested, I created spots. And then I used the same color, but thinned it less, to draw places for next veins.With a wash of VMC 828 ?Wood grain? I stained the surface just as I did before with blue.With a thin brush I painted veins ? cracks, using a mix of ?Smoke? and ?Transparent Blue?. It was nearly black, but I didn't use black as I didn't want the veins to contrast too much with the rest of the surface.I emphasized the veins with the base color and the same brush, and I added a few more veins. I also added a few spots in this color. |
I was only missing a few darker accents ? deeper in the sculpt. But this was done with ground old dry pastels in color of dark browns and the scenic water effect, which I am presenting below. But you will find your own ways of finishing your marble. 
So that's the way I painted my slab of marble. Everybody might prefer their own ways, but maybe my method will be useful for you? :-) |
