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In today's post I share with your a complete photo tutorial guide to paint the Death Company Blood Angel LIBERATOR
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This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how to paint. For the beginners, I will explain the
techniques as I go along. Each picture below shows four chronological steps. Underneath each picture are
the corresponding instructions. Each step shows the paint I used during that step.
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1. Undercoat the model using a black undercoat. I use Vallejo surface primer with my airbrush. 
2. Create a mix of Eshin Grey and Lahmian Medium (50:50) and paint a thin layer (a glaze) over all the SUPPORT US
rounded areas of the armour that would catch natural light. Once dry, repeat to build the intensity. It's
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thin coats of this mix over the top of the previous layer being careful to blend it in.
4. With a ne detail brush, paint the upper sharp edges of the armour with Russ Grey to represent glints of
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13. Carefully pick out each individual feather with Ceramite White. This might take a couple of coats to get
a solid coat. Water your paint a touch to make it ow from the brush easier. It makes for a more accurate
method. Also add white edge highlights and dots to the gems.
14. Paint any skulls (and the chest Aquilla if you're using a different model) with Zamesi Desert.
15. Highlight the skulls and chest Aquilla with Ushabti Bone. Make sure you leave some Zamesi Desert
showing through for shading.
16. Water down some XV-88 and use it to shade the skulls and Aquilla. Just paint thin lines in the recesses.

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17. Paint any scrolls or parchments with Baneblade Brown.

18. Highlight the scrolls/parchments with Rakarth Flesh.
19. Run a wash of Agrax Earthshade over the scrolls and parchment areas.
20. Paint thin edge highlight lines of Dawnstone onto the rubberised areas under the armour pieces
(elbows, back of knees, groin etc).

21. Paint the wax seals and braided rope with screamer pink. Leave some black showing through for
shading.
22. Highlight the previous step using thin lines of Emperor's Children.
23. The eyes actually require three steps. Firstly paint Teclis Blue into the lens leaving a black area showing
in the upper most corner furthest from the nose. Then paint a line of Temple Guard Blue along the bottom
of the lens. Finally, paint a thinner white line below the line of Temple Guard Blue and paint a white dot in
the middle of the black area you left.
24. Paint all the gold areas with Gehenna's Gold. This might take a couple of coats. Thin the metals with
Lahmian Medium to make your paints smoother.

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25. Highlight the Gold areas with Auric Armour Gold.

26. Any large blank areas are great for decals. Use them for squad or chapter markings. I painted this skull
on the shoulder pad using Pallid Wych Flesh. 

27. 28. Finally, base the model in a way which ts in with your collection. I used Armageddon Dust texture
paint highlighted with Screaming Skull and the base edge was painted with Steel Legion Drab. 

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but not least, also check out Stahly's Death Company tutorial for a totally different way of painting black
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BRADDERS 23/5/15 12:52 pm

Nice tutorial! Cheers for sharing

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Love the cool blue tones to that black. Nice work :)
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DANGERMOUSE425 23/5/15 3:38 pm

The black/blue looks like a great alternative to the black/grey that you usually see. I'm about to
start painting a LOT of Death Company, so this is a well timed tutorial - thanks!

Btw, check some of the recipe instructions that you've lifted from the bike tutorial (Ravenwing?)
as there are still a couple of references to tyres and headlights in the instruction paragraphs.

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ANTHONY GREEN 25/5/15 10:23 pm

Great post, thank you. Are the rst 3 steps with the airbrush or just the base coat?

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GARFY 25/5/15 11:10 pm

Steps two and three are thin layers applied by brush. Gradually built up to blend the
layers together.

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GARETH RICHARDS 15/6/15 5:34 pm

Very good tutorial, will be trying this on my next black armour. I might even pick up some Death
Company just to try this technique out

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ANDY DICKINSON 26/1/16 12:53 am

Just want to say thank you for posting this. I've been trying out the black armour technique on an
Eldar Death Jester and it seems to be working out okay.
Now I just need to practice :-)

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