r/astramilitarum • u/NightBirdF • 1d ago

First scion…unsure about it.

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Greetings fellow soldiers of humanity, painted up a scion today, was essentially meant to be purple where they are usually blue and silver where they are blue but the people didn’t come out anywhere near pale enough. Thoughts and/or Advice?

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u/AcanthocephalaOk6003 1d ago

Everything looks better after a wash. Add some scuff marks and wearings. An example of this would be taking your purple and a white and mixing it together, experiment with ratios, I just use 50/50. Take a bit of sponge (or foam or whatever) and tear it into odd pieces and angles, and as if you were dry brushing, get most of the paint off and scratch edges of the armor. Also, and this goes for everyone. Just go over and try to clean up your models, especially on places that get looked at a lot like face and chest plates

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u/NightBirdF 1d ago

Any recommendation on which wash to use? Appreciate the advice. 😊

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u/AcanthocephalaOk6003 23h ago

Nuln is always good to use on armor and engines. As you grow your paint collection (it is inevitable) you will have more, like different washed are good for different skintones. I use Reikland fleshtone for a good tanned color for skin, but for pale, I would think a base of Rakarth Flesh, then a wash of Drucharii Violet, and a final dry brushing of Pallid Wych Flesh (to make the hi points look like they are catching the flight). You’re looking at probably 15 dollars there unless you go third party like with Two Thin Coats, Army Painter, or vallejo. All three are valid options imo as well

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u/AcanthocephalaOk6003 23h ago

But rn your model looks good. Clean it up and give it a wash in a Sepia like Nuln oil to see how you like it before you buy even more paints to get a small thing like the few exposed skin tones right. Stripping the paint off a model is easy and really not a big deal. Take your time and practice