Blood Angels are the new heat thanks to Psychic Awakening. So how do you paint them red in a quick and easy way? Check this out.
Coming from Jack of Clubs Painting, he has some great tutorials on YouTube on how to get your miniatures looking fantastic with an airbrush. Check out these fast steps to get your Sons of Sanguinius ready for the tabletop in no-time.
This is An Easy Way to Paint Blood Angels Armor Red
First, prime the miniature black. Once primed and dry, start building the red using Vallejo Model Color Black Red all over the model. It’s okay if it looks glossy at first, it’ll eventually dry and leave you with a dull red.
Carmine Red by Vallejo Model Color is next. Spray it at a high angle over the Black Red in a thin layer. Don’t oversaturate the Carmine Red. This will help build a smooth transition between the reds. Your main goal here is to do a subtle brightening of the armor plates where natural light normally hits.
Flat Red by Vallejo Model Color is sprayed over the top portions as a targeted highlight. You should be focusing in more on the smaller surfaces of what you just hit with Carmine Red. This will pull off a nicely detailed lighting effect.
Finally, target your highlight areas once more with the orange-red shade Wild Rider Red from Citadel. Focusing in even more, spray this color on very tips where the light will hit.
Of all the colors used from above, the main goal is to see a gradual, lighter fade to a focused point on the armor plates.
Be careful not to overspray the bright red so it doesn’t take away from the darker tones used.
Fine-Detailing Your Model
By now, your model should be good enough for tabletop quality. However, if you want to go the extra mile, you can use Vallejo Model Color Black and a paintbrush to block in the trim, joints, and crest as desired. For the skull, you can use Scale 75 Thrash Metal to bring out a crisp metal finish without any clumpy pigments.
Highlight the black areas with Vallejo Model Color Neutral Grey. Carefully pick out the details.
With Wild Rider Red, edge highlight the armor panels and shoulder pads. Only catch the hard edges where the highlight will be the brightest. Also, make sure you use a very fine-detailed brush for this or else you’ll get uneven paint strokes that’ll take away from the crispness of the model.
When you’re done with the highlighting, wash the model with a mixture of Dark Tone, Red Tone, and Quickshade Mixing Medium from The Army Painter.
To see how to get the great company markings effects (Mini’s right shoulder) and to see the finished model, be sure to watch the entire video below:
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With all the new Blood Angels hotness, what do you think the star units will be? Are you going to be running a bloody-knuckle Primaris beatdown force? How do you have your Blood Angels painted?
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About the Author: Wesley Floyd
Wesley Floyd
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, and the self-proclaimed King of Sprues. He knows for a fact that Mephiston red is the best-tasting paint and is the commission painting equivalent of a Wendy’s 4 for $4. If you like what he writes and want to contact him or have your tabletop minatures painted (to a mostly okayish standard), message him on Instagram.
