3. Fixing Past Mistakes (Primaris Intercessors & Lieutentants)

My Primaris (formerly veteran. Thanks, 10th edition) Intercessors have been painted in a very piecemeal fashion.

Originally bought online as sprues only, these five models are almost identical, save for the placement of their heads (I've tried to angle them all a bit differently) and the painting of a Sergeant's helm.

However, their painting, shading, highlighting and even transfers were all done between other models.

The same can be said for my Primaris Lieutenant, although my Phobos Lieutenant was done all in one.

However, all seven models suffer from the same problem; their armour is too dark.

I think this has come down to the shade. I used Drakenhof Nightshade as a wash on all of them and despite the knowledge that washing the models would darken their colour, I didn't realise how dark they would go.

I maybe could have fixed them there and then but moved on instead. Sadly, I've now realised I don't like this colour blue.

And so, over the last couple of weeks, I've pulled them all back out and decided to try and return them to a closer tone of blue.

To do this, I have taken a fine brush (which I normally would use for edge highlighting) or a thin base brush and simply reapplied Macragge Blue to the armour.

The difficulty has been maintaining a steady hand in order to avoid the transfers, highlights and shaded recesses.

 

Thankfully though, despite this taking a little bit of time per miniature, (not as much as recess shading is seems), these Space Marines look a lot better And much closer to their original blue.

Of course, they aren't perfect as my attempt to avoid my prior work has meant a couple of washed patches remain. However, I think as a whole, this has worked out rather well.

In fact, this whole process has given me an idea for an upcoming Suppressor unit I'm planning to paint.