Games Workshop Citadel Bombe sous-couche - Aérosol Contrast Grey Seer

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Pylar Glacier creates the illusion of an icy surface with no hassle. Briar Queen Chill and Dreadful Visage live up to their names, making them ideal for spectral phantasms or smoky apparitions, and Mantis Warriors Green offers a luminous green-yellow that’s perfect for bolts of wyrd energy. Grey Seer is just a light neutral grey, so if you're not hell bent on a perfect match then any light neutral grey should probably do the job. I think most of the other citadel light greys aren't neutral. Administratum Grey perhaps, but that's a bit darker. Apply another layer of Ultra Matte Varnish to bind the pigment and give the whole model a consistent finish. I've been collecting minis for sometime and while my pile of shame overgrown in months, I want to begin painting. My faction is Adepta Sororitas and I grab Indomitus' SM side as testing my painting skills (mainly wanted my friend who introduced me to this hobby to have a legit army and I bought Indomitus as a perfect starter for both of us---long story short, I really don't want to play SM, but I'll paint them as Blood Angels and maybe if I'm happy with the result, I'll give them too to my friend since his original favorite faction was them).

The Citadel Colour experts have spent many months researching, developing, testing – and painting! – with our Shade range to find out how to make them even better than they already are. The result of all of this hard work is a total reformulation of all of the Shade paints you know and love – and the creation of seven new Shades. I’m also highlighting the reds at this stage, doing blends of Khorne Red with Mephiston Red. The White parts get washed with Apothecary White, which we’ll then revisit, shading in the spots in-between feathers with Nuln Oil and doing some extra highlights with Reaper Pure White.Vallejo make White Grey 70.993 in their VMC line, but it's lighter than Grey Seer, much closer to white, but in the same realm of being a relatively neutral grey (not particularly warm nor particularly cool). VMC also have "Neutral Grey 70.992" which I've sometimes used as a light grey but unfortunately I can't find my bottle at the moment so I can't compare it to Grey Seer. As a Warhammer 40K enthusiast and experienced painter, I can recommend several armies that can be painted using Grey Seer – Spray. This primer is an excellent choice for creating a base coat on a range of factions, from the Imperium to the Chaos forces. Not only have all of the existing Shades been reformulated – during the process of refining these recipes, the Citadel Colour technicians were inspired to create seven entirely new paints.* Mortarion Grime is a lovely shade of yellowy filth that’s perfect for weathering war machines and dirtying grizzled behemoths. Tyran Blue and Berserker Bloodshade offer new ways to shade reds and blues that are more vivid than our existing hues, while Soulblight Grey is great for shading pale paint schemes. Enamel based spray primers offer all of that and more, and are under half the price if you buy off brand like the one I mentioned.

Gloss varnish the whole thing. We’re going to work on this at the same time as the reds for a moment, so we’re doing steps 6-9 to apply decals and a pinwash.I hate greys but I love greys... I own far too many greys because it's so hard to guess what a grey will look like until you've painted it on a model (in terms of is it slightly warmish, slightly coolish, slightly purplish, slightly greenish, etc). I usually buy a grey, paint it, decide it's not what I wanted and it gets thrown in my pile-of-paints-I-barely-use, lol. Gloss varnish the whole thing. While the acrylic inks dry fairly glossy, they’re a pretty fragile coat that you want to add some protection to.

If you’re painting a character, or just want to take it a bit further, a good next highlight is Scalecolor SC-38 Aldebaran Red. Shade red armour Flesh Tearer Contrast thinned 3:1. Here we want to shade from the recesses towards the brightest spots so we keep the saturation at its highest where light hits the model. You’ll need to give it 3 or so passes, just keep going if it looks pink and remember to pause to let the model dry if you’re unsure if it needs another layer. Carefully edge highlight the red with Scalecolor SC-37 Antares Red. I even highlight into some of the shaded areas to add a bit of definition. Red Armor Shading: Nuln Oil stippled and splotched loosely over lower areas, along recesses, undersides of armor. A second coat of Nuln Oil for a few darker splotches in shade area. Red Armor Highlights

These Shade paints are designed to provide instant depth and easily create stronger shadows, speeding up the process of creating great-looking models. While Contrast paints are designed to tint surfaces and give an intense finish, this new formulation ensures that Shade paints will settle more effectively into the recesses of your miniatures – while leaving the raised parts of your models relatively untouched.

The Space Wolves, known for their distinctive blue-grey armor, can also benefit from the use of Grey Seer – Spray. By using this primer as a base, the painter can focus on highlighting and shading the armor, rather than worrying about the base color. The difference in formulation is starkly apparent when stripping the paint. GW's spray slips right off along with the layers of paint on top of it, whereas 'true' primers are usually left behind in the crevices. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's worth the money, but it's actually a really good product when used properly. Queue Contrast paints - I get my hands on the new hotness that GW is throwing at us, and I'm thinking 'Hey, my metal primer is a pretty soft grey, maybe it'll be an okay match for Grey seer. I use the pot of the base paint I bought for touch ups and cleanup (I'm not exactly a neat painter) and put some on one of the primed mini's to look at how close they are - and promptly got floored - It's a perfect match (or perfect enough that I can't see the difference). In summary, Grey Seer – Spray is an excellent primer for a range of factions in the Warhammer 40K universe. By selecting armies that have a focus on armor, soldiers, machinery, guns, tanks, and infantry, such as the Adeptus Mechanicus, Death Guard, and Space Wolves, this primer can enhance the overall look and feel of the army. Grey Seer – Spray Colour Schemes & CombinationsGW's current line of spray paints use a very strong solvent, they stink to high heaven way worse than the GW sprays I used a decade or so ago. I haven't tried to strip any of my models sprayed with the current line of GW sprays with alcohol, but they won't scratch off the surface of the plastic easily using a finger nail (though you can mar the surface texture of them). White Scar is designed specifically for use with Contrast paints, to sit alongside the cool Grey Seer and the warmer Wraithbone sprays. There’s nothing stopping you from using it with our regular Citadel range, however. It’s great for creating punchier colours from a brighter undercoat – you can even try using our reformulated Shades on it for bold new results. While the worlds of Warhammer are littered with incandescent energy weapons and boldly-coloured robes, they’re also home to pallid ghouls and ethereal entities that can discorporate in the blink of an eye. Paint makes Warhammer, and gorgeous miniatures are a key part of the Warhammer hobby. There’s nothing better than two epic-looking armies facing off on the battlefield, and we all take great enjoyment in sharing our proudest paint jobs on the internet. To help you keep creating incredible armies and jaw-dropping models, Citadel Colour are massively expanding the Contrast range, improving the range of amazing Shade paints, and creating the smoothest and brightest ever white spray – the best just got better.