PAINTING SPACE MARINE DEVASTATORS
HEAVY BOLTER
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HOW'D HE DO THAT?
ARMOUR
I basecoated the armour with Dark Angels Green and then highlighted it with an even mix of Dark Angels Green and Snot Green. I finished the armour with a final highlight of Snot Green.
ROBE
For the robe, I worked up from Graveyard Earth to Desert Yellow and finally applied Kommando Khaki for sharp highlights. For the black line, I basecoated with Chaos Black and then highlighted with an even mix of Chaos Black and Codex Grey.
HEAVY BOLTER
I used a reversed-highlight technique for the Heavy Bolter casing. First, I basecoated it with an even mix of Shadow Grey and Chaos Black, followed by straight Chaos Black. I did them in reverse order so the darker colour "erases" a bit of the previous colour to make for a finer, sharper highlight.
METAL
I basecoated all the silver areas with an even mix of Chaos Black and Boltgun Metal, followed by highlights with Chainmail and Mithril Silver.
For the gold areas, I used Tin Bitz and highlighted with Brazen Brass. Then, I applied a Scaly Green wash in the crevices and around the rivets. Then, I went in for a final series of highlights, working up from Shining Gold to Burnished Gold and then Mithril Silver.
DETAILS
For some other marks that you might find on a Devastator Space Marine, I included some accuracy blessings painted in white around the shoulder pad rim.
For the shoulder pad, I painted iconography, as it was easier to just paint it than mess around with decals. I did the 3rd Company marking in the field behind the chapter icon as the kneepad (the usual location) is hidden by the robe. Since the right shoulder pad has two icons, I figured I could get away with it on the left pad.
I didn't think that a Heavy Bolter gunner would bother with kill markings for as much stuff as a Heavy Bolter can gun down, so I went with more of the personalization of his armour aspect. I painted litanies against jamming on the backpack in Skull White.
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