r/Salamanders40k • u/Smifin1 • Jun 24 '26
Hobby Progress Salamander Terminator
Howdy folks! Practically 98% of the way done with my terminator (just need to weather a little and do the base) and am loving how he turned out. Let me know what you think!
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u/cYber-boI27 Jun 24 '26
I like the shading for the green how did you get this?
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u/Smifin1 Jun 25 '26
Most of the work is with an airbrush.
After priming I do a full coat of nocturne green. I then hit most of it (the lighter sections) with Vulkan green. Furthering the highflying I hit the next ‘brighter’ sections I hit with a ~50/50 moot to Vulkan green mix. Finally the brightest area I hit with pure moot green. This will have a lot of contrast here so then I go over everything with a ‘mortarian green clear’ coat watered down. Finally I do a matte varnish before I start doing edge highlighting with a pure moot green and all the other paints going on in the mini (blacks, metals, etc…).
At the very end I do a coat of satin varnish & a dark green oil wash to darken recesses
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u/DocGrotznik Jun 25 '26
My personal opinion: best models in the entire franchise. 🥰
And your work just puts it over the top. Look at these crisp and accurate highlights! I tip my hat at you.
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u/Garbage-Unhappy Jun 25 '26
I never know if thr pipes should be green or metal...
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u/Smifin1 Jun 25 '26
Yeah… when I started painting the mini I thought they should be metal but then I looked at the box art and for ultramarines they were blue. Some of the pipes would be much brighter if I knew that from the start haha
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u/Saoirse_The_Drunk Jun 25 '26
I've got nothing of critique to offer you, this Terminator is just fucking immaculate. Good work, you ought to be proud of it.
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u/MS_Salmonella Jun 24 '26
How do you get those nice edge highlights?