How I Paint - Legions Imperialis - Night Lords

  

Paints required:

• Chaos Black spray
• Night Lords Blue
• Kantor Blue
• Alaitoc Blue
• Lothern Blue
• White Scar
• Nuln Oil
• Leadbelcher
• Abaddon Black
• Balthasar Gold
• Corax White
• Gryph-Charger Grey
• Blood Angels Red 
• Eshin Grey
• Mephiston Red
• Evil Suns Scarlet
• Wild Rider Red

I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with Chaos Black spray. 

Then a basecoat of Night Lords Blue, thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a Medium drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels already covered. It took around 2 coats to get a nice solid finish.

When the basecoats were full dry, Nuln Oil was painted into the recesses and around the panels of the aircraft using a small detail brush (I use synthetic brushes for this job). Try to be neat but do not worry too much as you can always tidy the miniature up with a little Night Lords Blue. Allow the Nuln Oil to full dry.

The aircraft was then drybrushed with Night Lords Blue using a medium drybrush. This was then followed with a second drybrush using Kantor Blue. This was followed with a third drybrush of a 1:1 mix of Kantor Blue and Alaitoc Blue. Then a fourth drybrush of was applied of Alaitoc Blue.  This was focused on the sharp edges of the miniature. Remember to check your progress with each drybrush, do not overdo each step. You cannot take away the paint, but you can always add more if necessary. 

The lascannons, the missile launcher and a few panels across the aircraft were given a basecoat with Abaddon Black.

With the main colour of the aircraft complete, it is now time to move on to the metal. The metal details were given a basecoat of Leadbelcher. These details included: the engines, the intake fans, the vertical lift thrusters, the gun barrels, the landing feet and finally, any grills. This step took some time and care was needed not to get the silver onto the blue fuselage.

The cockpit glass was painted in with Corax White.

The running lights and lenses were painted with Mephiston Red. These were then highlighted with Evil Suns Scarlet and then with Wild Rider Red.

The metal was then washed with Nuln Oil. The cockpit glass was given one coats of Gryph-Charger Grey. When this was fully dry a coat of Blood Angel Red. The aircraft was turned upside to allow each coat to fully dry.

The lascannon muzzles and the panel edges were highlighted with Eshin Grey.

When this was all fully dry the metal of the engines and any larger areas of metal were given a drybrush with Leadbelcher. The metal around the engine exhausts were given a drybrush with Baltasar Gold. The ends of the engines were given a light drybrush with Abaddon Black.

The coils on the lascannons and the tips of the missiles were given a basecoat with Balthasar Gold. 

The lightning pattern was painted onto the nose of the aircraft and the wing tips with Lothern Blue using a fine brush. The lightning was painted as a series of zigzag lines that branched in two line. A fine line of White Scar was painted to the centre of lines.

The aircraft was finished off by applying transfers to denote aircraft number and the Night Lords Legion.

I am really pleased with the look of these Space Marine aircraft. 

Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions. Bye for now and 'always watch your six'.