Warhammer 40K: Painting Space Marines – Two Styles, One Army
What’s better than getting your hands on a bunch of Space Marines? Having them painted, of course!
Today, I want to show off some space Marines I painted in two different styles. They’ll have your tabletop ready in no time. This is an update from an earlier post.
Two Paint Styles
Earlier, I painted a miniature in the recommended style from the 9th Edition Start Painting Space Marines set. Recently, I painted my new Infernus Space Marines in the style recommended by the 10th Edition Codex. This style requires more paints than what is in the start painting box.
The Assault Intercessors were painted with a base coat, shade, and highlight method while the Infernus Marine was painted with the edge highlighting method in the codex.
On the right of these images are Assault Intercessors from 9th Edition, which I painted. I used the method of painting suggested in the Start Painting boxed sets. I am pretty sure the suggested 10th Edition method for the Start Painting box would be the same, as the paints in the box are almost all the same. Just one of them is different, the technical paint for the base specifically.
If you buy the 10th Edition Space Marine Codex, there is a paint guide in there. I followed that guide to paint up these Infernus Marines. It takes a lot more time, but it looks so good!
Which style do you like most? I can tell you the edge highlighting method looks great but takes a lot longer to paint. I like the new look better, and despite the different styles, I will be using these miniatures in the same army.
The Finished Models
Take a look at these guys. They look amazing. I used the same style of painting on the Dreadnoughts I reviewed a few posts back.
Before heading out, I will leave you with a few more pictures. Again, directions for this paint job are in the 10th Edition Space Marine Codex. I used those exact methods and colors.
Wrapping it up…
Today’s post was to show off some miniatures that I painted up. I figured I would compare the two paint methods too while I was doing it, too. For more, check out my two related Work in Progress Articles on Must Contain Minis. I have one about priming the miniatures and one that goes deeper into this first step of the edge highlighting paint process. This article originates from that site.
How about you? How do you paint up your Space Marines?
Until next time, Happy Gaming, Everyone!!!
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