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The Song of Slaanesh: Part I

In Part One of this on going series, the army colour scheme is finalised, the first purchase is made and the first strokes of paint are applied to a test model.

If you haven’t already read the prelude to this series, then I think you should give it a quick read, it should help set the scene for what you are about to read here. Finished reading it? Good, let me fill you in on what has happened so far.

The Colour Scheme

As I already mentioned in the prelude I will be collecting Chaos Space Marines, more specifically the Emperors Children legion. Traditionally Emperors Children wear jet black armour with varying amounts of pink on certain parts. I wanted to deviate slightly from this, so decided on rich dark brown power armour. I also decided I wanted a more punchy pink, usually Emperors Children are painted using Tentacle Pink, but this is a bit too pastel for my liking so I will be painting my pink to be much more magenta, something a bit more punk rock.

The First Purchase

After deciding on the armour and colour scheme it was time to head into my local Games Workshop and pick up all the stuff I thought I would need. As I mentioned in the prelude, although my monthly spend is limited to £35 there is no way I could of got everything I needed, the paints alone came to £24 but it was a bit of a shock to end up spending a shade under £80!

Qty	Item	Price
1×	Chaos Black Spray Paint	£6.00
3×	Brushes Standard Brush, Detail Brush and Fine Detail Brush	£7.50
1×	Super Glue	£3.00
1×	Plastic Glue	£3.00
12×	Paints Scab Red, Bleached Bone, Skull White, Blood Red, Chaos Black, Tin Bitz, Ice Blue, Enchanted Blue, Bestial Brown, Scorched Brown, Boltgun Metal and Tentacle Pink	£24.00
1×	Chaos Space Marines - Emperors Children (8 Models)	£18.00
1×	Paint Station	£18.00
	Total:	£79.50

I made sure to pick up a paint station to save time when ever I want to paint. All I have to do when I want to paint something is move my keyboard and mouse, grab my paint station out of my draw and start painting. Meaning there is no hassle in setting up my work space means I can really easily sit down and do an hour or so of painting when I feel like it.

A Little Bit Extra

For some strange reason I had it in my head that mixing Blood Red and Tentacle Pink would leave me with a nice bright magenta. In reality it actually just ends up as, well, red! So, back to the drawing board, and back to Games Workshop where I spent a further £8 on 4 paints; Purple Ink, Magenta Ink, Fortress Grey and Liche Purple. With these new colours I should be able to get the desired pink.

Test Miniature

With the catch up out of the way, take a look at my first model so far. I base coated the model using the Chaos Black spray paint, from there I applied two thin coats of Scorched Brown. The rest of my time was spent trying to work out how to mix the perfect pink. The red parts you see are my failed attempts using Tentacle Pink and Blood Red. The more pink parts where much more successful, starting with a base coat of Liche Purple I added Tentacle Pink to the mix, blending all the way up to Tentacle Pink and then adding Skull White. I tied all the layers together using several thin washes of Magenta Ink. This is almost the correct colour I was looking for, and with a little more experimentation I’m sure I can get it perfect.

I still have to work out how I am going to highlight the brown, and paint the other details on the model. I was hoping this fellow would be the first marine of my army, but I have messed him about so much I think he will never make it onto the tabletop. Once the colour scheme is finalised I will assemble the first squad for my army.