Contrasty Cult Army: Something of a Paint Guide

Realizing my limitations as a painter I´m not trying to educate anyone here. Just wanting to share the way I´ve found for using Citadel Contrast paints to in my opinion satisfactory result with a Genestealer Cult Army.

The colours that tie the different bands of the cult together are black, purple and yellow. Two or all three of those colors appear in almost all models of the cult. Check the earlier entires

 Undercoating with spray. First Grey Seer all over followed by Wraith Bone sprayed just from above.

This gives a bit deeper shades than using just Wraith Bone.

 First colors on. Magos Purple for psykers shirt and  

Talassar Blue for beastman skin.

 Spyker´s pants and beastman´s horns were done with Nazdreg Yellow.

 Guilliman Flesh for hands and face of the psyker.

 Leather parts using Black Templar. 

 I use Leadbelcher for metal parts and treat them with Agrax Earth Shade.

Some Agrax is added to areas of deepers shadows too.

 Wyldwood is used for weapons shafts etc.

Finally I highlight skin and fur parts with mixture of contrast paint and normal white diluted heavily with medium. I try to add several thi layers to make sort of gradual highlights.

For last I traet the base with Snakebite Leather, pva glue and some flock.

Here´s another guide I did for speed painting desert themed Imperial Guard.

How I speed paint my IG

Being a very mediocre painter myself I haven´t dared to do any painting guides. Not before this. I felt that this way of speed painting desert themed Imperial guard deserves to be shared.

After assembling the model I spray it with Army Painter Desert Yellow for base coating.

If the spray doesn´t reach every spot I fix those places with a brush.

Gaiters, belt pouches and other leathery equipment are painted brown

with Citadel Mournfang Brown.

Boots and flak vest are painted black. Face and hands get treated

with Cadian Fleshstone.

Leadbelcher for lasgun, helmet and bayonet/knife.

Everything is shaded with Agrax Earthshade and when it´s dried

I use Armageddon Dunes texture for the base.

Finishing touches include highlighting black parts with Eshin Grey.

Camo suit is highlighted with Kislev Flesh. I´ve been using Air version of that

as it´s thin enought to be used straight out of bottle. Goggles are given a

touch of Tin Bitz to make then stand out a bit.

Quick and dirty - not anything fancy as you can see but does the trick. Excluding drying time I think it takes me something like 30min to paint a single trooper like this.

Feel free to try it out! And please share your way of painting Old IG.