First Attempt at an Ultramarine
As I attempt to test out color schemes I continue to be drawn to the grimdark techniques and presentations.
For this model I took a break from my usual Salamanders, as I have yet to completely settle on a color scheme, and painted this Ultramarine.
I am using a stippling technique to try to add small amounts of texture and the appearance of weathering to the mini. I am still new but it was fun to attempt the same process used on my Salamander, but with different colors.
A new technique I tried here was with the gold Aquila and shoulder pad edges. I attempted to make a convincing, if faded, gold using Leadbelcher and two contrast paints. The goal was to play around with how to paint different metallics and still have a convincing result.
Still WIP.
Ultramarine Lore
The Ultramarines, originally known as the War-Born[50a], were the XIII Legion of the original twenty Space Marine Legions. This loyalist Legion was later re-organized and divided into Chapters according to the Codex Astartes. Their Primarch is Roboute Guilliman, whose leadership, not to mention his authorship of the Codex Astartes, were instrumental in humanity's survival following the Horus Heresy. Because their Primarch wrote the text that defines a Space Marine Chapter, the Ultramarines follow this Codex strictly; their only deviation being the recent formation of the Tyrannic War Veterans, comprised entirely of veterans of battles with the Tyranids. The Ultramarines are possibly the most important Imperial organization on the Eastern Fringe.
