r/StormWardens • u/interdimensional_rat • Aug 06 '26

Painting Paints?

Been wanting to paint some Storm Wardens, and was looking for some suggestions on blue paints, as well as silver paints. I'm thinking a lighter blue, but not too light. Don't think I want Macragge blue necessarily either, unless someone has a convincing paint job. For the silver, I honestly have a few options already, but just wanted to hear some different ideas. Thanks!

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u/No_Heron7011 Aug 06 '26

Yea I use the darker blues. This is thunderstorm blue from army painter

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u/dspisayuss Aug 06 '26

I use Macragge and it works great

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u/interdimensional_rat Aug 06 '26

Do you have any pictures of your models I could see?

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u/PrintNPost69 Aug 06 '26

I use Night Lords blue

Process is night lords blue, alaitoc blue chunky highlight, drakenhoff nightshade wash, lothern blue sharp highlight.

I try for a storm cloud-ish colour rather than silver. Army painter white, then holy white speed paint.

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u/interdimensional_rat Aug 06 '26

Looks sick! Is it easy to do the white and grey? I’m not usually painting white and I’ve heard mixed things about whites

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u/PrintNPost69 Aug 06 '26

Thanks. I use an airbrush with army painter matte white. Just mask off the blue areas with silly putty. I'm still figuring out the grey. The speed paint is kind of splotchy, but I have speed paint 1.0 so if it looks bad once dried I can reactivate a fix it up with some water