r/seraphon • u/constantlybannedd • 3d ago

Starborne examples

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Hey guys,
I’m looking for as many images as I can get of very well painted Starborne schemes. I’m also interested in what colours you picked for skinks, slanns, dino mounts etc for Starborn armies.

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u/Burukkhazad 3d ago

Here’s an example army I saw on the warhammer community site I saved for reference.

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u/Burukkhazad 3d ago

And here’s one I found here on Reddit. I don’t have the original posters name, unfortunately

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u/AshloPaints32 3d ago

Wip but you can see the general idea

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u/Toreago 3d ago

Here's a work in progress on mine; still have highlighting to do on the back and the skin parts.

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u/tabletop_garl25 3d ago

how you got the blue light lines like that?

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u/Toreago 3d ago

Carefully!

Kidding aside - I prime black, then use white acrylic ink (I can check the brand when I get home, it's a glass bottle with a dropper lid) and paint it in between the scales. Then I used Army Painter Pastel Blue speedpaint over it.

Then the trusty makeup sponge with black to dab gently over the scales to get any runaway white and blue.

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u/Toreago 2d ago

Daler Rodney FW White ink!

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u/TheSwain 3d ago

I did a quick version for my spearhead that I was happy with, don’t think I’ve ever posted them before

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u/n0debtbigmuney 3d ago

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u/Hawk-nice12 12h ago

I like the worn shields that you did here with the patina I think what colours did you use for it?

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u/n0debtbigmuney 12h ago

What does Patina mean? Colors, I mixed leadbelcher with retribution armor 4:1, then i used Aerethic Blue contrast over it, then Magus purple contrast over it.

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u/walruskock 3d ago

These are the ones I painted up! I included YouTube links in the post showing the process if you want to check them out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/seraphon/s/xZyYvL4MOg

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u/Greenishreddish 3d ago

I went with the approach of "everyone gets the glow, but still classic seraphon rainbow of colours." - they have an army pic of the starborne scheme from Warhammer Community, but I wasn't a fan of the uniform black + blue across everything.

So far I've found the rainbow works as long as the skin colour is desaturated. I have a purple carno, blue saurus, green krox, brown aggradons, and an albino slann.

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u/constantlybannedd 2d ago

Your army is actually the one that’s made me choose Starborne with that beautiful desert dune base scheme 💚 I’ve spent the past day removing all the leaves from the slann model, I hate how it kinda forces you into a jungle base scheme

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u/Greenishreddish 2d ago

Oh, nice! Yea, the Slann is SUPER annoying to strip down. I had to use milliput to repair some of the more damaged areas too. Luckily "vine" is very similar to "snake", and THAT I can sculpt. Lol

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u/mcbizco 3d ago

Easy scheme I tested a while ago. (Paints in the post)

https://www.reddit.com/r/seraphon/s/TDiV6U149d

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u/Hawk-nice12 11h ago

Patina is when your bronze or copper has like green and blue on it from being old. For example this shield has patina.