For tabletop quality, here's the process I went for. Everything is over a black primer coat.
- Mechanicum Standard Grey basecoat entire model
- Dawnstone wetbrush
- Care needs to be taken that this isn't just a basecoat layer - recessed areas should be slightly darker
- Averland Sunset - chest emblem
- Kantor Blue - shoulder pauldron fill
- Leadbelcher metallic details
- Blood Red purity seal wax
- Baneblade Brown purity seal parchment & skulls
- Agrax Earthshade armor recesses, purity seals, skulls
- Nuln Oil any Leadbelcher'd areas
- Touchup Dawnstone
- Abaddon Black bolter casing touch-up
- Drybrush hard edges
- Over Dawnstone: Longbeard Grey
- over Kantor Blue: Hoeth Blue
- Metallic: Necron Compound
- Seal with matte varnish
Faces:
- Rakarth Flesh base
- Kislev Flesh layer
- Reikland Flesh wash
Bases are Sector Imperialis.
- Rhino Hide earth areas
- Baneblade Brown (maybe Karak Stone) earthy areas
- Not super impressed with the color here, may warrant some iteration. Maybe Karak Stone?
- Terminatus Stone drybrush earthy areas
- Agrax wash earth areas
- Leadbelcher metallic areas
- Nuln Oil metallic areas
- Ryza Rust metallics
Additional future work for these if I want to bring the standard up further:
- There's no detail on the bolt pistol holster or grip.
- I didn't do any edge highlighting along the pauldrons or bolter casting - the bolter casing probably has some good payoff.
- Touch up the base edges to unify the black tone
I didn't drill out the bolter barrel either yet, don't @ me
edit: standard bolter barrel is 0.8mm bit size
edit: standard bolter barrel is 0.8mm bit size
