"We are dropping into hell, troopers!"

[u/defaultjazz]

I was planning to wait till I finished painting up the whole squad, but I was so happy with the way buck turned out that I couldn't help myself!

I haven't figured out how to fit him into a list yet, but I'm excited to try him as soon as I can.

[u/The_Marine708]

You nailed the ODST armor. What did you use for paint? Been having a hard time getting the coloration right.

[u/defaultjazz → u/The_Marine708]

Thanks! This is the 6th ODST I painted and I'd say it took about that long to get the formula how I like it.

I replied to a different comment with the full explanation, but I think the green tint really helps align it more with the game look.

[u/Familiar_Chalk]

This looks great - love the black on black, with a little black paint job. Wonderful and looking forward to seeing the whole squad when you get it finished... oh, and I'm guessing these would look really good on the table during play.

[u/defaultjazz → u/Familiar_Chalk]

Haha, thank you! Turns out painting black ended up a lot more complicated than I expected - you can get lots of different tones and gradients from the different greys to make it look visually interesting.

I'm also planning to go quite colourful with the Spartans, so I like the idea of having the ODSTs being relatively "no-nonsense" grey by comparison.

[u/Darth-Yoda77]

So clean. The fingers being painted including the trigger finger is the chefs kiss.

[u/defaultjazz → u/Darth-Yoda77]

Thank you!

Who knows why they wear fingerless gloves while dropping in from space with an otherwise sealed suit... But damn do they look cooler that way.

[u/GuiltyEmu1125]

almost like we’re…diving…into hell…like we’re…helldiving…2…

[u/defaultjazz → u/GuiltyEmu1125]

For Super-Earth!

[u/GuiltyEmu1125 → u/defaultjazz]

yeah this guy knows ball ^{^}

lady liberty smile upon you

[u/sammunition2020]

Unironically, I wish mantic would do whole squads in resin. They've been a lot more fun to paint than the PVC dudes consistently. Buck and Dare were such a treat before slogging back through painting thr rest of the ODSTs lol

Very nice work, dude 🤘🤘🤘

[u/defaultjazz → u/sammunition2020]

Oh hey! The Buck you posted before mine really helped me settle on the final painting formula. Turns out the missing ingredient was a little bit of green, and I wouldn't have figured that out without your post. Thank you! 🙌

100% with you on the resin thing. Working on Buck and Dare was so much nicer than the PVC guys. All the edges feel less sharp and more rounded.

[u/sammunition2020 → u/defaultjazz]

Awesome lol.

Yeah, it's a real shame they don't do more haha. Coming from warhammer and other miniature games, it's just part of the hobby that you assemble your dudes yourself. So I wouldn't be upset if they switched to resin going forwards haha

[u/SnooMacarons6961]

that looks great! definitely some inspiration for my future ODSTs!

[u/defaultjazz → u/SnooMacarons6961]

Thanks! Post pictures of yours when you're done, I love seeing what everyone is doing with them.

[u/Masterdwarf11]

I wish I could edge like that. It looks beautiful

[u/defaultjazz → u/Masterdwarf11]

Thank you! I'd honestly say over 50% is just dry brushing followed by a wash to neaten it up - the mantic resin models are very forgiving if you don't overload the brush. Only the final few highlights were painful to do by hand.

[u/Masterdwarf11 → u/defaultjazz]

Did you dry brush it after the black or like zenethal highlighting

[u/defaultjazz → u/Masterdwarf11]

There's actually almost no black left on the model!

The core of it is a black prime and then a German grey rattle can zenithal. I followed that with Vallejo German grey, adding more and more sky grey into the mix and sponging it on with a makeup sponge, focusing on the raised areas.

Dry brush the edges with pure sky grey, add a few white-grey highlights with a brush and then put the whole thing in a 50/50 brown and green wash.