Paint Sets for High Fantasy

[montka]

Hello,

I'm looking for paint sets that would be good for high fantasy models.

The sort of thing that would look at home on a world of warcraft good character.

I'm thinking colours like violet, green, purple and yellow will look nice against more subdued browns and greys.

I'm happy with the blues, browns and greys I have from Games Workshop, but I can't help thinking there must be more colours out there for the high fantasy stuff.

Have you ever seen the robes that saints are portrayed wearing in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican? Those are the sorts of rich colours I'm looking for.

ps how is everyone :P

[Tommie Soule]

Great to see yer! How's mordor, sorry i mean barrow?

Can you post some pics of the colours you mean and lets see if we can work out some mmixes using what you have. save that cash mate!

T

[Kretcher]

I second Tommie, it is possible to get a lot of colours out of a few ones. Also it adds to the fun and gives you a better understanding of how to use colours (I am still experimenting and learning).

[Einion]

Why sets and not individual paints, are you looking for quick ways to highlight and shades these colours?

I would definitely come down in favour of mixing rather than buying-in, if you just bought a small set of bright colours you could premix batches of orange, green, violet etc. and store them for future use.

Although it's taking it a bit far, in theory this could be done starting from just primaries and white (with black if necessary).

Einion

[MrPickles]

Hello,

I'm looking for paint sets that would be good for high fantasy models.

The sort of thing that would look at home on a world of warcraft good character.

I'm thinking colours like violet, green, purple and yellow will look nice against more subdued browns and greys.

I'm happy with the blues, browns and greys I have from Games Workshop, but I can't help thinking there must be more colours out there for the high fantasy stuff.

Have you ever seen the robes that saints are portrayed wearing in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican? Those are the sorts of rich colours I'm looking for.

ps how is everyone :P

ive tried lots of different brands. it's pretty hard to beat GW when it comes to vibrance and richness of colour.

[montka]

Well, I've googled high fantasy images and actually I didn't much in the vein of what I expected. Maybe I dreamed it up.

I did , on the other hand, find a vampire fighting a wear wolf:



(by Howard David Johnson)

I suppose it is the work of Michaelangello at the Vatican and Sistine chapel that has made the biggest impression on me of all the art I have seen, and also the work of Raphael. I find the vibrancy of the colour and the pleasantness of the colour balance to be something I would like to emulate.

I like the red and yellow pastel colours on these shawls here:





And the lilac sported here:



any thoughts?

[Dragonsreach]

I suppose it is the work of Michaelangello at the Vatican and Sistine chapel that has made the biggest impression on me of all the art I have seen, and also the work of Raphael. I find the vibrancy of the colour and the pleasantness of the colour balance to be something I would like to emulate.
Well the methodolgy was different the underpainting in the Michaelangelo work is what adds to the luminocity.

I like the red and yellow pastel colours on these shawls here:



For this soft red I'd be tempted to use an offwhite underpainting (VMC Ivory) and apply really thin glazes of VMC Redcoupled with VMC Sunset Rose.


For the red here I'd use a thin Yellow underpaint and thin coats of red to get the orangeycast.
as for the Yellow I'd use Vallejo transparent Yellow and Orange used sparingly to increase the vibrancy of the yellow.

And the lilac sported here:



Very close to VMC Violet Red
any thoughts?

Does that help any.

[montka]

Sounds cool I would not have thought of using different coloured undercoats.
Also time consuming...

[Dragonsreach]

Time consuming.....Yes have to agree there.
But if it's the end result you're after then it's worth it.
If you're just painting for yourself then the self satisfaction of achievement is something to wallow in.
If its for a competition then having someting that has an Eye Catching ability is worth a helluvalot.

[montka]

hmm, any examples in mini artwork?

[Einion]

any thoughts?

Paint what you see.

Painters advise this all the time and it is a little too pat, but at heart it is good advice (much harder to do than to say, admittedly).

If you see colouring like some of those you've mentioned in your post, before you pick up a brush or select your paints try to figure out how you'd go about painting that. When you do it this way, instead of trying 'seat of the pants' painting, you should be better placed to get the right sort of result.

To give you one example, the red in the first pic: the main colour is just a dull pink, with red shading and the deep shadows are dark red... that should basically tell you how you could paint that. Not rocket science!

Einion

[LOKI ODINSSON]

Paint what you see.

Painters advise this all the time and it is a little too pat, but at heart it is good advice (much harder to do than to say, admittedly).

If you see colouring like some of those you've mentioned in your post, before you pick up a brush or select your paints try to figure out how you'd go about painting that. When you do it this way, instead of trying 'seat of the pants' painting, you should be better placed to get the right sort of result.

To give you one example, the red in the first pic: the main colour is just a dull pink, with red shading and the deep shadows are dark red... that should basically tell you how you could paint that. Not rocket science!

Einion

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[t77mackie]

To give you one example, the red in the first pic: the main colour is just a dull pink, with red shading and the deep shadows are dark red... that should basically tell you how you could paint that. Not rocket science!

Einion

Really good lesson there! Always a good idea to keep a keen eye open for this kind of thing. Always good to check out and explore different types of artwork.

I'm always amazed when I use the eyedropper tool in Photoshop to 'grab' a certain color from a picture and it's nothing like what I was expecting.

Happy painting.