Monochromatic painting

[MagyarKhan]

I am wondering if someone has monochromatic painted his army.... ? I think the armies suit wel for this less time consuming method... (which i dont have experience with)

[MAXXxxx]

Hi,

if done right, then it's much more time consuming, than a normal colorscheme army.
You not only have to get the shading right, but you don't have the help of cold-warm colors, different tones and contrasting colors.

[MagyarKhan]

And Zenithal priming with a few more colour accents

Lets say lannisters priming black from below, darkred from middle and perhaps a lighter red from above.....
And perhaps highlight the weapons and such.

would that work?

My paining and priming days are from the ninetees...

[MAXXxxx]

well they are your figures, so why not? sure. As long as you like them the way they are they are good.

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At the same time what you describe is a pre-shaded model, not a monochromatic one.
To help with the 'readability' of the figure with the missing colors, you'd have to play with each area to have a different lightness to make them visible.

Having 3 tones is a good start (1 really dark, 1 middle, 1 light).
Then for example on these:
https://www.waylandgames.co.uk/10237...rossbowmen.jpg

- you could make the armor dark.
- then to make the belts and pouches separate, they'd be the middle color
- then the trousers give a bit of a problem, as to have contrast they'd have to be the light color which you may not like.
- boots could be then the dark color
- face should be the light one (hair could be the middle tone)
- feather is either the middle or light (the dark armor separates them good enough, so either one works fine)
- sleeves light, hands/gloves middle tone, then weapons can again be dark/ deviate from monochrome a bit and use metallics on them.


btw the dark/middle/light in general means:
- dark (black in your case, altough I'd rather use a black-red or dark grey instead, so you have the chance to shade it with pure black): about 50-75% of the area the darkest color highlighted with the middle/light tone
- middle (dark red): about 50-75% of the area the middle tone, shaded with the dark color, highlighted with the light one
- light (light red): about 50-75% of the area is the light tone shaded with the other 2 as needed.

The only problem with this plan is that you may not like the light (red) sleeve/trouser one. To change that you'd need to replan the other areas too.



one moment I'll edit the pic in PS a bit to show about what I mean.

edit:
the pic. On the feet I couldn't decide if going light or staying dark would be better, I'd probably stay with the darker one.



you can paint it relatively easy by:
- priming the whole thing light (white, or some really light yellowish one (wraithbone spray from is good for this)
- use a thinned wash of the light color on the light areas (I'd try a 3:1 ratio (GW contrast medium: GW contrast red))
- on the medium areas use the (contrast) red as is or slightly diluted (1:1 or 1:2)
- on the armor (dark areas) paint it black with a line highlight of a strong red (GW mephiston red for example)
- paint blades/arrowheads metallic and done?

[MagyarKhan]

o yes and that add some colours like the hats and shields if applicable.