Anyone have an idea how to get this type of exo-skeleton? (a carnifex that Keith Robertson painted)

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holmcross

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Anyone have an idea how to get this type of exo-skeleton? (a carnifex that Keith Robertson painted)

Hi! First time on these forums, I\'ve been collecting a nidzilla army and starting the long road to a fully painted army.

I\'m totally in love with this color scheme (done by Keith Roberston) http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Kislev01/carnifex.jpg . I think the exo-skeleton is done perfectly - white enough to provide excellent contrast to the carapace, but dark enough not to look like it was painted with chalk (which is my problem with most Levithian-esque color schemes). Its also less purple/pink then the others... the recesses are very brown with traces of purple. I love the way that looks.

I do bleached bone over a white undercoat, watered down liche purple for the cracks and details, then a light coat of watered down brown ink in the darker areas. I clean up the exo-skeleton with bleached bone.... and its here that I run into a problem. Painting over with skull white makes the model very white and chalky, and I wanted to emulate the look on Keith Robertson\'s carni, but I can\'t seem to make the exo-skeleton the right color... my attempts end up far too white.

I\'ve been practicing on a genestealer, I don\'t want to submit my poor carnifex to my experimental painting.

My recesses end up being a little red instead of having seperate traces of brown and purple. Maybe I just need to work on my technique.

Does anyone have a suggestion how I can match the tone of Robertson\'s exo-skeleton? I\'m in a bit of a rut :)

Thanks a ton!
 
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darkartminiatures

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This is what i think:

basecoat Bleached bone> shade beastial brown>purple ink highlights gradual bleached bone/white up to pure white

carapace looks like codex grey/black mixes up to fortress grey

Hope this helps
 
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holmcross

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My problem is when I go for the final coats of white on the exoskeleton, the color ends up being very white.... and I wanted to have it end up being an off-white, kind of like the mini Keith did. If yo compare his with the typical levithian color scheme, the exoskeleton is not as bright white as the others. ( http://kofler.dot.at/40k/units/Tyranid_Hive_Tyrant_3.jpg )

and its not as pink/purple, either.

When you say highlight up to skull white, do you mean to only paint around the edges of the exo-skeleton with skull white? It seems like some of the bleached bone coats are superfluous... my model ends up being very white in the end.

thanks!
 
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darkartminiatures

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Maybe your adding too much white or maybe you could start with a slightly darker tone or maybe your not getting a solid enough layer of bleached bone before you go on to the other stages...i take it your working from a white primer?
The white tends to shine through the bone..maybe use a light grey primer instead. After all is said and done i guess its a matter of adjusting and playing about until you have the look you want

Errrr I\'m not helping here am I :)
 
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Bigdennis52

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I might be a little off here but this is what I am thinking.

Basecoat is beastial brown of the entire area.
First coat of shading is bleached bone
Work your way up to a 50% mix bleached bone / 50% pure white
Ink with purple ink
Shade from bleached bone up to pure white

100% bleached bone
75% bleached bone / 25% pure white
50/50, then 25/75, then 100% pure white
for the final tip of highlights, put 10% light purple, 90% pure white and just enough should come off to provide that off white look

Just I guess it is personal look
 
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