Highlighting Blood angels

[darkartminiatures]

Hi folks. Just a quick question. I\'ve noticed that the colour scheme these days for a blood angel seams to be highlighted with a flesh colour (dwarf flesh i think) What i want to know is do you prefer the old orange highlights or the new GW way of using a flesh colour or something else?

Thanks in advance

 

[Larre]

have you got a pic to show me whet you mean?

// Larre

 

[darkartminiatures]

Hi Larre. Sorry i haven\'t got any pics. I\'m just trying to figure out whats best for a blood angel. I know that its easy to go overboard with orange highlights that make it look too orange.

 

[Ritual]

I often use VMC Beige to highlight red. I think using orange gives a very \"fake\" look! Beige gives a good result between pink and orange that I find very pleasing to the eye!

 

[darkartminiatures]

Cheers Ritual. I think i will give that a try.

 

[Ritual]

If you find it too pink for your liking you can always add tiny amounts of orange to tweak it in the direction you like.

 

[philologus]

I noticed this in the latest WD article on Devastators. I thought it looked like Tanned Flesh was the color used on the edge.

 

[schmackeroo]

I\'m using vomit or bubonic brown then adding skull white at the mo but i do change to whatever suits me at the time, but ant lighter colour would do i suppose it just depends on the atmosphere and theme

 

[Larre]

yeah, those are great tips, but I have a tip for highlighting red cloth, you paint a base colour of red gore, then you add a bit blood red to the red gore. after some layers of highlights, add a bit sunburst yellow. when you have highlighted that to a nice look you add a bit white to the mix. but I tell ya, DO NOT highlight to any of those clean colours, allways start with a new paint when the colour before is just a little bit brighter.
and then, finally, you wash the whole area with purple ink.

that is a good tip imo

I hope you find it helpful

// Larre