More highlighting woes.

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Levdir

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I\'m quite the whiner, aren\'t I?

Here\'s the deal: I just bought an Eldar Falcon and I can\'t highlight the damned thing. Along the edges of the wings and whatnot is no problem, but getting smooth, even highlights that blend nicely into the main colour on the \"soft\" corners on the body is not working so good. My colour scheme is as follows:
The main body of the Falcon is Dark Angels Green, with a Red Gore cockpit and wing panels. All the little grooves in the body are done in Bleached Bone. I\'m prepared to strip the thing down and start over if I need to, because the colourscheme as I have it does not seem to be working. I have photos and they will be available as soon as I have a spare minute (two AP exams in as many weeks, eep).

I know this should probably be in the WIP thread, but I didn\'t have any photos to back up my whining :p
 
Einion

Einion

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Hi, if you have trouble with blends/transitions from colour to colour you\'re probably using paint that is a little too thick and/or moving from one tone to another in too large a step. In the past I sometimes mixed as many as seven steps from lightest highlight to midtone and maybe four steps from midtone to deepest shadow. Now you rarely have to go this far on a mini (not that it would hurt your results if you did, it just takes a loooong time) but I\'d suggest aiming for at least two intermediary tones from highlight to the basecoat colour and one between basecoat and darkest shadow, giving you six colours from dark to light.

Remember, patience is key to successful transitions, rush it and you\'re sure to get results you\'re not happy with so use thin paint (barely more than dirty water in some cases) don\'t load the brush too heavily and work slowly from mix to mix.

Einion
 
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Levdir

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Thanks. I currently have four tones from darkest to lightest, although my main colour is also my darkest colour. I\'ll mix some more intermeiate tones and thin my paint some more, although I find that paint that\'s \"dirty water\", as you put it, is really hard to control. Thanks again!
 
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