I\'ve used a few different reds, some of my favourites are:
Black+red (vallejo Red 926) mix, highlight until pure red, then add some blood red and a little hot pink together, then start adding flat yellow, then white.
Black+red, highlight till pure red, add a little hot pink (I really like my Sunset Red), then start adding white. Keeping the pinky highlights thin and leaving the main part of it red means that the overall look is a cool-toned red rather than pink. I tend to end up with pure white on the highest points.
Ditto, except rather than hot pink, add sky blue (a very light vallejo blue) for a couple of highlights and then use pallid flesh for the rest of the highlighting.
Using Cavalry Brown or GW\'s Dark Flesh to base a red, then highlighting with a warm red like Blood Red and up to yellow gives a rich bricky red.
Basing with an equal part mix of Red and Stormy Blue (a Vallejo Game Colour deep blue that doesn\'t bleed through lighter layers like a lot of other blues), then highlighting up with red and then a mid-flesh colour like Flat Flesh.
A more muted purple base can be made with a mix of Stormy Blue and Flat Brown.
For adding purple and green to recesses I generally prefer to glaze them in after painting it in one of the manners above - that way a green base doesn\'t interfere with successive highlights. I tend to paint dark to light rather than shading.
Just experiment, there are so many ways to do red
Black+red (vallejo Red 926) mix, highlight until pure red, then add some blood red and a little hot pink together, then start adding flat yellow, then white.
Black+red, highlight till pure red, add a little hot pink (I really like my Sunset Red), then start adding white. Keeping the pinky highlights thin and leaving the main part of it red means that the overall look is a cool-toned red rather than pink. I tend to end up with pure white on the highest points.
Ditto, except rather than hot pink, add sky blue (a very light vallejo blue) for a couple of highlights and then use pallid flesh for the rest of the highlighting.
Using Cavalry Brown or GW\'s Dark Flesh to base a red, then highlighting with a warm red like Blood Red and up to yellow gives a rich bricky red.
Basing with an equal part mix of Red and Stormy Blue (a Vallejo Game Colour deep blue that doesn\'t bleed through lighter layers like a lot of other blues), then highlighting up with red and then a mid-flesh colour like Flat Flesh.
A more muted purple base can be made with a mix of Stormy Blue and Flat Brown.
For adding purple and green to recesses I generally prefer to glaze them in after painting it in one of the manners above - that way a green base doesn\'t interfere with successive highlights. I tend to paint dark to light rather than shading.
Just experiment, there are so many ways to do red
