Ugly Whites!!!
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freakinacage
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wash then re-highlight
freakinacage
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well it normally stains it. hence the need for re highlighting. you can also thin it down and put it on with a brush in a controlled fashion so it doesnt pool. that will take a while and i get the feeling you don\'t want to spend ages doing it!
veggiemanuk
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No need to use a wash, you neet to know how to LAYER but more importantly you need to start using intermediate colours for those tricky ones. i.e. Yellow, Red and White.
When using these colours you need to use a basecolour that is closer to the desired colour but has good coverage properties.
Light greys for White.
Orange for Reds.
A mix of Yellow and White for Yellow.
LAYERING.
When layering over detail you need to angle your brush 90 degrees so that the brush only touches the raised areas.
So if we start with a black undercoat on the shoulder pad with Terminator Honors, Layer on Shadow Grey remembering to hold your brush 90 degrees to the surface to be painted. This will leave the eye sockets, nostrils, teeth and the surrounding recesses black. The final stage is then just layering on a few coats of Skull White over the Shadow Grey. Belive it or not with this technique I can get pure white with only 3 layers of white.
Please note: Your paint needs to be 1/1 (1 part paint, 1 part water) or test the mix untill your paint doesnt run into recesses.
Also you might like to look at my Terminator Painting Guide here http://www.spacemarines.co.uk/stage1.shtml It uses an Ultramarines colour scheme.
When using these colours you need to use a basecolour that is closer to the desired colour but has good coverage properties.
Light greys for White.
Orange for Reds.
A mix of Yellow and White for Yellow.
LAYERING.
When layering over detail you need to angle your brush 90 degrees so that the brush only touches the raised areas.
So if we start with a black undercoat on the shoulder pad with Terminator Honors, Layer on Shadow Grey remembering to hold your brush 90 degrees to the surface to be painted. This will leave the eye sockets, nostrils, teeth and the surrounding recesses black. The final stage is then just layering on a few coats of Skull White over the Shadow Grey. Belive it or not with this technique I can get pure white with only 3 layers of white.
Please note: Your paint needs to be 1/1 (1 part paint, 1 part water) or test the mix untill your paint doesnt run into recesses.
Also you might like to look at my Terminator Painting Guide here http://www.spacemarines.co.uk/stage1.shtml It uses an Ultramarines colour scheme.
You can also do washes with heavily watered down paints, you don\'t have to use ink. Watering the heck out of Codex Grey or Shadow Grey can work for shading white, you can generally control these washes a bit easier than inks I find.
Don\'t worry about getting your whites perfect if you\'re new to painting, it\'s one of the tougher colors to get used to. One thing that can work is to spray prime pieces white if they have a lot of white on them, then you can just paint the rest of the piece dark colors and paint as usual. A bit more prep time but it causes less headaches.
Don\'t worry about getting your whites perfect if you\'re new to painting, it\'s one of the tougher colors to get used to. One thing that can work is to spray prime pieces white if they have a lot of white on them, then you can just paint the rest of the piece dark colors and paint as usual. A bit more prep time but it causes less headaches.
