I posted most of this in another thread, but belatedly relised i should have put it in this WIP thread. Thanx foryour patience...
The trials and tribulations of YELLOW!
Ok, I\'ve mebarked on a bit of an odd project. I\'m painting a Vor-Growler \'army\' for use as monsters in a rpg i play. Thanx to ebay i have 50+ of these criters (of various sizes)!
So, I\'ve been painting a lot of yellow monster skin recenty (understatement of the week).
I started out with one of the larger models, and here\'s a list of my screw-ups so far...
1) I undercoated it black (yes i know very silly, but i thought it would help to make the look grimer) and getting good coverage has been a nightmare. 6 coats of yellow to get anything remotely smooth
2) I washed it with \"dark yellow\" - ok, so i mixed some small amount of black in with the yellow, then when i dried in daylight I noticed it was quite green.
3) I\'ve highlighted up with yellow, lemon yellow and white (I use foundry paints) in various mixes, cilminating with a full white sparing highlight. Although i\'m fairly happy with the highlighting it has made the overall look a bit washed out.
so, here\'s the question...
Is there a way i could make this \'pop\' a bit more and perhaps take away the slight green tinge.
On the pic below the \'scales\' are going to be green, and i want a good contrast to the yellow skin.
I thought about glazing with a yellow ink... would that work?
Never glazed before and never used inks. So would appreciate a bit more than \"yeah, slap some ink on...\"
How would i do this to make the overall skin tone more yellow, without just applying an ink wash that sits in the recesses - i\'m particularly worried about this as the yellow ink would be lighter than some of the surrounding highlights.
Thanx in advance for any help you can offer...
As you can see i\'ve only highlighted the face and the arms so far