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painting my warriors

Post by Sheth_kynth »

yeah i am gonan by my first box of warriors!!! woohoo!!! and i want to have red on them not liche purple i cant stand purple ick! so i was asking waht is a good way to paint dark elves cloak red with out it looking to dark and crappy
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Post by Lord meaglin »

it shows you how to paint them red
in the army book
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Post by Lolindir_lossehelin »

Haven't got time to post a pic now but the red on my warriors is the same as on my corsairs i.e. this red: http://www.druchii.net/album_page.php?pic_id=520
This is a Black under coat, basecoat of terracotta (old old ciitadel paint, not sure if they still do it, but any acrylic terracotta will do) with strong highlights of blood red.
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Post by Obsidianichor »

I use a black and red color scheme for my army, and here's how I paint my reds:

undercoat: sprayed black
base coat: crimson gore (now called...red gore?)
highlight coat: blood red
going for even more (characters sometimes): faint highlight in fiery orange

I usually do several drybrushing layers in Crimson Gore, until I get a nice smooth base coat that still leaves the deepest shadows black. I then drybrush over in Blood Red until I get much a tone that I like. For characters or other special paint jobs, I sometimes take Fiery Orange, and drybrush just a little over the highest areas.

Also...if you want a very shiny or wet looking red, go a little heavier with the Fiery Orange layer, then put one or more layers of Red Wash over it...putting about 5+ thin layers of Red Wash over this style does VERY well for painting blood.
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Post by Black hydra »

Reds can be one of the trickiest colors to paint if you don't know how.

Remember highlight by adding yellow to make it more orange rather than adding white which will make it more pinkish.

I would use Red Gore --> Blood Red --> Blazing Orange. It works great, just remember to use decreasing amounts of each. Only put a tiny bit of the orange to make the details more crisp. Otherwise you will have an orange looking model.

Green goes well with red as its complement, however you can always use black or other neutral colors as they work nicely aswell.
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Post by Kraven norseslayer »

My warriors have red clothing.
Here's a picture.

http://www.druchii.net/album_pic.php?pic_id=352

The way I did it was use a 50/50 mix of red gore and black as a basecoat, highlight with red gore leaving darker colour in the recess' and then highlight with blood red.

If you want the red to remain quite dark leave it there, however if you want a brighter red, highlight again with blazing orange.

One all the highlights are done bring them all together with a wash of red ink and there you go.

Happy painting :lol:
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Post by Sheth_kynth »

thx for your help guys and nice lookin models there guys
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