boozy
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Post by boozy on Mar 19, 2018 11:56:18 GMT
I recently got inspired to do my Efaarit Scouts as paint horses, or Tobiano patterning as an alternate descriptor.
I used a mixture of Sanguine Base and Bloodstone to get the brownish hues, which I liked, and a mixture of Morrow White with Menoth Base Highlight for the other coat base.
Two problems arose quickly, the biggest being the white parts. How do you highlight or shade on a near Morrow White base? A little shading was possible, but I couldn't get highlights to work out. Additionally, the "mane" portion over the white coat proved impossible to paint over on the white coat. Normally I wet blend some shades of brown and lightly drybrush, but with a Morrow White undercoat it looked hideous.
Anyone have suggestions of how to complete the project? I'm about to strip it down and start over, but could use some tips if available.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 19, 2018 12:48:51 GMT
I painted a white horse (well, kind of a horse...) once. I don't exactly remember how I did it, but I think I started in white, then applied a couple of shades of grey into the recesses, drybrushing after each shade (probably with both the lighter and the darker colour) to soften the transition. Basically a simple layering down to the shade, using drybrushing to soften the layers. The results were not too bad:      ... yes, that is a Space Marine with golden armour wielding a glowing magic sword while riding a unicorn with a golden horn and hooves and a blue fiery mane. DON'T JUDGE ME! |
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boozy
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Post by boozy on Mar 19, 2018 13:01:11 GMT
That works well for the model, and looks gorgeous.
Trick is, for a paint horse, one of the defining characteristics is the clean white contrast creating a great amount of "pop". It looks stunning (for those that appreciate horses), and I think would be a characterful interpretation to Efaarit that would present well on the table.
Perhaps then the solution is to do the basecoat in very light grey, and use cleaner whites to do shading?
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 19, 2018 17:34:23 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you mean to be honest.
If you mean that you don't want the transitions to be too soft, then sure, just apply layers without the drybrushing.
As far as colours, I dunno what primaers you have, but starting dark and working your way up to the brightest white should work fine.
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Post by deathbymelancholy on Mar 19, 2018 17:45:45 GMT
i like frostbite, or the troll flesh blue (forget what it is called) thinned down for shading. I might mix a little Vallejo sky grey. thin and many layers for depth
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Post by slaughtersun on Mar 23, 2018 10:57:45 GMT
The trick to painting white is to use as little white as possible.
You can do cold whites (using blues/greys) or warm whites (using "bone colours").
In your case ut seems you chosen to go "warm".
In this case start with menoth white base (or any bone colour), go to menoth white highlight (or any ivory colour) and just use white for the uppermost highlights.
If necessary you can add a thin shade in the most deep recesses of sepia for example and then bring everything back up again.
Just be carefull that bone /white colours are usually chalky so pay atention to the paints consistency and you should be good.
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