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Painting White
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:18 am
by richred_uk
Can anyone point me to a guide to shading white? I want to use white in the uniforms of my DE team, but am unsure about how to shade it.
Thanks in advance
Richard Davies
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:25 am
by Norse
sorry dude, no guide, but I start with codex grey, then elf grey, then skull white (oversized pic below

) alternatively if you want an ivory look you could shade up through bone, but that may look a little too bridal..

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:26 am
by Norse
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:27 am
by Orinoco
I get good results by starting with a Space Wolves Gray base coat, and then just highlight up to white. If you want the shadow to be darker, just start by darkening the SW Grey with a touch of Shadow Grey. This gives a blueish shade. Alternately, to get a yellowy shade, start with Desert Yellow. It really depens upon what other colours you are using to what shade of white you want
Orinoco
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:37 am
by Redfang
Wow, Norse, those gems look great!!!
And the eyes are really good too (assuming the 2nd is like the 1st)
A nice big picture on how to do gems for once; haleluah
R
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:08 pm
by philpill
the finish looks very 'rough' to me ... ? do you water your paints down ? or is that just because the pic's been uber-magnified ?
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:32 am
by Norse
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:26 pm
by traveller
the finish looks very 'rough' to me ...
.... come on, Norse, you really can do better than this ... this mini, as everybody knew, is about 35 cm high !!! So, very rough style here indeed
Traveller <desperately trying to finish his " mini " in time >
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:33 pm
by hoomin_erra
Dunno about the mini, but his sig is prolly as tall as he is now!!
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:58 pm
by Norse
Nope, taller...
and Trav is right, after scratch building a 35cm player I really should have spent more time painting it, right?

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:28 pm
by Musta Surma
Have a look at this homepage
http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/clinic.htm
Under painting white, red and black.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:05 pm
by longfang
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:10 pm
by philpill
did I say something stupid ?

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:24 am
by Norse
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:47 am
by Norse
are these too "rough" as well?
