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Painting black doesn't really work. You need to paint them a dark grey so you can go down to black in the shadows, then a lighter grey in the highlights. You can think of what "black" looks like in real life, its really just shades of gray.Quote:
Originally Posted by ace423
I prefer a Vallejo game color called "Heavy Charcoal" http://www.thewarstore.com/product52174.html
That is what I used to paint Nick's Black Templar army.
http://i.imgur.com/8I1QLi5.jpg
I actually get by quite well when painting black armor, but robes and cloth is what gets me, I was hoping if anyone had any guides they liked for it.
Its all the same as painting any other robes and cloaks, just with greys.
Bushido is right on, I like to mix in highlights of dark blue too for some contrast
I just did a bunch of Heresy's Trenchcoat Gangers, and for their black jackets I did a medium gray, and then layers of black ink mixed with Future Floor Polish, and then some highlights with various grays. Came out quite nicely.
Black Primer, black basecoat, black wash, drybrush black, then seal. If you're really pro, you can black-line the whole thing too. Also don't paint under bright lights as this will cause you to paint your model darker than you intended. Good luck.
Also for best results use a black handled black brush and dress in black when painting manly black.
Do I have to wear blue to have best results painting it?
Black as the night is day.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDub
I actually do black cloth by starting at charadon granite with a bit of black mixed in. from that base I add more black to shade the folds, and vmc iraqi sand to lighten it up for highlights. You have to play with it a bit to keep it subtle, otherwise you end up with it just looking like a weird grey-green, but once you get the method down, it comes out pretty good.
iraqi sand....that's racist!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamo
Indeed.
Black as night. Black as coal. I want to see the sun blotted out of the sky. I want to see it painted, painted, painted black.
this is no place for your old hippy music!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulwark
....Hippy Hollow maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamo
I'm not sure what the current equivalent colors are, but when painted my night goblins, I did a base of chaos black, dry brushed 50/50 chaos black/codex gray, and then just highlighted with codex gray. You can find a pic in some of my old posts. I think it turned out ok.
Cloth usually has more texture than armor, so do a light drybrush of your highlight color all over, even if that isn't your normal technique. Don't use any gloss, since I think that will take away from the robes feel. Cloth also picks up lots more dirt and stains, so bring the colors on your base into the bottom part that would drag or get dusty. Cloth also absorbs, so there's no blood spatter, just darker soaked in blood stains.
Specularity is most of the battle. We differentiate surface texture by how diffused the specular highlight is. As an example.
https://de45xmedrsdbp.cloudfront.net...-996585692.png