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Post by Lysander on Oct 24, 2002 18:06:32 GMT -5
I have just recently started up a chaos fleet, and I decided on Tzeentch as being the patron god. I was just wondering (as I am the worst painter that has ever lived) what shades of blue should I use? Heavily drybrushed with a dark blue, then lightly drybrushed with a brighter shade?
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Post by mckoorengevel on Oct 25, 2002 2:19:49 GMT -5
Why don't you try this:
Undercoat white.
Wash of dark blue:water (1:3) (I don't know the name (emerald blue???), the one which is opaque, not like enchanted blue).
Normal drybrush with white (best effect: white:water=1:1, dip your brush and rub it over your hand until it seems that almost no paint is coming of any more, the brush should have a dry feel).
Wash with blue wash:water (1:3)
Light white drybrush (see above)
Wash with (1:3 green:blue wash):water=1:6 or even further. apply as many coats if you want. This way you get a nice blue-going-to-blueish-green color.
Good enough for a grazy chaos god?
Hopes that this helps
Cheers,
Tijntje
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Post by CyberShadow on Oct 25, 2002 3:32:18 GMT -5
That sounds good, but a little advanced. I am a pretty poor painter myself, but Gothic is an easy game to paint up. I simply undercoat black and then dry-brush (see the above post) in a mid/dark base colour. One thing you should be aware of is that if you have a black undercoat, the first dry brush layer is over black and so dark. But, the second is over the base colour, and so ends up being a little stronger without actually using a different colour paint.
Get an old ship or something else that you can put paint on (with a few details to practise your dry brushing) and experiment on it with a few ideas.
Show us some pictures and we may be able to give a little advice.
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Post by Shadow_Hunter on Oct 25, 2002 4:01:16 GMT -5
Personally I cant be bothered to mix paint for BFG. I have painted my Eldar fleet with a dark Blue base colour and highlighted up using the basic readily available blues.
I undercoated in white (unusual for me) and put on an even coat of storm blue as the base. I then drybrushed with ultramrine blue, followed by lightening blue. I found this quite enough. If you water your base coat down enough, it will pick out a lot of the detail for you by falling into the crevases. You just have to try and get an even coat, which can be tricky.
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Post by mckoorengevel on Oct 25, 2002 4:02:21 GMT -5
Well, your never to old to learn, I guess.
Tijntje
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Post by Lysander on Oct 25, 2002 11:21:05 GMT -5
Thankyou for the replies everyone, now I just have to wait for the ships to come in the mail......
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