tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352641950800687205.post7274498823674614041..comments2013-12-15T05:20:47.538-08:00Comments on Tactical Rock: Back in BlackPsyberwolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08535316068724852884noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352641950800687205.post-76185579509613994452009-10-18T08:40:21.162-07:002009-10-18T08:40:21.162-07:00First thing: HOLY CRAP A NEW ACT OF BLOGGERY! It&#...First thing: HOLY CRAP A NEW ACT OF BLOGGERY! It's good to see you posting again!<br /><br />All of Reaper's Liners are incredible, I think I find a new use for them pretty much every time I open a bottle. On my latest project (the damnable, time-consuming god-I-don't-want-to-paint-any-more-marines-please-make-it-stop Star Phantoms) I've had to figure out something to do with black's bastard step-child: dark gray. I started out doing a LOT of cheating with Tamiya's Gunship Gray in the rattle-can, but at this stage of the game I've found (for the marines themselves, anyway) that Krylon gray primer makes a great base, then I hit it with multiple washes (thought technically I suppose it would be a "glaze") of a mix of 3:2:10 Gray Liner:Blue Liner:Glazing Medium, with a 1:1 mix of Gray Liner:Stormcover Gray for touch-ups. For highlighting I've been doing mostly edges, and so there's really not much in the way of transitions...and Ghost White has been working pretty well. I've done a little bit of highlighting/color variance by adding Ghost White to a 3:2 mix of Gray Liner:Blue Liner and that's worked pretty well, too. Shoulder pad rims get a 2:1 mix of Icy Gray:Ghost White with minimal Icy Gray highlights. For shading/blacklining I've found that black (as in RMS Black Primer) is just -too- black, but certain mixes of Gray and Brown liner (sometimes with Blue Liner added in) makes for a nice, almost-but-not-quite-black that I'm more-or-less OK with.<br /><br />The trick, I think, is remembering that "true" black is pretty unnatural-looking, but dark grays with deep blues and browns mixed in give much better color that your eyes will still "read" as black.<br /><br />Thanks for a great article. You made me remember that I actually have Linen White and I'm going to do some 'sperimentin' with it and see how that goes. :)CrusherJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299632516296404872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352641950800687205.post-24301840285760875102009-10-07T06:43:48.090-07:002009-10-07T06:43:48.090-07:00Very nicely done! I'd be interested to see ho...Very nicely done! I'd be interested to see how it works on something non-organic, like Ravenwing Marine armor.Real Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147138909835277505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352641950800687205.post-24093161412114503262009-10-07T05:02:22.013-07:002009-10-07T05:02:22.013-07:00It will still look grey. I would paint black and h...It will still look grey. I would paint black and highlight the edges with a 50/50 mix of shadow grey and black and then hit the brightest highlights with shadow grey. after that i might tone it all down with badab black.Psyberwolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08535316068724852884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352641950800687205.post-69180333531492038612009-10-05T12:45:14.671-07:002009-10-05T12:45:14.671-07:00Good article!
It reminds me of back when I used t...Good article!<br /><br />It reminds me of back when I used to play Neverwinter Nights online a bunch. Lots of people would use the "Super solid black" hidden color on the palate, and it looked awful, even though it was a true black.It just sucked all the detail out of the texture.<br /><br />For us lazy people who just want something fast that looks ok from 3 feet away, do you think basing the model in a dark grey and then doing a heavy black wash would work at all? Maybe with a lighter grey highlight?<br /><br />GW's badab black wash darkens even the highlights pretty significantly.Spanky Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826817795135673312noreply@blogger.com