Brother_Ovis Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Hi all, This is my first post here, so be lenient if it's some kind of a local anathema ^_^ I did some searching here, didn't come up with anything close to an answer on the first 5 pages of search results, so I just assumed that nobody asked about it before :D What this is about - we all (probably) know and admire shadow captain Korvydae, be it only as a mini; the same painting technique was used on to paint Raven Guard veterans on Forge World photos - or even more prominently on the RG Thunderhawk there. If you look at them you'll see that that the painter didn't use the traditional GW painting technique of just highlighting the edges with grey - quite the opposite, he filled all recesses with some kind of wash, highlighting them. I must say that I'm really captivated by the effect (not to mention that if I imagine it correctly, it should speed up the painting process enormously). So I tried to replicate it with some of my own models and, quite honestly, failed. Standard Citadel washes are no good - the brightest one, Gryphonne Sepia, is still to dark. I tried to use some watered down Snakebite Leather and Graveyard Earth and the effect was somewhat better, but I couldn't get the smooth transition effect with them when poured into recesses only - and when I just washed all black surfaces with them, the transition was OK, but the black lost its blackness and started looking dusty instead, not velvety black like on the photos. Anyway - does anybody here have any idea how to get it done? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/213080-forge-world-raven-guard-photos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neisseria Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have very little experience in this area but did you try mixing a dark wash with a small amount of lighter paint (e.g. Bleached Bone)? Not sure whether it would be at all successful, but it may just give you the lighter colour alongside the wash-like consistency that you need. Alternatively it could be watered down colour all over (as you say you tried), but then followed by a watered down darker wash on the raised areas to remove the dusty effect you mention. The Citadel washes wouldn't be good enough here as they do leave a greyish residue, but a pure watered-down Chaos Black might do the job. I read that colour glazes are perfect for removing the dusty/chalky effect you get from things like drybrushing, so maybe it will help here too - but presumably wouldn't be a particularly speedy process. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/213080-forge-world-raven-guard-photos/#findComment-2535152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Ovis Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Problem solved! I've found the FW weathering powders manual and that's it, the pics in the manual are exactly the same. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/213080-forge-world-raven-guard-photos/#findComment-2535375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neisseria Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Cool, let us know how it turns out! I've been toying with the idea of buying some of those myself... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/213080-forge-world-raven-guard-photos/#findComment-2535377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Ovis Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 I'm ordering some stuff from FW next week, including Korvydae :) I'll just add those and post the effects here :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/213080-forge-world-raven-guard-photos/#findComment-2535381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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