Glitch85 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Hey all, ive decided I dont like the look of line highlighting I much prefer to just blend to a light colour working with shading. My next squad im painting will be death company, so how would I go about blending black?? Regards Stu. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanhausen Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Choose a grey you like (codex? Fortress?) and add a small amount to the black. Do a wide line, add some more grey to the mixture, do a thinner line...repeat until you do online the outmost edge with pure grey with a bit of white where you think the light should hit. Then do a light black wash to blend the transitions. Hope it helps! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/#findComment-2702494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Look up SCC's Raven Guard thread, he says exactly how he does his black somewhere in there. If you do use his recipe, I don't think you can go far wrong. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/#findComment-2702570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 You do need quite sharp edge highlights on black, just to define the shape. Blended highlights need to be kept pretty subtle and restrained to soft convex areas (towards the apex of the curve on shoulder pads, backpack nozzles, towards the middle of the curve (vertically) on dreadnought exhaust panels). Generally I wouldn't highlight with blending any further than about 2:1 black / codex grey (or VMC black-grey). Keep that level of highlight at just the middle (so it's blended out immediately). When you put the sharper edge highlights on (just on the top edges of things), it'll up the contrast across the whole piece and make the subtle stuff look more so. If things start to look too grey (it'll look dusty) blend in some black to the deep shade. I usually do this after the edge highlighting so I can tidy them and keep them sharp at the same time. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/#findComment-2702729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aki27 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The Velajho paint range has a colour called Grey Black. Works really well as the main colour for Black Templars, etc. Adeptus Battle Grey is a great highlight for Grey Black. I have never used it myself but a regular customer at my local gaming store recently painted Grey Black on the the new Orc and Goblin Arachnorok as a redback spider. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/#findComment-2703645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch85 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Cheers for the replies, ive just been reading SCC's new tutorial in the WIP section, im gonna give it a go. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225764-highlighting/#findComment-2704381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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