GW Rotting Flesh question

[KingDeath]

Hi,

I want to use rotting flesh to paint some of my marines, but before i actually buy the colour i would like to know how it performs.

Mainly if it covers well ( on astronimican grey ), if it is unusualy thick/thin and how it performs in regard to skullwhite and the various gw yellows ( which frustrate me to no end :lol: ).

[WarriorFish]

I would also like to know the answer, as I'm considering using it as a primary colour for a new army. Unfortunately I suspect it will more akin to the whites and yellows that can be so irritating to use as it is quite a pale colour.

 

I'd still like to use it in the case I'm right, so any hints would be appreciated too!

[Marshall_Brant]

I've used RF a few times for some Plague Marines, it works best with an under coat of camo green. If you do go out and buy it. Shake well, check it's fluidity, and if it seems thick add a splash of water until it has a close fluidity to water. That's what most peeps don't do/get about GW paints and they get pissed off by the supposed "crapness" of the paints when in fact it's just user error.

 

Ease of use: quite easy. Black/white primer, camo green, Rotting Flesh, and skull white highlight.

[WarriorFish]

Thanks Marshall, gives me a good excuse to use my Camo Green which has sat largely unused :woot:

[Zincite]

I find it fine, with a little bit of water.

 

Can't say much else about it really, since there's not much to say.

[WarriorFish]

I ended up using it over a Dheneb Stone coat and it turned out fine. Colour worked as well as I had hoped/expected too ;)

[Shadey]

I've used RF a few times for some Plague Marines, it works best with an under coat of camo green. If you do go out and buy it. Shake well, check it's fluidity, and if it seems thick add a splash of water until it has a close fluidity to water. That's what most peeps don't do/get about GW paints and they get pissed off by the supposed "crapness" of the paints when in fact it's just user error.

 

Ease of use: quite easy. Black/white primer, camo green, Rotting Flesh, and skull white highlight.

 

GW paints are good, not the best, but they are good. SOOO many paint job would look so much better with just watering down the paint a little. I think the problem is laziness. It is less work to do one thick coat and then jump on the computer and whine about the paint then take the time to do 2 or 3 thin coats.

 

The things is, you can get a decent looking mini simply by being neat and watering your paints down. You don't have to do any shading or highlighting (though it helps), just water paints down and paint neatly and you will have a passable mini.

 

As for rotting flesh, I have used it, I like it, it doesn't have a very weak pigment (no weaker than any acrylic white), you should be fine. It makes a good final highlight for almost any green and if you want a dirty Nurglish look, it takes washes and glazes very well..