Cpt. Blood Donator Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 This has always been a favourite of mine, as red has been notoriously hard to paint in a beliveable fashion. With the latest GW range, I do my red this way: 1. Mecharite Red base 2. Scab red drybrush 3. heavy Baal Red wash 4. light drybrush Scab Red 5. drybrush blood red 6. light wash baal red 7. light drybrush blood red 8. crazy light drybrush blazing orange It sounds sort of time consuming, but gives a red quite close to flesh tearers. Perfect for the Blood Donators and their constant blood drive (Blood for the Blood-bus!). I wish I had some pictures, but there is no point in doing that as it photographs extremely poorly. They have a worn look, and take me like... 2 hours to finish the reds for five models. And some drying time. How do you do yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadLift Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 50% Blood red and 50% Shining gold mix over a mecharite red base, for vehicles I use Dragon Red spray from the army painter and their silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Chaos black spray undercoat A few layers of thinned mechrite red 2 layers of thinned blood red Wash with devlan mud getting right into the recesses Dry brush with blood red leaving the devlan mud in the recesses Highlight with blazing orange Fine highlight with vomit brown Wash with Baal red to level it all out and tone the highlights down And that's it (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nathan Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 hate these threads especially when theres no piccys... and dread lift im intreguied... wanna see that... maby we should have a thread purely for how we do our reds with only posts with pictorial evidence being kept in... anyway mine is currently(keeps changing) black undercoat mercherite red base(thinned slightely so 2 coats usually) Red Ink( i stockpiled;)) Black wash(i used to use heavily waterd down chaos black, now i sometimes use that or babdab black, sometimes both...) touch up with red gore looks like my sig. but for more look around my other piccys here.. http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/ge...;cpZZ1QQtppZZ16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 hate these threads especially when theres no piccys...and dread lift im intreguied... wanna see that... maby we should have a thread purely for how we do our reds with only posts with pictorial evidence being kept in... anyway mine is currently(keeps changing) black undercoat mercherite red base(thinned slightely so 2 coats usually) Red Ink( i stockpiled;)) Black wash(i used to use heavily waterd down chaos black, now i sometimes use that or babdab black, sometimes both...) touch up with red gore looks like my sig. but for more look around my other piccys here.. http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/ge...;cpZZ1QQtppZZ16 I remember you saying you stocked up on red ink, bastard, lol Can you remember the glazes? I used to love those, you could make your armour really polished looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Blood Donator Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 hate these threads especially when theres no piccys...and dread lift im intreguied... wanna see that... maby we should have a thread purely for how we do our reds with only posts with pictorial evidence being kept in... anyway mine is currently(keeps changing) black undercoat mercherite red base(thinned slightely so 2 coats usually) Red Ink( i stockpiled;)) Black wash(i used to use heavily waterd down chaos black, now i sometimes use that or babdab black, sometimes both...) touch up with red gore looks like my sig. but for more look around my other piccys here.. http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/ge...;cpZZ1QQtppZZ16 Well, just to make you a bit happier, I took this xD: http://i56.tinypic.com/15hy7nc.jpg Unfortunetly, it's the middle of the night, so no natural or good light in my home. Will update during the day with a better pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp4rky Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I'm doing my red as follows: Basecoat black Mechrite Red Purple (Leviathan?) wash Scab red purple wash scab red on high ground blood red on very high ground no camera available for pics, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Blood Donator Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Right then, I now have a bit better light. This is fairly descriptive of my overvall painting-style as well. http://i51.tinypic.com/2jc6k9u.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/2hx865d.jpg Might add: the gold is: 1. black base 2. dwarf bronze coat 3. drybrush shining gold 4. wash grypaphone sephia 5. drybrysh shining gold 6. drybrush burnished gold the grey/blue parts: 1. bascoat of astronomican gray 2. wash of asurmen blue 3. drybrush fortress gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Lol, I'm lazy, I use the Red Primer spray paint from Halfords on my BA and it looks great. :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claws of Corax Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I'd have to first say that what techniques work for one, may not work for another. That said my method is extremely easy and suitable for tabletop quality. 1) Black basecoat 2) Dry brush whole model white 3) Dry brush Blood Red 4) Touch up and detail as normal You'll be surprised with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Lol, I'm lazy, I use the Red Primer spray paint from Halfords on my BA and it looks great. :teehee: Really, you got a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gv0zD Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Mine is pretty simple. 1. Chaos Black undercoat. 2. 1:1 Blood Red & Skull White basecoat. 3. Pure Blood Red. 4. Wash with 1:1 Baal Red & Gryphonne Sephia (with small addition of Matt Varnish) 5. Highlight with 1:1 Blazing Orange & Blood Red 5. Highlight (thinner lines) with 2:1:1 Blazing Orange & Blood Red & Skull White (and do blending if possible). The result is available through BA link in my sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazychib Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Lol, I'm lazy, I use the Red Primer spray paint from Halfords on my BA and it looks great. :D Which GW paint does it match/come close to? I've been using Army Painter's Pure Red, which exactly matches GW blood Red, but a cheaper alernative would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Prime Black Mechrite red (2 thin coats) Wash with Ball red/devlan mud mud wash mix Mechrite red/blood red 50/50 mix Blood red I am undecided how to highlight from here but the base colour is great for me! http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/IronKobra84/WIPSternguard38.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nathan Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Red Ink( i stockpiled;)) I remember you saying you stocked up on red ink, bastard, lol Can you remember the glazes? I used to love those, you could make your armour really polished looking. :tu: actuall my local toymaster still has some inks left. try local indies as you might still be able to get some if you want them. and actually its not too shiney because of the wash, but is just right for me. and i was never bothered with glazesas im never happy with my work ad keep comming back to them and touching it up and improving. glazes make that awkward. saying that i always wanted to get crackel glaze to work, if i could the effects i could do... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Blood Donator Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Red ink can be bought at any good paper-retailer. That is how "unique" GW's was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Prime BlackMechrite red (2 thin coats) Wash with Ball red/devlan mud mud wash mix Mechrite red/blood red 50/50 mix Blood red I am undecided how to highlight from here but the base colour is great for me! http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/IronKobra84/WIPSternguard38.jpg Though I have some Vallejo's on order since I am appalled at GW prices for their paint now...So this may change slightly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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