Blonde hair with new paints?

[Larkyn]

Working on my Guilliman model, but having difficulty trying to get blonde to work. I'm not exactly sure how to achieve it...And I only have the hair left to basecoat.

[Revenant of Grimm]

I'm not sure on the quality of painting you are looking for or what range or brands of paint you are using so I'll try to limit this to citidal paints.

 

As always try to keep you paints thin, in addition you'll want to avoid dry brushing hair instead you'll want a sharp point to your brush expecially during the last layers, this will allow you to pick out individual hairs.

 

Start by base coating the hair with Bestial Brown or the darkest brown you have.

 

For the next layer you want to use Snakebite Leather. Try to keep the previous coat showing in the deepest recess.

 

Then add a small amount of Bubonic Brown to the remaining amount of Snakebite Leather still on your pallet. Mix it and apply this layer, again keeping the previous coats showing in the deepest recess.

 

Add a bit of Golden Yellow to the previous mix and apply this in the same manner.

 

Add a very small amount of Dheneb Stone to the previous mix. apply this very thinly painting individual hairs.

 

The next layer is done in the same manner this time adding a bit of skull white to the mix.

 

Then give the entire area a wash. The color you want will depend upon how yellow or golden you want it. This will unify all the previous layers. Apply the wash very thinly. use multiple layers if needed.

 

For the final layer use the skull white to the mix to pick out a couple of individual hairs.