GrandMagnus Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Any good tutorials out there? Black has always been a mayor pain in the :cuss for me, so any help with that would be great. Im sure some of you zealous BT have some good suggestions :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 When painting black it can be very helpful to start with a dark grey basecoat - that way, you can shade recessions/shadowed areas with straight black. Starting with a black basecoat means you can't shade any darker. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 I guess that makes sense. Im particular interested in this type of black armour: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dOLuXqfqFKg/UdsF3pZx6JI/AAAAAAAAALg/UG4flJ1Dkgc/s1600/PICT0030.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mehman Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 That looks like it's been based with a medium grey and then washed with successive layers of black shade. That's how I do my Iron Hands ! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Nah, that's just a flat black basecoat I think. It's actually pretty easy to paint. I made a mix of codex gray and black which is very dark, and do a first highlight with that. After, a thin highlight with codex grey. Then use solid black to 'push' the highlights towards the edges by slowly covering up the highlights until they're just thin slits on the edges. Easy. :) My Templar blog (link in my sig) is full of guys painted this way, if you want to see how it looks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Thanks for the suggestions guys. Looking at that templar perhabs I should join the eternal crusade :P But thanks again, Im gonna test it out one of these day when I have the time. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 If you are using GW paints then a 50/50 mix of Eshin Grey & Abbadon Black is a good starting point. Then you want to edge highlight this with pure Eshin Grey. Next do finer edge highlights with either a 50/50 mix of Eshin Grey & Dawnstone or just pure Dawnstone depending on how sharp you want the highlights to be. Finally hit with 3 or 4 coats of Nuln Oil, this will darken the basecoat quite a bit, especially in the recesses and tone down the highlights so they look more natural. I'd also advise applying any silver basecoats you want before the last step as it'll give you a nice dark steel to work up from. Sounds painstaking, but if you have a reasonably steady hand it's quite quick. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3985844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Raptor Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I do things the same way as Firepower - it's okay to start with black if you are doing edge highlights like the model pictured. It tricks your eye into adding the other highlights that aren't really there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/305051-black-power-armour/#findComment-3986015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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