Would like some paints suggestion for layering.

[Artisan Cybersmith]

Greetings!

I am planning on a Adeptus Mechanicus custom paint scheme and I got down the base paints. However I don't know what paints I should use for layering. I would like some suggestions.

The Base paints are...

 

Vallejo 72.027 Scurvy Green for the outside robes.

Citadel Eshin Grey for the inside robes & edge-highlighting black.

Vallejo 70.837 Pale Sand for wings, under-bodies & insides of the Skorpius transport.

Vallejo 70.950 Black for guns & non-robes clothes.

Vallejo 71.336 A-14 Steel Grey for armour plates.

Vallejo 72.047 Wolf Grey for cybernetics & kastelan robots.

Pro Acrylic Bright Neutral Grey for the middle of the kastelan torso and for stripes.

 

Thank you in advance!

[Cleon]

Vallejo black grey goes quite well with their Black if you want a neutral layer, I just use Mechanicus grey on Esshin and I don't use the others so can't help there.

[andes]

My default black progression is Black -> German Grey -> Basalt Grey, all available in the Vallejo Model Color line.

[Bryan Blaire]

Rather than getting paints to highlight, why not build up the highlights in a consistent color?

 

For instance, if you wanted a more warm tone to the light, you could highlight with an ivory for all the colors you outlined, or if you want a colder light, you could use an ice blue to mix into each of your base colors for the highlight.  You could build layers in a 3:1, 2:1, 3:2, 1:1, 1:2 fashion, with the spot highlight of your chosen highlight color, or even a white for the sharpest corners.

 

The problem with choosing other colors as highlights (which is something I usually do as well) is that unless the colors you choose all have the same warm/cold tone, your highlights can end up looking a little weird - so you have to decide which direction you want to go with your highlights before you could get really good color suggestions.