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Dr. Paris · September 7th, 2008, 04:43

I'm working on my BLs and I'm wondering how to do shading on them. They base coat is a 1:4 mixture Lich Purple and Scab Red with a Baal Red wash over it. I'd like to highlight up to a bright red/orange shade. I'm wondering how I should shade:

Highlight: Scab red, Red Gore, 1:1 Red Gore:Blood Red, Blood Red, 1:1 Blood Red: Blazing Orange

Any other thoughts?

fallvictim · October 2nd, 2008, 22:26

When i paint my blood letters i use mechrite red as a base coat followed with a wash of baal red. Once that dry i hit all the crevices and scale like bumps with devlan mud. Depending on how dark you want the shading to be i either add more devlan mud or just go straight in to highlighting.

TreeSapX · October 3rd, 2008, 07:50

Those color choices seem perfectly fine to me, but it all ultimately depends on how much area you consider highlights to cover. Sometimes I like to go a little brighter than usual on the wider areas so that the shades balance out when I apply inks.

Whenever I paint bloodletters I can never be too far away from my red ink. A lot of people using the inks for the glossed look end up applying it too late to the model and entire surfaces end up being completely shiny. I would say that if you are planning on achieving this look that you start figuring it out now while you are in your initial stages.

Orks for Stompin · October 8th, 2008, 17:33

How about

Mecrite red basecoat (heavy drybrush)

baal red wash

devlun mud wash

1:1 blood red mecrite red highlight.

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TreeSapX Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Austin, TX Age: 24 Posts: 182 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 43	Those color choices seem perfectly fine to me, but it all ultimately depends on how much area you consider highlights to cover. Sometimes I like to go a little brighter than usual on the wider areas so that the shades balance out when I apply inks. Whenever I paint bloodletters I can never be too far away from my red ink. A lot of people using the inks for the glossed look end up applying it too late to the model and entire surfaces end up being completely shiny. I would say that if you are planning on achieving this look that you start figuring it out now while you are in your initial stages. __________________ "L'adace, l'adace, toujours ladace" - Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Don't give the enemy a moment to consider how badly they are being beaten. Never build defenses; let the enemy die in theirs. "Audacity, audacity, always audacity" - Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

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Orks for Stompin Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 180 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 16	How about Mecrite red basecoat (heavy drybrush) baal red wash devlun mud wash 1:1 blood red mecrite red highlight. __________________ Red ones goes faster - it's true :) Ork Freebooter Crusaders! 3/0/1

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October 2nd, 2008, 22:26	#2 (permalink)
fallvictim Dis Unveiled Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Age: 23 Posts: 1,098 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 26	When i paint my blood letters i use mechrite red as a base coat followed with a wash of baal red. Once that dry i hit all the crevices and scale like bumps with devlan mud. Depending on how dark you want the shading to be i either add more devlan mud or just go straight in to highlighting.