Hi Lads, today I
thought I would show you how to make a glow effect on your models.
You will need 3 paints. As I am doing blue I used Mordinan Blue, Ice
Blue and Skull White.
You start by painting
with the darkest colour where you want the source of the light to
come from.
You then use a mix of
the dark paint with a the same amount of the lighter shade. You
repeat the process but you don’t go all the way to the edges.
Lastly you use just you
middle shade paint (Ice Blue for me) and dry bush the colour on all
around and in the glow area to make it blend.
Once this is done you
highlight the rest of the model and in my case use some Black wash to
town down and clean up the glow.
Pics 2 and 3 are in the wrong order. Just letting you know.
ReplyDeleteAlso, a dark blue wash added to the inside edges of the glow adds a bit more depth by emphasizing the shadows around the light. Wash it, and then suck most of it up with a clean, dry brush. You'll have a nice dark line at the very edges.
Great tutorial, though.
Cheers mate, and i fixed the order of the pics. I will try out the wash for sure.
ReplyDeleteZali, I'm sure you won't mind. Going to steal your glow and paint my Necrons with it. I'm really impressed. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNice tip, AoM. I'll give it a go.
thanks for this . made it s a bit more extesive but now im colout coding my necrons :P
ReplyDelete1 unit waariors with cryptek ghost arkn1-3 spiders green
second of these with blue glow
third with a red etc. etc.
damn i need to learn how to type....
ReplyDeleteplease excuse mefor the lazy typing
I want to figure out how to do this for my necron's red glow. I've tried doing it red to orange to a bit of yellow but it comes out wrong
ReplyDeletemaybe start with a really dark red (like scab red, or the new equivalent), then go to a lighter one (blood red/new equivalent) and then finish with an off white?
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