[Archive] Painting red armour

Archive [Archive] Modeling Ideas and Advice
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Time of Madness:

Well I’ve decided to give it a shot and paint some red mid 90’s chaos dwarf armour.

So far the majority of my models have been painted in drab/dark colour scheme, so this will be a bit of an adventure.

Anyone have any ideas how to go about replicating the paint scheme on the 90’s big hats. I assume the red would be a base of blood red using yellow to lighten the red up.

Anyone have any opinions on how to achieve this using citadel colours?

Time of Madness

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Ghrask Dragh:

Red gore is a good starting point for red, if your working up from dark to light, then simply add more and more blood red the lighter you go. I personally wouldn’t go any lighter than pure blood red, it’s a very hard colour to highlight without it turning either orange or pink :~

Look forward to seeing them, did you paint the dwarf in your avatar?

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wallacer:

Terracotta is also a good base colour for Red, then Red Gore on top then lighten the Red Gore with Blood red for the Highlights.

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clam:

First of all I should say, that I hate doing reds - but as Ghrask D said - you wouldn’t highlight to yellow - that wil make it apear orange. Use his method for a clear red - and you might want to try giving it a wash of Baal Red - befor the final high lights.

You could also try a base of Mechrite red and go to blood red - and a very, very light highlight of Blazing orange.

It really depends what red you are looking for. Do some test and see what you like the most.

Looking forward seeing you progresses :wink:

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GRNDL:

The trick to reds is to highlight carefully with oranges mixed with reds and apply thin glazes of red over top to knock them down a bit. If you use oranges very sparingly, you might not need to use a wash at all.

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so.sad:

well, basically there are two methods to achieve clean red armour.

If you want to create a great looking individual then the above method of layering different reds from dark to bright is definetly the way to go. The downside is that this method is very time consuming, since you need to paint many layers with different colors and even possibly mix some colors on your own.

If you want to paint many miniatures in a smaller amount of time, there is another possibility. This method is based on the fact that the red-GW colors have a low pigment count. While this is normally very annoying you can use it to your advantage in this case.

  1. First, start with a black undercoat.

  2. Now, paint a first layer of red gore. Don’t use too much color or even water it down a little. What should happen is that the black basecoat still shines through, making the red gore appear much darker then it really is.

  3. Once your first layer has dryed, paint a second layer of red gore leaving a little of the first layer visible. Dont worry if the layers do not perfectly blend, this will be taken care of later.

  4. Next you will want to paint a layer of watered down blood red over you previous layer, again leave some of the former layer visible. If done correctly you will now have a steady red on your surface, shading to black on the edges.

  5. Do the highlight using pure blood red (if you are going for extrem highlights, use astronomican grey instead)



As you can see this method is quite fast (only 3 layers using two colors), making it suitible for painting regiments. The resulting red is not very bright though, something between red gore and blood red.

looking forward to see your way :slight_smile:

so.sad

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Obsidian:

Sorry for the short answer mate but I’m leaving in a few minutes…

Don’t add yellow but add Bleached Bone to get the reds lighter! Wash it down with some red glazes and voilá! :cheers

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Kera foehunter:

well im not much of a red painter but i use red gore wash it with ogrny flesh then bright red reaper paint and high light with fiery orange

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two_heads_talking:

whether you use orange/yellows or bone/whites to add to the red, you must add a glaze/wash of red over the model or the highlights will look to orange or pink…

take a look at this…

CoolMiniOrNot - servitor by two heads talking

and this

here it’s just a red gore/bloodred mix with brown ink and chestnut inks…

CoolMiniOrNot - inquisitor by two heads talking

the second actually has both orange/yellow and bone added to the reds. I washed it with chestnut ink, which has a red/brown tint to it. At the very end, I used a red wash over the cloack.

and finally

CoolMiniOrNot - galrauch by two heads talking

if you notice, I’m ok with the orange/yellow on this as I want the model to look like it’s living/morphing and fire is coming out of it… while the blues/purples look like they are forming ice… Hot in the middle, Ice cold at the edges… It’s not the best picture, but you see what I mean…

3 different ways to highlight reds…

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Tarrakk Blackhand:

Awesome work!

In the automotive world, I have found that if you use a yellow primer undercoat, that the red will be brighter.

I use Tremclad enamel spray paint and Testor’s enamels on my figures though.

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two_heads_talking:

Awesome work!

In the automotive world, I have found that if you use a yellow primer undercoat, that the red will be brighter.

I use Tremclad enamel spray paint and Testor's enamels on my figures though.

Tarrakk Blackhand
That's the primer they use on Red Ferraris.. and it's not a dull yellow either.. lol