Zanko:
Does anyone knows a thread (here at CDO) or a painting tutorial (at another Forum) for painting a realistic huge fire? :hat off
I have some difficulties in painting a good one so I need some help!
:hashut
GRNDL:
Base colour orange, then dry brush with successive colours of orange/yellow, yellow, yellow/white, until you reach the tips of the fire. It helps to highlight stuff around the fire with dull oranges and reds to give the impression of reflected light from the fire itself too. This sells the idea that the fire is a light source.
clam:
The best I know of:
Theory: http://hot-lead.org/advance/fire_theory.htm
Tutorial: http://hot-lead.org/advance/fire_prac.htm
Thommy H:
Highlight in reverse. Start with white at the bottom, then go pale yellow, yellow, light orange, orange, dark orange, brown and finally black on the very edges at the top.
The Snowman:
I agree with Thommy. White coat first (hottest) except that I have found if you are just dong flames leave off the brown and black steps… finish with a dark orange/red.
I think I have pics in my blog (Taurus) of how that turns out…
Zanko:
Thanx a lot guys! :hat off
This will help me a lot!
@ clam: Great link - the instruction/tutorial is ideal for me!
I know I just have to ask and someone will have the appropriate solution!
:hashut
Thommy H:
I used to finish with red but found adding black to orange as a final step to look much more like actual fire.
Example:
The Snowman:
Clam, they are exactly the sites that I looked at to get it looking right. Can’t go wrong there. Has many different suggestions for different types of fire.
Brown and black look good when the lava is cooling or if the fire is oily… I prefer my fire to be very bright. Overall my army is quite dark and I find that fire gives it a bit of “pop”.
Grimstonefire:
Thanks for the link Clam, I’ve been meaning to paint some flames for a while and that will come in very useful.
clam:
Yeah, it’s a great tutorial - but like Tommy said, adding a bit of black as a final finish make it look more like actual fire.
Da Crusha:
hmm I always thought it was darker at the base of the fire and lighter the higher you got, but I guess snowmans army proves it otherwise. I was just thinking I should know better since Im a welder and I see molten metal cool all the time, but molten metal cools from the workpiece out to the tip unlike fire.