Colors, Pt. II!

Key: GW = Games Workshop/Citadel Colour paint, P3 = Privateer Press P3 paint, VMC = Vallejo Model Color paint, VGC= Vallejo Game Color paint

 In a follow-up of sorts to the first Colors! post a long while back, here's some unique colors I've found that work fairly well for specific effects and painted objects (your own mileage may vary):


Verdigris:

• Wash 1:1 VMC Verdigris/GW Hawk Turquoise at 1:8 paint/thinner consistency
• When dry, wash 1:8 VMC Verdigris/thinner into the deeper light-facing depressions

Dirty, Weathered Verdigris:

• Paint 1:1:1 GW Shadow Grey/GW SCorched Brown/VGC Sepia Ink into the crevices and depressions at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• When dry, carefully brush the same mixture at a 1:8 paint/thinner consistency over everything in several passes except areas that you want to retain brighter highlights - only use a single pass with these parts

Concrete:

• Basecoat GW Dheneb Stone at 1:2 paint/thinner consistency
• Wash/glaze several times with 1:1 GW Scorched Brown/GW CHaos Black at a 1:8 paint/thinner consistency
• Stipple over highlighted areas with 1:4 VMC Deck Tan/thinner
• Edge highlight with 1:1 VMC Deck Tan/GW Skull White at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency

Browned Metal:

• Basecoat 1:1 GW Tin Bitz/GW Scorched Brown at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
• Highlight 1:1 Tin Bitz/GW Chainmail at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Extreme edge highlight 1:4 Chainmail/thinner

Dark Metal:

• Basecoat 1:1 GW Boltgun Metal/thinner (or best yet, use P3 Pig Iron slightly thinned)
• Wash with 1:1 GW Chaos Black/GW Scorched Brown at a 1:8 paint/thinner consistency
• Extreme edge highlight 1:4GW Mithril Silver/thinner

Blue Glow:

• Basecoat 1:1 P3 Arcane Blue/thinner
• Wash with 1:12 GW Regal Blue/thinner brushed toward depressions and shade areas
• Highlight 1:4 Arcane Blue/thinner
• Highlight 1:1 Arcane Blue/GW Space Wolf Grey at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Blend up to pure 1:4 Space Wolf Grey/thinner
• Highlight 1:1 Space Wolf Grey/GW Skull White
• Blend up to 1:4 Space Wolf Grey/Skull White at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Extreme edge highlight 1:4 Skull White/thinner, making sure any large areas transition from a white inner glow to darker blue at the edges

Green Glow:

• Over a pure white undercoat, basecoat 1:4 P3 Necrotite Green/thinner
• Wash with 1:8 GW Dark Angels Green/thinner brushed toward depressions and shade areas
• Highlight 1:1 Necrotite Green/GW Scorpion Green at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Highlight 1:4 Scorpion Green/thinner
• Highlight 1:1 Scorpion Green/VGC Livery Green at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Highlight 1:4 Livery Green/thinner
• Blend up to 1:4 Livery Green/GW Skull White at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
• Extreme edge highlight 1:4 Skull White/thinner, making sure any large areas transition from a white inner glow to darker green at the edges

 This is a selection of some of the color progression recipes I've used on some of my figures. If anyone has a good color recipe that they wouldn't mind passing along and having posted for posterity, by all means leave a comment on the blog or send me an email!