For what it's worth, I jotted down his color scheme for reference on all the other figures, so I thought I might post it here if anyone's interested in a darker, blood-colored Berzerker appearance:
Armor:
- Basecoat 1:2:1 GW Mechrite Red/GW Red Gore/GW Scorched Brown at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
- Wash in crevices and shading with 1:1 Red Gore/Glack at a 1:6 paint/thinner consistency
- Highlight with 1:4 Red Gore/thinner
- Edge highlight with 1:1 P3 Khador Red Highlight/Red Gore at 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
- Extreme edge highlight with 1:1 Khador Red Highlight/GW Blood Red at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
Ribbed Armor Jointing/Black Areas:
- Basecoat 1:1 GW Adeptus Battlegrey/VGC Black Ink at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
- Basecoat 1:1:1 P3 Brass Balls/GW Scorched Brown/VGC Sepia Ink at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
- Highlight with 1:4 Brass Balls/thinner
- Extreme edge highlight 1:4 GW Shining Gold/thinner
- Over a pure white undercoat, basecoat 1:1 VGC Livery Green/VMC White at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
- Wash with 1:8 GW Green Ink/thinner brushed toward depressions and shade areas
- Basecoat 1:1:1 P3 Pig Iron/GW Scorched Brown/VGC Sepia Ink at a 1:1 paint/thinner consistency
- Highlight with 1:1 Pig Iron/Scorched Brown at a 1:4 paint/thinner consistency
- Extreme edge highlight 1:4 GW Chainmail/thinner
Is the darker scheme decent-looking, as compared to the typical GW Blood Red-painted Berzerker?
I'm not sure if it seems darker, it looks a little richer in color than the ones I've seen. Not that a description of richer helps, that just feels like the right word for it.
ReplyDeleteI used an old Berzerker color writeup as reference, know which colors NOT to progress out towards. I went with darker mixtures, along the lines of the colors I normally use for "dried blood" and "recent blood," per my tutorial not so long ago. The real test will be if I can get everything to coordinate. I used darkened down metallics compared to my rank 'n' file color recipes, so here's hoping. (It doesn't help that my one finished figure is in a Word Bearers scheme and I'm looking to go a more fleshy red than that.)
ReplyDeleteRicher's good... thanks!