Well that took a lot longer than expected! The busy holiday season plus a couple painting snags equaled very slow progress. But the highlighting is coming along:
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Before applying highlights, I laid down a quick coat of matte varnish with the airbrush to lock in the shading.
The first stage of highlights was a reapplication of the various basecoat colors to tidy up my overzealous shading efforts.
One of the first snags I ran into was highlighting the skin. I had a difficult time lightening my 1:1:1 basecoat of Vallejo Game Color (VGC) Dark Fleshtone, Citadel (GW) Rotting Flesh, and GW Bronzed Flesh. I ended up dropping Rotting Flesh from the mix, and worked in more Bronzed Flesh to lighten the skin.
After highlighting the skin, I applied a thin glaze of Bronzed Flesh to pull the highlights and shading together.
I also had trouble with the eyes. I probably redid each model's eyes three to four times. I finally had to say enough and just leave them as is.
Several areas, like the gaiters received just one layer of highlighting. Other areas, such as the boots, gloves and masks, as well as the tunics and pants, received multiple layers.
For the leather items I mixed increasing amounts of VGC Filthy Brown to the GW Scorched Brown base color. For the tunics and pants, I also added increasing amounts of Filthy Brown to Vallejo Model Color (VMC) Burnt Cadmium Red (814).
After highlighting the tunics and pants, I applied a thin glaze of Burnt Cad to pull everything together. While it helped tone down the highlights, it also unfortunately dulled some of the great contrast I had built up with the shading.
I still have the gun casings, canteens, and knife sheaths, as well as the belts and pouches to highlight. There are also a few odds and ends that I'll need to tidy up, but I'm nearing the finish line on these guys.
Next up: my first group of Cawdor models finished and on their bases with proper pictures!
So, until next time, keep painting ... even if it's not going as well as you hoped.
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Before applying highlights, I laid down a quick coat of matte varnish with the airbrush to lock in the shading.
The first stage of highlights was a reapplication of the various basecoat colors to tidy up my overzealous shading efforts.
One of the first snags I ran into was highlighting the skin. I had a difficult time lightening my 1:1:1 basecoat of Vallejo Game Color (VGC) Dark Fleshtone, Citadel (GW) Rotting Flesh, and GW Bronzed Flesh. I ended up dropping Rotting Flesh from the mix, and worked in more Bronzed Flesh to lighten the skin.
After highlighting the skin, I applied a thin glaze of Bronzed Flesh to pull the highlights and shading together.
I also had trouble with the eyes. I probably redid each model's eyes three to four times. I finally had to say enough and just leave them as is.
Several areas, like the gaiters received just one layer of highlighting. Other areas, such as the boots, gloves and masks, as well as the tunics and pants, received multiple layers.
For the leather items I mixed increasing amounts of VGC Filthy Brown to the GW Scorched Brown base color. For the tunics and pants, I also added increasing amounts of Filthy Brown to Vallejo Model Color (VMC) Burnt Cadmium Red (814).
After highlighting the tunics and pants, I applied a thin glaze of Burnt Cad to pull everything together. While it helped tone down the highlights, it also unfortunately dulled some of the great contrast I had built up with the shading.
I still have the gun casings, canteens, and knife sheaths, as well as the belts and pouches to highlight. There are also a few odds and ends that I'll need to tidy up, but I'm nearing the finish line on these guys.
Next up: my first group of Cawdor models finished and on their bases with proper pictures!
So, until next time, keep painting ... even if it's not going as well as you hoped.
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