Got some special forces(15mm sas), They have black uniform and black body armour,how do you deliniate berween the two, tried different ideas but they just look black
Maybe a charcoal grey highlight on the edges of the armour?
Will give it a go cheers
Since I paint with enamels I don't know if my advice will be of much use, but for what it's worth: Humbrol have a very dark grey (Panzergrey I believe it's called) and I use that for black cloth and items like that. You'll see the difference when you paint 'true' black next to it. After that a dark grey highlight on some of the 'soft' items usually does it...
Cheers,
Rob
I tend to use different highlights - dark grey, dark blue, dark purple or very dark brown depending on what the material is supposed to be. I tend to use grey for fabric and the other colours for harder stuff like armour. Alternatively, all one colour highlight with matt varnish for fabric and gloss for leather/ armour/ etc.
Works for me, YMMV
Sounds sensible too Ithoriel and indeed is something that I also do!
Cheers,
Rob
Black, then black wash, then highlight dark grey on the edges. If it's black metallic then a flash of white helps!
blue grey edge on the armour something a bit subtler on the cloth.
Here are some of the 10mm scifi marines, the cloth isn't black but I used that technique on the armour.
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g340/MattofMunslow/GSKmercs2_zps4bc5bf24.png)
If I have two areas of black to paint, I mix some flesh tone in one batch of paint. It makes a kind of 'rusty' black shade.
The cloth should be lighter - it gets washed more.
Vallejo do a Black Grey (862) which works really well as an alternative to black.
I had a similar problem when painting my boys LOTR orcs (I know :-$), every thing was very dark and the armour and helmets were black. I had a eureka moment when I dry brushed with silver. It made all the edges and high points stand out.
You might try grey, but I have found (except for armour) the best dry brushed high lighter is buff as it always seems to look very natural.
Cheers, Rob :)
I used "bolt metal" drybrush
Quote from: Subedai on 21 August 2014, 03:44:57 PM
Vallejo do a Black Grey (862) which works really well as an alternative to black.
This is now my favorite "black" after some earlier advice on the forum
Quote from: Rob on 21 August 2014, 04:10:50 PM
... I have found (except for armour) the best dry brushed high lighter is buff as it always seems to look very natural.
I use a very very light dry brush of Vallejo Deck Tan as a final highlight
I did my 28mm SWAT team using grey highlights for cloth & blue for armour:
http://nikharwood28mm.pbworks.com/w/page/7827194/SWAT%20team
Didn't Mick Jagger do a post on this in the 60s?
That was more DIY related, on house painting - doors, I think.
Was he after the No.10 gleam?
He went out painting lines of cars, if I remember correctly. They probably had to ban him from the Ford production line....
Ok - so boasting that Ford actually said - "anything you like BUT black"...
IanS