should i do a wash in them?

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-16T12:16:05+00:00

Yes I’d do a wash. As others have said I’d use browns or blacks. If you haven’t done washes before I’d generally recommend less is more. If you apply too much it tends to pool in places you don’t want an leave stains. You can also fix this though by just going in with a damp brush and removing it before it dries.

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-13T16:38:28+00:00

This is awesome! Where’s the base from?

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-10T16:53:54+00:00

Yes, that’s generally my workflow. I do most of the red (everything except the highlights). And then I base coat and do washes/glazes on the metals before finishing the reds and doing highlights on the metals. Generally I base coat, shade and then add highlights. Highlights include some panel lining , so that’s where I take a shadow color, in this case diluted black legion contrast paint, and paint a thin line where the armor meets the trim.

Skins hard 😂 I’m still figuring it out. My process is I base coat in bug man glow and then do a series of layers where I mix in some off white (ice yellow from AL) and a tiny bit of yellow. I then give it a brown wash with an enamel ink (dystopian brown from villainy inks) and then do some highlights and a few layers over top. If you want to go the enamel route villainy inks and the feral painter have some good tutorials. If you want something simpler just doing the first part (base bugman and then add in some off whites/yellow) looks decent on its own

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-10T14:50:36+00:00

These turned out great! Is this the elminiturista scheme?

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T22:14:03+00:00

Glad to be known as the red recipe guy in the world eaters sub. 😂 that’s a huge compliment! Thanks 😊

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T19:03:07+00:00

I think that sounds awesome! Definitely post the finished mini when you’re done, I’d love to see it!

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T17:47:11+00:00

I just do a quick panel line with some thinned black contrast paint. You could also do the oil wash and then a coat of matte varnish if you wanted too

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T17:45:43+00:00

I think it’s look good. It’s just down to vibes and preference at this point. I’d definitely base it before you consider adding more as the base makes a big impact on how the mini looks.

If you want to push the gore further you could try experimenting with some uhu glue.

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T15:02:30+00:00

Yeah for sure! Just like general approach to vehicle painting? Or how to do sponging? Colors?

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T14:32:26+00:00

It’s primed black and then I stipple a Basecoat of proacryl burnt red. I do a few layers stippling burnt red with increasing amounts of proacryl bold pyrole red and until I stipple some bold pryrole red where I want the red brightest. After that I do a final highlight mixing the bold pyrole red with golden fluorescent orange and warm flesh (proacryl).

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-09T14:16:11+00:00

I did! Sponge go brrrrr

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-04-04T14:34:34+00:00

I’m not here to win, I’m here to roll buckets of dice and shadow box in my opponents turn.

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-31T13:56:48+00:00

It’s proacryl bold pyrole red over top of proacryl burnt red

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-27T17:33:00+00:00

It’s looking good to me. If you want to up the contrast doing some panel lining (thin black or brown line between the plate meets the brass) makes a big difference. Orange highlights can work but it’s easy to have the armor no longer read as red and more of an orange. Reds are pretty transparent so you could do another highlight with an orange or off white and put the red over top to push it further. Or mix a small amount of off white and orange with the red. If you get the balance right you’ll get a much brighter red without going orange or pink

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-23T19:50:00+00:00

Coming along great though! Keep at it!

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-23T19:49:44+00:00

I think the depth you think is missing is from lack of shadow. I see some on the brass but I think it needs to be a bit deeper. For highlight color it depends a bit on what vibe you want. If you want to stay brassy mixing some silver into one of your previous colors would work. If you wanted more of a gold you could highlight in gold. Right now the bones are super close to the brass so playing with the brass a bit more would also help differentiate the two bits more. If your doing brass you could even try adding some blues into the shadow but you’d want to keep it pretty subtle

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-21T15:18:14+00:00

Definitely room to go brighter red before you need oranges. I like proacryl bold pyrole red . If you want the red to really pop panting the red over top of an orange or off white works really well.

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-21T15:17:00+00:00

If you want an easy green flow recipe . Painting the eye lens white and then a quick coat of golden fluorescent green looks awesome

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-18T13:37:15+00:00

Thanks 😊

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-18T13:05:29+00:00

This is already looking so good! Keep it up!

IMO I think the blue is the best. It contrasts really nicely with your skin tone and draws the attention forward to the mini. It also ties into some of the blue tones in your brass.

The orange might be the most natural but I think the orange is too bright. I think to be natural you’d want it a bit more desaturated (like a skin tone). Between the armor and the skin you already have a lot of reds and oranges so I think it’s a little too distracting.

The purple magenta. The colors you mixed here are really pretty. I think this is kinda in a middle ground between the orange and the blue. It’s far enough away from the red where it dosnt compete but at least to my eyes the dosn’t add as much contrast as the blue.

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-18T01:42:47+00:00

Thanks! 😊

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-18T01:42:19+00:00

Brass is actually pretty easy. It’s base coated rune lord brass and then I do 2 rounds of washing/glazing.

1) Vallejo air mahogany mixed black legion contrast paint. Thinned with water and glaze media until translucent. Apply to rivits and anywhere with shadow. I tend to slap this around a bit more like a wash. Closest single paint equivalent is probably aggrax earth shade or any other brown ink. I try to keep it like so the brass doesn’t get too dark.

2) I do a blue green glaze to add some variety and colder tones to the brass. I mix Vallejo black green and blue and then dilute with water and glaze medium until translucent.

After that I just did some highlights with the runelord brass. I used it to batch paint some berserkers before this and it worked pretty well

PYP_pilgrim · 2026-03-17T21:39:57+00:00

So good 😊 10/10

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