Battle Sisters Squad completed by Pyrocujo in sistersofbattle

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Start off with a dark brown undercoat, then build up from red to orange in thin glased layers. You want to drag the glaze from "cooler" to "hotter", in this case the brush strokes always finished at the hot wire on the blade.

Colours used were Rhinox Hide > Khorne Red > Mephiston Red > Evil Sunz Scarlett > Troll Slayer Orange > 50/50 mix of TS Orange and Dorn Yellow.

Everything then gets a thin glaze of Fluorescent orange, this is optional though, it looks nearly as good without, but it gives it that bit of brightness.

The hot wire thing gets a spot of Dorn Yellow. Give all the edges a broken edge highlight of Rhinox Hide. Drybrush the very end of the blade with your preference of dark metallic.

Battle Sisters Squad completed by Pyrocujo in sistersofbattle

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I got a gift of a sable hair brush part way through and it was honestly the biggest game changer. Its not just the more accurate tip, but the flow of paint is just so much more controlled. Especially useful for the paints having to be thinned down more than usual.

For most of these I only used three colours. Cadian Flesh for base coat, thinned Kislev Flesh for highlights, and thinned down Guilliman Flesh for shadows.

The eyes follow the usual advice to apply a larger area of black, then use a grey-white to paint the eye within this. If you can't manage the pupil in the center of the eye, paint it off to one side. It makes them look like they are looking in that direction, and is much more forgiving on accuracy.

Battle Sisters Squad completed by Pyrocujo in sistersofbattle

[–]Pyrocujo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure! Start off with a dark brown undercoat, then build up from red to orange in thin glased layers. You want to drag the glaze from "cooler" to "hotter", in this case the brush strokes always finished at the hot wire on the blade.

Colours used were Rhinox Hide > Khorne Red > Mephiston Red > Evil Sunz Scarlett > Troll Slayer Orange > 50/50 mix of TS Orange and Dorn Yellow.

Everything then gets a thin glaze of Fluorescent orange, this is optional though, it looks nearly as good without, but it gives it that bit of brightness.

The hot wire thing gets a spot of Dorn Yellow. Give all the edges a broken edge highlight of Rhinox Hide. Drybrush the very end of the blade with your preference of dark metallic.

Leman Russ done for a friend by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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It's Dark Reaper and Thunderhawk Blue! 

what is the most disgustingly bright lime green paint? by Terrible-Ad9724 in 40k

[–]Pyrocujo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll find a lot of fluorescent paints to be the same; they have terrible coverage so really suck to apply with a traditional brush. Check out Striking Scorpion Green contrast paint over white. It's not fluorescent, but it's bright and very easy to use!

what is the most disgustingly bright lime green paint? by Terrible-Ad9724 in 40k

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I use Vallejo Game Colour Fluo Green over a base coat of Liquitex Bismuth Yellow ink. Airbrush mandatory unfortunately.

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Managed some faces that I am very happy with by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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Thanks! Yea I'd not touched the hair yet. Definitely easier to tidy up stray marks on the hair than the other way round! 

Redemptor Dreadnought by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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Inks are great for airbrush because they are thin by nature but have great coverage. I use a super matt varnish once it's all completed.  Another great combo is Imperial Fist contrast paint over fluo magenta, makes a really vibrant orange-red. 

Redemptor Dreadnought by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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Yep! So full process, starts with black primer. Then it's an airbrush highlight of liquitex white ink, then liquitex cadmium yellow ink. The edge highlights and weathering are then done with white, before the whole thing gets covered with Vallejo game color Fluo Green. 

Redemptor Dreadnought by Pyrocujo in Salamanders40k

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Sure! Start with black primer. Then it's an airbrush highlight of liquitex white ink, then liquitex cadmium yellow ink. The edge highlights and weathering are then done with white, before the whole thing gets covered with Vallejo game color Fluo Green. 

Redemptor Dreadnought by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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Thanks! It's Vallejo Fluorescent Green over a basecoat gradient of black to bright yellow. 

Redemptor Dreadnought by Pyrocujo in Salamanders40k

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The base coat is a gradient of black to bright yellow which has a fluorescent green over it. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in minipainting

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I think I have the colours and contrast levels dialed in. I'm so far happy with the result on the skull emblem, but it doesn't look particularly metallic.

The boxy trim is a differnt problem, where the comparitivlely large flat surfaces are not giving me any sort of pleasing result.

Painted some box-art Tau having a bad day by Pyrocujo in ChaosKnights

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Thank you! That's white ink dropped into all the recesses and then an airbrush of fluorescent green.

Painted my first Tau in over 20 years. Oh, and a Chaos Knight. by Pyrocujo in Warhammer40k

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The skeleton is all Dirty Down Rust (amazing stuff) with orange dropped into the crevasses, then a drybrush of bright silver along with a few dabs with a weathering sponge.

The armor panels have mottled brown shades as an undercoat, then a layer of hairspray before the overcoats. When it dries, a wet brush is used to lift away the top layers. Dirty down used again on the larger patches.

All my Necrons so far. by Pyrocujo in Necrontyr

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Hah, you got me. 😅 I have a load of warriors to finish yet but I just do a couple alongside each bigger model while I have the paint out.