BALROGS FIRE

[residentalien]

I\'ve been reading on the forums and have learned this much about fire ;

Hot White at very base
Yellow above that
blend to orange
and dry bush very tips red

AM I correct.

Ok now if I paint it just that way its going to look like a childs neat watercolor of fire. How do I shade fire to give it depth and life.

 

[funnymouth]

many artists will include black at the very edge to represent oily smoke. the contrast can help but i find it unrealistic. make sure you use osl, it helps pull off the illusion of fire much better. smooth blending is key - im not a huge fan of drybrushing on flames. as it doesnt look \"fluid\" enough.

 

[GreenOne]

Well, a fire being all light, there doesn\'t seem to much shading to do.
I think it will all go down to the subtle blending of colors. Try to vary the lenght and intensity of the tones on each \'tear\' and it will be lively enough.
Sit close to a fire and watch how the colors go, if it does ont help, at least you\'ll be relaxed to keep on painting.

 

[Naukhel]

If you\'re going to start with white, then if you\'re aiming for accuracy, there\'s also blue after white, before yellow.

White hot.
Blue hot.
Yellow hot.
Red hot.

Just look at a lighter\'s flame in the dark, and you\'ll see most of it.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

I\'m doing an OSL tutorial thread. Post some WIP\'\'s and questions there.

 

[residentalien]

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.
I\'m doing an OSL tutorial thread. Post some WIP\'\'s and questions there.

will do. and linky please so I go to the right one ..

 

[Product]

Damn, you guys are so advanced!
But then again, i guess, ive just learnt something new! O.T.T.O (Of To Try Out)

 

[Shawn R. L.]

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=12630

Ere ya go mate.

 

[Marmoset]

Here is some spectacular OSL and flame in its more extreme form, by the masterful EricJ....

(albeit blue)

lol

happy painting

~Bill

 

[Product]

That one was absolutely stunning...

*gasps for breath*

 

[Brandlin]

Originally posted by Naukhel
If you\'re going to start with white, then if you\'re aiming for accuracy, there\'s also blue after white, before yellow.

White hot.
Blue hot.
Yellow hot.
Red hot.

Just look at a lighter\'s flame in the dark, and you\'ll see most of it.

Err.... thats not true. Well, let me be precise, it may be true for a lighter but not for all hot objects. The blue in a lighter flame is because of the ration of oxygen to flamable liquid/gas.

Its possible to get lots of different colours in flame depending on what the combustible material is and what ration of oxygen there is to support combustion.

On the balrog front, my advice would be to look for pictures of flowing moulten lava on the net and paint it like that - very dark brown/black \'crust\' over most of the surface, and then yellow (or possibly white hot) in the deep receesses belnding very quickly up through orange to dull red and into the brown/black...

hope that helps.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Originally posted by Marmoset
Here is some spectacular OSL and flame in its more extreme form, by the masterful EricJ....

(albeit blue)

Easily one of the most beautful and dramatic OSL job\'s out there.