Help with masterclass painting

[DaN]

Well - as you mentioned trying to highlight black here are a few tips which you may or may not want to try:

1> Don\'t use black as the base colour - use a very, very dark grey - then you can still highlight and shade normally

2> If you are dry brushing your highlights, get the brush almost completely clear of paint and do loads of layers - if you can SEE the effect aftre the first two brushes you have too muh paint!

3> If after all your highlighting you feel you\'ve gone too far, wash over with thin black wash - this will not completely remove the highlights, but tone them down.

4> Try using different colours other than simply codex grey/white - try blues, purples, greens and browns

 

[Furyhound]

Let\'s say I don\'t want to mess with normal greys as I always do: Will blue highlights go together with red gems and the staff which I want to glow in purple?

By the way, perhaps someone that isn\'t going to GD here might help me in private? ICQ, messanger, Private messages...that way I could also talk freely about the idea

 

[DaN]

Reds purples and blues... Hmm...

I would say as long as they are on the same level and aren\'t all over the place they would go...

AS IN:
The figures eyes glowing red, his sword, held out in front of him is purple and his robes are midnight blue...

This gives a fade of colours from top (eyes) to bottom (robe)

But I wouldn\'t advise dressing him like one of the red-hat brigade (My mum just turned 60 )