OMG how the @#!* do you shade black ????

[chrismisterx]

Looking for a quick and easy way to give depth to a lot of night goblins 200+ in fact.

so whats the best way to add some depth and some highlights to the black robes, without driving me crazy ?

 

[james sequeira]

black ----- shadow grey --- space wolf

 

[generulpoleaxe]

dark brown in the deepest shade as well

 

[Ogrebane]

Well you cant per se shade black but yu can high light. Use a blue or purple as your highlights and put purple in the deepest recess as it gives it a bit more depth

 

[the alleycat]

If you want a quick and easy way [since you mentioned 200+] Mix black and hawk turquoise [about 1 black to 2 hawk] and wet brush this on. Then add about 50/50 codex grey to this mix and use it to edge the black areas. Then use several layers of thin black ink [use a flow extender or some washing up liquid so it is even.]

Then you can go back and re-edge things later if you\'re wanting to.

 

[enterfaith]

Mate there\'s only one way to go for highlighting black, that\'s rotting flesh. I never use anything else. It\'s the best colour for it.

 

[J2FcM]

I would very gently highlight whatever needs to be highlighted in whatever color. Then, on the very sharp edges, use a very sharp highlight. Bleached bone, greys, whatever. Glaze over in green...red...purple... brown. The color will add depth and even if you can see some of the color, the observer will still recognize it as black. Maybe glaze with red to bring out the green skins... skin.

 

[skeeve]

That depends on the effect youre looking for. You cannot \"shade\" black, because it is already kinda dark, but you can put \"shades\" of different colors into recess to create an illusion of deeper shades. Colors could be differen, dark green, dark blue, violet or brown for example.

If you highlight with lighter hue of the same color or a complementary color you will end up with a very contrast scheeme.

Here are some \"black\" example I like

http://www.coolminiornot.com/139211
http://www.coolminiornot.com/52235
http://www.coolminiornot.com/109231
http://www.coolminiornot.com/84610

As for goblins. They look very good violet/purple glazed over black. What I saw once done to them before my very eyes. You take a goblin. Prime him black and drybrush skull white or bleached bone over - don\'t overdo it, you don\'t want this paint too thick. Let it dry and wash it with blue or purple ink/ paint several times. Then you paint skin and details to you liking. Whole procedure took about 15 minutes per goblin.; Wasn\'t golden demon but looked good for table top.

 

[Avelorn]

@enterfaith: Yep I most often use rotting flesh as well! Then I can also put red glazes in the shadows.. if you deepen chaosblack it with blue and black ink you can get a deeper black as well.

@Skeeve: What a coincidence.. that howling banshee - I own it! It\'s a mini by Dave Perry. Seems like he basically used codex grey and fortress grey.

 

[schmackeroo]

kk the only way

the lightest drybrush of kommando khaki after you have done ALL your base coats is all you need for fast batch stuff. be careful tho because its very easy to drybrush with kk too heavily. good luck

 

[Dedwrekka]

I\'m not sure how much help this will be but I\'ve noticed that many companies/paint types use different shades of black for their black paints. The biggest difference I\'ve seen is the difference between GW Chaos Black and the black from my acrylic paints. Likewise with the difference between Testors Black Enamel and GW Chaos Black. If you\'re willing to do some testing it might be able to help.

However, to shade black I use a grey mixed with black to lighten the black visibly without making the black itself turn grey.

 

[Spacemunkie]

You can highlight black with whatever colour you like.....:duh:

 

[chrismisterx]

Thanks for the tips, will try some later this weekend