Advice on painting

[crimsonfacade]

SO im trying to paint these NIDS!!!! BUT I CANT figure out where to go from here as you can see im not a professional lol.just looking for some advice to make em look good. trying to go for a bio luminescent kinda look 

[crimsonfacade]

the army im talking about is my profile picture

[yoritomo]

Ooh, bioluminescent is a hard one to pull off. Even when it’s done right the results aren’t always the best.

The “proper” way to do it is with several layers of really thin paint to create a second source highlight on your model. If you don’t understand many of the words in that last sentence don’t feel bad, not many people would.

Try and visualize your model. Picture what you want to glow. Everything with an unobstructed line to that part must be painted as if light was hitting it (this is what we call highlighting). Remember that the more light that touches the model the brighter and more vibrant the colors are. The less light that touches the model the darker and more subdued the colors are.

The problem with bioluminescence is that you aren’t usually using white light. This means you have to color shift your highlight to match the color of your bioluminescence. Now you have the color wheel to worry about and that’s just headaches all around.

If you want pictures and tutorials on this google objective source lighting. That should put you in the ballpark.


Now, if you want my advice, I’d ditch the true bioluminescence thing. I’d look for some fluorescent paint, something that looks really bright on its own. Try experimenting with that on a couple of gaunts and see how it looks. I would especially recommend this if you are trying to do bioluminescence on a large part of your model, like the carapace.

[yoritomo]

Oh, and the profile pic is like four pixels on my phone. Not really a big help.

[niiai]

Pick a colourscheme that uses a fast teqnique when it comes to nids.

If you do not do this you will regret it. I have many times.

Life is to precius to spend painting 90 gaunts and gargoyles in complex colourschemes.

Mind you a good painting teqnique does not mean bad results. I have seen plenty good luminesened colourschemes that are very easy.

Do a lot of dark with grey, dark teal washesh and drybrushes. Highlight some part afterwards.

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/603650.page

[crimsonfacade]

cant figure out how to upload the photo cause it says max attachment used

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Aug 25, 2020 17:53:04 GMT crimsonfacade said:

cant figure out how to upload the photo cause it says max attachment used

Correct me if I'm wrong but you want a cyan/turquoise fluorescent glow on your carapace with black/dark grey skin.

If that's the case, I'd do the following:
1. Prime black
2. Dark grey skin base coat
3. Base the carapace sotek green
4. Wash the whole model in nuln oil (black)
5. Dry brush the base grey on the skin for a bit more depth
6. Highlight in temple guard blue
7. Very lightly dry brush sotek green where the light would hit the model
8. Do they eyes/small details. I'd probably do a red or orange for the eyes

[timcz]

I can’t see the picture too well, but it looks like a familiar one to me.

Look up praeterres on Instagram and he has a tutorial on how he paints his (if it is what I’m thinking).