Painting red

[digger]

Hi can anyone tell me how to get a red colour like british red tunics using GW paints Shade-Base-Highlight. Thanks

[robsoma]

erm i'd go macharite red (foundation) then blood red and blood red blazing orange highlight. will prob need a red wash after to pull the orange highlight back to red..

[Norse]

I have no idea what the current colours are, nor do I know exactly what you mean by British tunics, but for me a good crimson colour (like Spartan cloaks in 300) would be

black undercoat

scab red base coat

a dark red or dark brown wash

scab red second base coat

50/50 scab and blood highlight

final blood red highlight

never go higher than blood otherwise the red will be more orangy and "pillarbox" coloured.. if that is the look you want then start with white undercoat and then follow robsoma's directions..

[Aflo]

Norse's method is more or less what I would use for a standard red, though probably with a deep orange highlight brought back into line with a wash/glaze or two of darkish red/purple depending on what other colours I was trying to contrast with.

[LordWriggly]

My red combo is :
Black undercoat
Red Gore
Red Gore + Blood Red (50/50)
Blood Red
Black wash (very watery)
Blood Red
Blood Red + Blazing Orange (start with just a tad of orange, if still to red add another tad)

Make sure to water down your paints (my favorite ratio is 50/50).

The picture is not a BB player but gives you an idea of the result.

[Dr. Von Richten]

What is that thing in the picture above?

Looks like a Muppet on the warpath to me, but then again I've been known to see things ... differently.

[digger]

Thanks fellas

[nonumber]

We need answers.

[Lard]

Its a Quar Royalist, and this is a link to their homepage

I am actually thinking of converting some Quars to a Blood Bowl team, but I dont really know that to play them as.

[Norse]

interesting range of minis.. well enough sculpted for quite a strange concept..


I guess they are suitably alien to be used as slann, though I could also see them as underworld creepers (they look like worms, and worms creep under the world, right? )

[LordWriggly]

Nah,

They're hairless dwarfs through and through.
The potbelly fits them perfectly.
Short legs.
You should watch the short animation they made.
Just watch a Quar run they're just funtastic.

[Dr. Von Richten]

Its a Quar Royalist, and this is a link to their homepage

I am actually thinking of converting some Quars to a Blood Bowl team, but I dont really know that to play them as.

Thanks!

Unusual minis, but kinda cool.