captnenglish
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I am looking for a highlight mix for the above which will keep the red hue in this color, with Vallejo or Reaper.
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Acrylics Highlighting Vallejo 982 Cavalry Brown
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I'd try Iraqi sand or flesh Matthew.
Carl.
Carl.
Einion
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What happens when you add white, too dull?
The first thing I'd think of is using white with a dot of orange or scarlet, so a flesh colour could be ideal.
Einion
The first thing I'd think of is using white with a dot of orange or scarlet, so a flesh colour could be ideal.
Einion
I've ust tried it with white, I think that would work well, but it would look faded.
I would use flesh, as that just lightened it,
Carl.
I would use flesh, as that just lightened it,
Carl.
captnenglish
A Fixture
Flesh it is, that is generally my go to anyway, but since I have yet to learn to trust ideas when it comes to paint mixes.
captnenglish
A Fixture
Could I use Vallejo 909 Vermillion; as I want to keep the red hue.
ChaosCossack
A Fixture
Biege Red 804... would give the lightening effect of the biege while maintaining the red tone of the original colour.
Give that a try
Colin
Give that a try
Colin
YellaMoon
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You could use Brown Rose 803 for a coolish highlight or Light Brown 929 and/or Orange Brown 981 for a warmer highlight.
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captnenglish
A Fixture
Thanks guys, I will go with either Brown Rose or Biege Red to start as I didn't like the effect I got with flesh
Einion
A Fixture
Had this written before your last post so I'll post it as-is:
Most modellers develop a small set of highlighting (and shading) routines that work broadly for particular colour types and there's no problem with this a lot of the time, except when it doesn't do what you need it to. Sometimes only a minor tweak might be necessary or it may require a complete change in approach, but it can be difficult to figure out in what way a mixture is off.
By itself I think this would be too red, but everything depends on exactly the effect you're going for - for example lots of guys highlight reds with orange and shadow them with crimson, it's not generally what you'd see IRL but they like the look of it. You have an image in your mind's eye of what you're looking for, just need to try a few things until you match that with the paint.
Einion
Various flesh mixtures can work well for quite a number of colours, depending on what you're aiming for, but there aren't any rules per se.
Most modellers develop a small set of highlighting (and shading) routines that work broadly for particular colour types and there's no problem with this a lot of the time, except when it doesn't do what you need it to. Sometimes only a minor tweak might be necessary or it may require a complete change in approach, but it can be difficult to figure out in what way a mixture is off.
Try it and see, best way to find out.
By itself I think this would be too red, but everything depends on exactly the effect you're going for - for example lots of guys highlight reds with orange and shadow them with crimson, it's not generally what you'd see IRL but they like the look of it. You have an image in your mind's eye of what you're looking for, just need to try a few things until you match that with the paint.
Einion
captnenglish
A Fixture
Thanks Einion, as far as vermillion being too red, red is what I am going for. I am still working on things when time permits as I am working on a couple of work deadlines, so we will see what happens. I thought about going with GW scab red for two of the figures I am working on (I know this is a completely dfferent direction), as that is closer to the color I am going for on those figures than Cav Brown, but I never liked the sheen I get from GW paints
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