Thank you! I’m actually not at home and don’t have access to my good brushes and wet palette but I tried my best.
I primed the mini black, then sprayed the classic gw white spray can paint from the top to get an idea of where I would add the highlights. Everywhere you see bright red, there was some white.
I used mephiston red, abaddon black, ak 3rd gen ice yellow, and evil sunz scarlet. The rivets are leadbelcher. Anything I mixed was eyeballed so I don’t have any ratios.
The darker reds are abaddon black and mephiston red, mixed. I applied that everywhere the primer stayed black. Then, I brushed on mephiston red, everywhere where there was white.
The next few steps, you’re building a little gradient between the black and red.
Next, I mixed mephiston red into the black and red mix to get a middling tone. This needs to be fairly thin, kind of like a wash. With a mostly empty brush, you add this color as a line where the red meets the black. It should be visible but you should still see the red and black below. It shouldn’t be a super thin line, but this is a matter of practice and preference.
After that, to clean up any obvious steps in the layers, you can feather very thin black and red from the middling tone line towards the black and red respectively. Start within the line with super thin paint and move the brush outwards.
In the back shot, on the center, at the bottom, I have a pretty steep switch between the colors, that’s a mistake of sorts.
Next few steps are highlights.
I mixed some ice yellow into the mephiston red and glazed a couple thin layers in a few places that I thought looked like they stretched the material more.
Then, I edge highlighted with evil sunz scarlet, on the edges of the cloth and in the sharpest folds.
Finishing touches
You can’t really see it but In the deepest folds, I tried to add a highlight of the middling tone. With your sharpest brush, you only load up the tip with thin paint and try to only get it in the deepest recess.
The rivets are just painted in leadbelcher, no shade or anything.
I’m not sure how well my thoughts translated into text, just ask me any questions if you have them.
I’m an amateur with only 3 minis under my belt but I’ve read enough guides to understand you’re applying a lot of different and advanced techniques beautifully.
I’m saving this comment for when I finally tackle some Astartes.
Just another comment, since I was looking at the pictures again, the weapon is also really well done. Well, to be honest, the details you took time to fill make the whole mini just a joy to look at.
Don’t be intimidated by the idea of doing something advanced. It’s totally fine to mess up. This paint all comes off, and you can try again. With time, you’ll find things easier by means of having just held a brush longer.
The cape looks amazing, how did you achieve that look?
Thank you! I’m actually not at home and don’t have access to my good brushes and wet palette but I tried my best.
I primed the mini black, then sprayed the classic gw white spray can paint from the top to get an idea of where I would add the highlights. Everywhere you see bright red, there was some white.
I used mephiston red, abaddon black, ak 3rd gen ice yellow, and evil sunz scarlet. The rivets are leadbelcher. Anything I mixed was eyeballed so I don’t have any ratios.
The darker reds are abaddon black and mephiston red, mixed. I applied that everywhere the primer stayed black. Then, I brushed on mephiston red, everywhere where there was white.
The next few steps, you’re building a little gradient between the black and red.
Next, I mixed mephiston red into the black and red mix to get a middling tone. This needs to be fairly thin, kind of like a wash. With a mostly empty brush, you add this color as a line where the red meets the black. It should be visible but you should still see the red and black below. It shouldn’t be a super thin line, but this is a matter of practice and preference.
After that, to clean up any obvious steps in the layers, you can feather very thin black and red from the middling tone line towards the black and red respectively. Start within the line with super thin paint and move the brush outwards.
In the back shot, on the center, at the bottom, I have a pretty steep switch between the colors, that’s a mistake of sorts.
Next few steps are highlights.
I mixed some ice yellow into the mephiston red and glazed a couple thin layers in a few places that I thought looked like they stretched the material more.
Then, I edge highlighted with evil sunz scarlet, on the edges of the cloth and in the sharpest folds.
Finishing touches
You can’t really see it but In the deepest folds, I tried to add a highlight of the middling tone. With your sharpest brush, you only load up the tip with thin paint and try to only get it in the deepest recess.
The rivets are just painted in leadbelcher, no shade or anything.
I’m not sure how well my thoughts translated into text, just ask me any questions if you have them.
Thank you for such a detailed response.
I’m an amateur with only 3 minis under my belt but I’ve read enough guides to understand you’re applying a lot of different and advanced techniques beautifully.
I’m saving this comment for when I finally tackle some Astartes.
Just another comment, since I was looking at the pictures again, the weapon is also really well done. Well, to be honest, the details you took time to fill make the whole mini just a joy to look at.
Thank you so much!
Don’t be intimidated by the idea of doing something advanced. It’s totally fine to mess up. This paint all comes off, and you can try again. With time, you’ll find things easier by means of having just held a brush longer.