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K so i just got somenew DA vets and waswondering... how the hell do paint them... i've searched all over the web yet no good results so could you guys help?

Raen

My favorite method:

Basecoat them brown (your choice which, but a reasonably dark one like Bestial or Scorched works for me)

Then paint over it with Bleached Bone, leaving only a little bit of brown in the darkest recesses.

Then wash the whole thing with a brown wash or ink. Devlan Miracle (mud) is probably your best bet here, although Gryphonne Sepia is worth a try to see which you like best.

Then highlight the higher/raised areas of the robes again with Bleached Bone, leaving the darker washed areas more intact in every fold and lowered area.

Then mix Bleached 50/50 with Skull White and highlight just the very highest areas; the very edge of the folks, point of the knee, etc.

Be sure to post some pictures to let us see how they come out!

Thanks man i'll try this one out

Cool! Definitely post pictures!

Here is the GW tutorial.

I airbrush on bleached bone and then wet blend khaki into the recesses. I can't stand the super dark recesses that a lot of people do, because it is really easy to look stupid when you have these bright robes with way too dark folds. If you look at the DA veteran squad on the GW site, they did a really good job with them.

Here's mine, it's much more subtle.

Nice!

They look really nice... I'm nearly done


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Well here they are... my first robes... Not the greatest and thanks for all your tips.. the DA is still WIP and yes that is a flamer and a Dark Elf sword...
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Looking pretty good, from what I can see!

Might want to work on the photos a little, though:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Photographing_your_models

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_Photographing_Models

Yeah I'm new to photographing my work thanks for the help!

When I painted DA, I started with bleached (2 coats for coverage), then thin washes of 1:1 bleached and snakebite in the recesses, 2 or 3 of them, control your application and try to make each succesive layer a little further down. After that, straight watered snakebite in the deepest, lowest parts.

If you want to take it further, you can wash watered brown ink into the thin, deep creases that are the tightest folds. Then highlight the highest points with a 50-50 bleached/white mix, then an extreme edge highlight with pure white.

I tried many methods before settling on this, I just find that unless you apply the washes very precisely and only in the recesses, the raised bleached areas get blotchy and weird, and you lose the smooth robe color effect. The results of this technique are in the showcase forum in my old DA thread if you want to check it out.

Cheers! And don't worry, once you get your mix and timing down once, you'll be able to tear through robes!

I like the robes of the first model. Looks smoother and more natural. Keep it up.

Here some improved lighting and a new robed DA (Note: they are still WIP) :

What kind of primer did you use? The paint looks a bit blotchy, try watering down your paint a bit, maybe put a drop or two into the top lip of the pot and stir a bit. That will give you a more even finish sir.