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What do you reckon would be the best way to go about doing ginger hair?

Everyone should embrace the ginge so fancied doing a few models with a ginger barnet.

Not see you jimmy Ginger, more of a willow from buffy ginger.

Cheers

Allyson Hannigan cann't be duplicated, only appreciated.

When they're pretty they're called redheads .

But yeah, I'd say mix a coppery tone from orange and a little brown, then depending on the rest of the paintjob and hair colour desired either a brown or purple wash, bring it back up ith the coppery colour, subtle orange highlights in just the right places. Would be the easiest I think.

I took Mechrite Red foundation, highlight Blood Red, then washed with Devlan Mud for my gingers. I suck at highlighting...

Please note front Wolf Guard (crappy picture, I know. Stupid phones...)

I would suggest series of progressively lighter highlights. A good start would be a basecoat of Bestial Brown and then the first highlight being Blazing Orange. I would drybrush the highlights so it looks more natural.

I often do Bestial Brown then vermin brown highlights, with a mix of bleached bone and vermin brown at the end or occasionally a bit of orange at the top. I've also done orange base with a brown wash, then a thinned orange highlight. My gingers are somewhat irregular across my armies, but that's fairly normal given the variation in reds, really.

TiB wrote:When they're pretty they're called redheads

THIS

i think you can achieve that kind of red by painting a red mixed with a little bit of brown. then use orangy highlights and wash with devlan mud... then clean up with your red/brown mix

I used bright yellow (Sunburst Yellow?) as a base, and then layered on thin coats of Baal Red wash to get a pretty decent orangy-red.

EDIT:

The photo doesn't perfectly represent the colors, but you can see where this method will take you. Highlight with thinned orange or yellow to finish.