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In the name of Russ and the Allfather, I have returned!

I finished my project to finish a Space Wolves army with The Army Painter, and I'm looking to expand it. How do I paint black, red/ginger, blonde and grey hair? If anyone can give me an easy way to do this, with Warpaints or maybe GW paints, then I would be very grateful.

For Russ!!

All hair start with flat prime
first for black Prime with black primer..
Dry Brush black and blue mix (more black than blue)
Wash - Gloss with a drop or two of black ink for shine
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Ginger Hair..Prime with a tan
Dry brush with a Tan / Red mix (cinnamon in colour)
Wash - gloss with a drop of sienna ink in the gloss
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Grey
Prime White.
Drybrush Light Grey...
Wash Gloss with a drop of black Ink
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Blonde
Prime White
Drybrush Ocre
Wash with Gloss and Sienna Ink...

Now by Wash I mean a fresh paint pot half full of isopropryl ( about 1/2 cc with 6 dropps of gloss and one drop of ink )






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Exact colurs should be chosen by trying it out on a scrap head ..to lessen the amount of repainting ..(each person has their own exact shades they like)


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I try the colours out on ork trophies before painting Catachan Heads to find the mix I want ..if its off a bit on an ork tropy no one notices much ..

Thanks for the info, but does anyone know a technique that uses only one colour?

Can't really do it well with only one colour, you'll always get the best results with at least two, if not three colours thrown in there. It'll still not take very long, the longest part is waiting for the wash to dry.

Also, what company's paints are those instructions for?

Black Hair
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- Chaos Black
- Codex Gray "Dry Brush"
- Fortress Gray "Dry Brush VERY LIGHT EXTREME"
- Wash with black 1 or 2 times beens to be really faint highlights


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grey
Red Hair
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red gore
blood red " heavy dry brush"
macharius solar orange "dry brush"
wash it all with something black probs

grey
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adeptus battlegrey, dawnstone, fotress grey

no wash




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please check out my thread :( tell me what you think of my minis drop a comment in the thread thnx

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/511831.page

For Space Wolves using Army Painter methods, try:

Prime model Wolf Grey.
Red Hair - Lava Orange
Blonde - Demonic Yellow
Black - Uniform Grey
Other bits as you see fit

Then chuck your favourite Quickshade or Quickshade Ink over the lot.

Thanks very much!!