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Hey guys. I need some help painting my Fire Dragons. I can never get a solid Golden Yellow on his Helmet. It either has little marks from the Paintbrush (Some sort of lines) or the yellow looks all watery. Help?!?!?!?

What are you trying to paint the yellow over? If it is black use a brown as a base coat then use the yellow.

In the first case it sounds like your paint is too thick. In the second it sounds like you just need more coats. Bright colors like yellow and orange may need more thin coats due to the relatively smaller amount of pigment.

Have patience and don't be afraid of multiple thin coats.

I Base Coated him White, then painted him all Blazing Orange. Then tryed to paint Golden Yellow over the head.

Ok, I actually used this method on my own fire dragon exarch.

The first layer needs to be bronzed flesh.
Then paint one layer of golden yellow over it!

It's as simple as that!

Check out the picture from this link to see my fire dragon as an example: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/34520-.html

Cheers,

Jack.

Blightdron wrote:Ok, I actually used this method on my own fire dragon exarch.

The first layer needs to be bronzed flesh.
Then paint one layer of golden yellow over it!

It's as simple as that!

Check out the picture from this link to see my fire dragon as an example: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/34520-.html

Cheers,

Jack.

So i should paint over the Golden Yellow with Bronzed Flesh? WIll try it tommorow when my local games workshop opens.

Other way around. You want the darker bronzed flesh base to build off of to get to the yellow.

I'd use Foundation Iyanden Darksun, It's already yellow, will cover black well then buld from there.

Yellow takes alot of practice. It is probably the biggest pain in the ass color you will use

I use Iyaden Darksun for my 'Nids (Yellow on Black).

use solar macarius orange and then keep mixing in iyanden draksun

Tek wrote:I'd use Foundation Iyanden Darksun, It's already yellow, will cover black well then buld from there.

yes iyanden darksun is your best friend for painting yellow.My maines have a black and yellow scheme and i woundnt of been able to pull it of without ID.