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Can anyone give me some tips with painting with yellow? what base colour should i be using? currently working on a yellow SM colour scheme , i undercoated with the GW yellow foundation (cant remember exack name on top of my head ). Anyways ive done about 3 thin layers and it still looks unsmooth and dodgy from close up , the texture is coming out like painting whitescars.

Any tips?

hmmm well I typically prime in white, then a coat or 2 of Golden yellow, followed by a liberal wash of Gryphonne Sepia. I highlight the hard edges of the armor with golden yellow and then my yellow is done, it comes out looking like this.

here is an example:

Iyanden Darksun or Tausept Ochre are the yellow base colours in the Foundation range.

Most people tend to undercoat with white but you can get a nice rich yellow with undercoating black.

I like this guy's paint job on his imperial fist army.

Take a look at this: http://cbstudios.co.uk/#/tutorialimperial/4525393843


Keep your paints thin though, especially foundation as they are designed to be pigment heavy. They were designed to cover as a base coat in one go, but id still water down and do a few layers like you did.

Did you paint the yellow straight onto your metal/plastic mini? If so that could be why it is unsmooth and 'dodgy'. Paint needs something to adhere to such as a undercoat/primer (paint will hold onto the surface of the undercoat better than straight plastic) , that's why you should always undercoat a model.

Also before you assemble and paint your mini's, give them a rinse in water with a dab of soap to get rid of the film or dust that the molding process can create - Paint reacts with this and can cause to go lump/discolor and nt bond as well.

If I'm telling you how to suck eggs I'm sorry.

Have a search on google or here on dak dak for 'painting imperial fists', you'll get some great ideas.

Slappy

Heh.. Never seen wills stuff until you posted that link. looks snap to mine.

Slappywag is spot on in his post .

I say use black for undercoat rather than white or if in a hurry you can take a look at army painter yellow primer.

Welcome to Dakka

Tauzor wrote:Heh.. Never seen wills stuff until you posted that link. looks snap to mine.

Slappywag is spot on in his post .

I say use black for undercoat rather than white or if in a hurry you can take a look at army painter yellow primer.

Welcome to Dakka

His stuff is immaculate, really love his mini's...Nice site too


If the welcome was for me - thank you

I'm crappy at photos, but:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-11705-3083_Imperial%20Fists.html

bleached bone, golden yellow, then golden and sunburst.

P3 Heartfire is a great basecoat for yellows, with P3 Cygnus yellow being a great midtone/highlight.

I love white prime, golden yellow with sepia wash. Use several thin layers of yellow.