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Hello all,

I am currently painting my Dark Eldar warriors a green/blue-ish colour (Scaly green), this has been made darker and applied onto my models. However, I was wondering whether I should highlight the edges of the armour to make it more pronounced or not? I would like to keep the colours dark, but like the idea of highlighting to pronounce the edges of the armour.

Do you think I should highlight this dark armour? If so, with what colour?


Cheers,




Bwaaaaah.

Hi there ^^
Are there any pictures of your miniatures?
Usually I am pro highlighting, but it is hard to tell without any pics.

Highlighting usually makes your minis look great if done properly, but also has the capacity to make you go insane and ruin your models if done improperly. If you're doing DE i would suggest you do that though, otherwise you won't be able to really see the colors.

You should always highlight. It really brings out the detail in your models and keeps them from looking flat or boring. If you haven't before, you gotta start somewhere! Just remember that the difference between good highlights and bad highlights is how long you spend cleaning them up afterward.