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Sup Dakka.

Was just doing a little research, and I found an absolutely fantastic source of reference for this particular topic: painting gemstones.

It's 1 of those things that novice to intermediate painters are nervous about, but have no real need to be, ya know?

So, here's the easiest of easy examples of how a painted gemstone should work:


Here's amping it up a bit. This is where you really start getting the "Ooh... Aaah" feel from the gem:


Now here's the real deal. Different shaped gems demand different highlights, and this is a wonderful example of that very fact:


I didn't post this in the tutorial section, because I have in no way actively participated in teaching anybody anything. Just me, researching, finding good info, and passing said info onto my fellow Dakkas.

Enjoy

Nice collection - I like the one about how different shapes call for different highlights - very informative.

Cheers,


IK-Painter

Hope you don't mind if I add to these nice tutorials.

I like to do gems similar to those ways, though I use a few more colours and add a second white dot in that highlight line. Colours get progressively brighter towards the middle of it where the dot is. Though I do use a slightly darker colour for the base of it, always painting the gems black prior to working on them. It's a bit trickier than those above though so practice with the above before moving on to get the hang of the brush control and as it pretty much just builds up on the above.

Here's a tutorial basically showing what I explained. Yet I don't use straight black for the base of it, for example green uses Dark Angels over black, blue is regal, red is scab red, yellow a dark brown like graveyard earth etc.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/315358.page

And more http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1200-painting-precious-stones
and for when we feel super confident http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1205-complex-gems
@ not-u Really like the look of that blackstone method

Really like that emerald look, now to find stuff to use it on.

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:And more http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1200-painting-precious-stones
and for when we feel super confident http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1205-complex-gems
@ not-u Really like the look of that blackstone method

That link, "Painting Complex Gems," is the reason I figured I should start looking into it.

Gonna be tough to get up to that point, but it looks SO awesome... another goal to set