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2012/04/09 22:55:37
Subject: Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Implacable Black Templar Initiate
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Hey Dakka. I'M BACK.
*Manic cackle*
Anyway, now that's out of my system...
When finishing off a model, is it better to add Highlights before or after adding Washes?
I'm taking a guess that adding them after would bring them out more, whilst adding them before would tone them down more.
I'm just asking to confirm this suspicion and learn of any variables involved.
Thanks.
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2012/04/09 23:06:01
Subject: Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Brainy Zoanthrope
Wisconsin
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I've actually done both. I based the model, washed it, highlighted and washed again.
Worked out pretty well but may have toned down the highlights too much. All personal preference.
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ChrisWWII wrote:I eventually realized that it was apparently one die I had been rolling that kept turning up 3s. My reaction was to take said die, and hurl it out the window of the 3rd floor of our student union. I then placed a Commissar model next to the rest of my dice pile. They immediately began performing much better.
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2012/04/10 03:50:49
Subject: Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Gargantuan Gargant
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Depends what sort of effect you want. It's exactly as you guessed, so the order of layers will be determined by whether you want a more muted highlight with a smoother transition or a starker, brighter highlight.
I usually wash first, but will frequently reapply the wash or a diluted ink thinly (as a glaze, without pooling) after highlighting to soften layer transitions and up color intensity.
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The Dreadnote wrote:But the Emperor already has a shrine, in the form of your local Games Workshop. You honour him by sacrificing your money to the plastic effigies of his warriors. In time, your devotion will be rewarded with the gift of having even more effigies to worship.
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2012/04/10 04:04:37
Subject: Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
The Great State of New Jersey
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i like highlighting then washing. It subdues the highlighting (i prefer it to obvious/extreme ones), and it blends it in with the base layer better, meaning you can do one color highlights instead of going through the tedious blending process.
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2012/04/10 07:05:02
Subject: Re:Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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Really depends on the effect you want. There's no rule to follow about it. Sometimes I do one or the other, sometimes both. Other times I don't do it since I didn't use a wash. It really depends on your preference, the model at hand, the effect you want etc.
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2012/04/10 07:10:07
Subject: Highlighting - Before or After Washing?
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Nimble Glade Rider
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I personally highlight before I wash. The smoother transition is always a far better appearance than an often obnoxious highlight
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