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What is the best color scheme for Imperial Fists? I'm making my first foray into miniature painting, and I want to start off as well as I can. I took a look at GW's yellow color scheme, but I don't believe it's so simple, especially if I want a golden-yellow color, not lemon-yellow.

I too prefer a more golden-yellow appearance and when I paint a yellow like that, I follow something similar to:

Base gold-brown (I think it's vermin or scrofulousbrown for GW).
Golden yellow for the next coat, leaving the brown in the recesses.
Then it's a blend or layering process up to a flat yellow while keeping the golden-yellow colour strongest.

I wish I could post some good pics of my results but I don't have anything remotely resembling a decent camera at the moment :(

base with Averland Sunset
shade with Casandora Yellow
layer with Flash Gitz Yellow
glaze with Lamenters Yellow

I highly recommend agains tthe Casandor (sp) Yellow shade...way too orange.

There's a thread floating with a dude who uses Ushabti Bone, highlight's with white and bone, then Glazes with Lamenters...looks awesome for Imp Fists and it's what I've started using as its so simple.

prime white
cover in diluted golden yellow (1:1:1 paint:water:medium)
cover in sepia wash (maybe watered down a bit (2:1 wash:water)
repaint golden yellow (leave the cracks dark
add bleached bone to the golden yellow and paint highlights
extreme edge highlights in bleached bone

sergeants with red helmets, black shoulder trims, red chest eagles, red or purple powerweapons, blue cloaks/cloth