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So you have a fresh army and are not sure what colors you want to paint it...
Just so happens you have photoshop as well. So here is a little helpful something I picked up awhile back.



1) What you do is prime your model, in either white, grey or dual prime. Because black is terrible by itself. It just is, don't ask why. Then you take a picture of your fancy model like below!


2) Hell yeah, that looks sweet. Now open it in photoshop and make a new layer and color in a spot of the model on that layer. Then use the blending options to make it appear as if the color is on the model and not just over it. I personally just use overlay then make normal layers on top of that to further highlight anything needed. Picture below to help you find where the blending options are...


3) Now just spend some time and complete your concept, and if you are not 100% happy you can just use color correction and whatever else until you are happy. Picture below of the concept for my Sisters army.


4) Its not awesome, but it gives me a good view as to what I am wanting to see. Much better than spending multiple hours painting a model just to be unhappy with it and strip it down.


Happy painting everyone!

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Good tutorial; I already did this stuff using the models on GW's website as I had a cursory knowledge of photoshop. It has helped me a lot, especially to match colours for purchases to what I imagine the model to look like, especially with this phenomenon from the human eye:
(Tiles A and B are the exact same colour)

Fixed the image links!

It really does help a lot if you have issues making up your mind lol.

Have you considered setting up images to be used with dakka's army painter?

I was also thinking this seems along the lines of what the dakka painter does. Its worth checking out.

Ahh, the good old cylinder/checkerboard image trick. I have to cross my eyes and check every time just to make sure someone isn't pulling something over on me.

Also, that sister model sure has one heck of a ham-fist on that mace. Her hand is the size of her head... can not unsee.