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Hi all,

Does anyone have suggestions for painting obsidian? I did a search of the tutorials but couldn't find anything.

Thanks.

My best guess would be paint black with a green wash blended up to pure white on just one spot(light source) to imply glassyness and then gloss varnish coat it to make it extra shiny.

Yep, pretty much black blended up to light geen then a little white to that for edge highlights facing the light - pretty much standard gem technique, but you kinda highlight toward the light rather than away.
Example:



Note the cracks help exaggerate the effect. Without, it doesn't look so glassy.

Thanks for the responses, that's great stuff! The image really helps too.

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I did something similar on my Executioners. I'd start with a black undecoat, then a couple of glazes of GW's Bloodletter to give the black a slight hue. Then, very smooth edge highlights in red, and a coat of 'Ardcoat or any gloss varnish. You can do it in any other color you wish, green, blue...

Top tip when blending anything around black, is that black is easier to blend to, rather than from. Do rough highlights then glaze back through darker shades, you'll get smoother transitions and less hair-pulling, and need less fine control.