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Hey everybody, I was hoping I could get some opinions on what color cloth to go with for my home brewed sisters of battle. Armor is silver with a coat of teradon turquoise contrast, but I'm not sure what I like for contrast on the cloth. Forgive the sloppy paint jobs, these were done up in a bit of a hurry as a test for the rest of the sisters I'm working on. They will likely get stripped and re painted in the end. The purple I originally just did as a hoot for mardi gras as I was painting these earlier in the week and noticed the colors matched traditional Mardi Gras colors, but I figured I would include it in the options.

The white is very nice, but I don't envy you having to pain a whole army.

I went with beige, although I might mess around with the method, maybe Rakarth-Ushtabi-Agrax or something. Those old Sisters robes take a wash really well. The color could shift in either direction, toward the white or the brown, but the white seems too stark and the brown too dark and muddled.

Beige goes best with the green, rather than a dry-brush do a wash over white or bone base.

My two cents,

CB

I like the purple myself, some brighter highlights could really make it pop

The first contrasts and compliments the dark teal the best imo.

Creme or white...but I'd say creme because white is a nightmare to paint.

Thanks for all the feed back everybody! It seems like cream colored robes are the winner, and as that was my first instinct, I decided to go with that. Here is an (almost) finished sister from the new range to give you all an idea of how it looks when I actually take my time on the robes. Its not perfect, and I still need to paint the buttons and figure out what I want to do with the bases, but the robes and armor are good enough for what I am looking to achieve.








Thanks for looking and giving me feedback!!

Cream looks good

Was a velvety red not an option?

It looks pretty good... what's your method? Are you washing into the recesses or building up from a light gray? It does seem a little flat and washed out in places-- for example, a little detail would make those buttons pop nicely. But you've managed to avoid the streaky, blotchy, textured mess that is usually white paint on smooth surfaces, so great job there. If you're still in the experimental phases, maybe try a thinned Agrax wash and then revisit the highlights with whatever you're using for white?

Rybrook, I hadn't really considered red as I have a word bears army, a blood angels army, and an ork speed freek army so I'm trying to stay away from red.

MacPhail, thanks for the feed back! I looks a tad washed out largely due to the lighting I had on hand. I will definitely be doing the buttons to add some contrast and definition. The cream is two thin coats of rakarth flesh, followed by at least 2 thin coats of screaming skull, then a an edge highlight of a white/screaming skull mix. I was hesitant to do any shading washes as I don't want too much contrast between the shadows and the main color, but I may try a thinned wash on one of my old metals and see how it looks.