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I painted the Space Hulk genestealers entirely with contrast paints (other than details)





I'd imagine that washes would achieve a similar result, and if you're looking to try out your airbrush I think some of the bigger armour plates on the big bugs are a good location to try out some gradients from one colour to another, or some patterns with less sharp edges which would look pretty organic.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
Downside is that it is a paintrange that requires alot of brush presision. finding normal paint in the correct colourtone to paint over any misshaps is hard and you will get visable lines if you do not fully paint a section. They allso dont work on flat panels, they pool.

In most cases, you're better doing a layer of the undercoat colour over the mishap, then putting the contrast on top. Probably less of a problem with organic things.

Agreed for flat panels - I've got some Terminators painted up in the contrast red, which works great for the detail areas, but not for any flat plates. This isn't a problem - you just go over the flat areas with a normal paint - but it's correct that you can't just use them as "one layer and you're completely finished" on that type of surface.