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Looking at real pictures of black wolves, they often have a lot of grey around the face and dark brown areas down their backs/sides.

I can handle that, but I'm stuck on how to do the black. How do I do it in a way that it has depth and doesn't just look "black"?

Thanks for any suggestions.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5142702.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5142702.page GMT Painting Black/Dark Brown fur on a wolf? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5144473.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5144473.page GMT Painting Black/Dark Brown fur on a wolf?
 Gunnvulcan wrote:
The best way to do it is to use pure black as your darkest shadow. Then, you want to step up to vallejo "charcoal" color. I cant recall if it is extraopaque or not, but its called charcoal. Anyway, this is a black that isnt quite so black. Its got a slight blueing in it. Then, i would step up highlighting into a mix of the charcoal and codex grey then codex grey then fortress grey. That should provide a good result.


Perfect, thanks. I'll give it a whirl.

EDIT: Found Heavy Charcoal, thanks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5144893.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/498578/5144893.page GMT