<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Washing Warpflames?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Washing Warpflames?
Anyways onto my painting questions. I have painted my flame on the Skaven Warlord's banner thingy that comes in the starter set. I was wondering if washing it would be better than just leaving it unwashed and if washing is better then what would be the best colour? Of course no one could help without a picture, so here it is. Hopefully the quality is decent enough to get a good look!


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Of course, you'll want to experiment on some other bit instead of making your first attempt on your actual model.

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One thing you might want to consider though is that fire is its own light source, so highlighting it in a conventional way (washing/drybrushing) doesn't make a great deal of sense. It might make more sense to paint it light first and then dry-brush it with darker tones to show the heat coming from within. Or conversely run a lighter colour into the cracks with some water.

EDIT:

I found this image of mario throwing a fireball which I think illustrates what I'm talking about quite well. As you can see the ball in the middle is hot and white, but the outside is cooler, going from yellow to a much darker red at the very outside edges. This is the opposite of how a solid object being lit externally might look.
Spoiler:

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