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Recently I get around to actually using them. The black one seems fine but the white one just looks grey. In fact, I used it on a model that had been sprayed with Grey Seer and the parts I'd painted with Apothecary White looked basically identical to the parts that were still just Grey Seer.

Am I doing something wrong or is the name of this paint incredibly misleading?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591328.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591328.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591381.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591381.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White?
 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
its supposed to be a shade for white, so its a blue grey colour. I applied it over pure white for the wings on sanguinius.


Oh okay.

That's literally the opposite of what I've seen in GW's instructions and promotional releases (which both advised Grey Seer as an undercoat and even showed what was apparently Apothecary White on Grey Seer and which looked actually white).. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591384.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591384.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White?
But what you have to remember about the white in particular is that you can't highlight it, by definition. So therefore the only way to add depth is to add shade, and that's what apothecary white does. The contrast primers are both off whites, one warm, one cold, but the easiest way to make a colour look brighter is put a darker shade next to it, so it wouldn't surprise me if grey seer, an almost white, looks pure white when shaded by apothecary white.

I haven't found a single colour I'm happy to just paint on and leave though. Contrast is hugely useful for heavily textured areas like fur or hair, but outside of that I only find it useful to pick out the peaks and troughs, which I then further refine with conventional paint.

Maybe with more practice I'll refine the rechnique, but we're I tackling wings right now, I'd still add a highlight of proper white, even if it was just a light drybrush. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591400.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591400.page GMT Re:Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White?

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 Azreal13 wrote:

But what you have to remember about the white in particular is that you can't highlight it, by definition. So therefore the only way to add depth is to add shade, and that's what apothecary white does. The contrast primers are both off whites, one warm, one cold, but the easiest way to make a colour look brighter is put a darker shade next to it, so it wouldn't surprise me if grey seer, an almost white, looks pure white when shaded by apothecary white.


But this is my whole point - it *doesn't* look pure white. It doesn't look white, period. If anything it looks like I've painted Grey Seer with more Grey Seer.


 Azreal13 wrote:

Maybe with more practice I'll refine the rechnique, but we're I tackling wings right now, I'd still add a highlight of proper white, even if it was just a light drybrush.


I hope I don't have to resort to that because drybrushing was exactly what I was trying to avoid with white contrast paint. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591438.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591438.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White?
Contrast has its uses, but I'm glad I dipped into it rather than buying the hype and spending a fortune, I've yet to try a few ideas I've had, so it may redeem itself, but it honestly just doesn't provide results I'm happy with. Perhaps were I a bit less far down the painting road I may feel differently. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591470.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591470.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White? It doesn't take much though. Just a single white highlight layer afterwards does the trick.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591547.page GMT Apothecary White Contrast Paint - is it Actually White? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591638.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/781089/10591638.page GMT