<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Help with Grays"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Help with Grays 40k list and i painted up my first dude aaaaaaaaaaaaaand i mean it looks....good? But i think i need a darker more....stick outy gray? Like a dark smooth gray, I kind of just made my dude look like a slightly darker version of the sprue and it just looks BAD - like its a good paintjob, but it just looks like i painted the sprue-sprue colored. Anyone got tips or ideas on what to do here? I thought about maybe painting them like orange/black and sticking away from the gray, but i'm working off a picture i found online (hopefully i can post it or something) to give you an idea of what i'm kinda aiming for.

https://preview.redd.it/bpk05tfd1gn41.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=12327d8699b82e7b6e66c4cee87cf3d3ac91bbc6]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267229.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267229.page GMT Re:Help with Grays http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267256.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267256.page GMT Re:Help with Grays AT-ST should illustrate the idea:



Whether you want to go with a stylized pattern, weathering or zenithal highlighting, I'd make sure to have a range of greys on the same areas. Not just darker recesses, but actual variation on your grey surfaces. Bare plastic is pretty uniform. In my opinion a grey paintjob needs to break up that uniformity.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267344.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267344.page GMT Help with Grays http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267352.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11267352.page GMT Re:Help with Grays







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The key is adding just a *little* colour to the greys, so they still read as grey to the eye, but are more than just flat neutral monochrome.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11274660.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11274660.page GMT Help with Grays
Fire_Forever wrote:
Best way to make grey look interesting is to use warm or cool greys instead of neutral for the shadows and highlights. If your armor edging is gold, I'd go with cool greys (blue-ish or cold purple-ish tinted) for the best contrast. Adding texture or battle damage can also help.

The key is adding just a *little* colour to the greys, so they still read as grey to the eye, but are more than just flat neutral monochrome.


This ^

If you don't understand what he means by warm and cold greys, check out Marco Frisonis color theory videos on YouTube. He says it way better than I ever could. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11274767.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11274767.page GMT Help with Grays
Another thought is do it up as a non-metallic metal style]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11275356.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11275356.page GMT Help with Grays http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11275611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/802333/11275611.page GMT