| Grelber | 18 Dec 2015 6:19 p.m. PST |
OK, so I was filling out the forms to renew my security clearance the other day. I've always marked "Red or Auburn, "though my hair is turning gray. This time, though, they had a category "Gray or graying," and I reluctantly went with that. Which brings me to the question: how do you paint graying hair? One sees people whose hair and beard is partially dark, and partially gray. I'd like to try it on my Vikings, so I'm particularly interested in graying hair on folks with light colored hair to begin with. Not part of the question, really, but at the end of the drop down list of hair colors to choose from were:
Blue
Green
Orange
Pink
Purple
Leaves me shaking my head. None of my Vikings will get hair these in colors. Grelber |
| Rich Bliss | 18 Dec 2015 6:32 p.m. PST |
I usually paint the regular color, then dry brush with gray |
Skeets  | 18 Dec 2015 7:01 p.m. PST |
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 18 Dec 2015 8:31 p.m. PST |
I am just the opposite of Rich and Skeets. My suggestion is to look at people with grey hair. Paint what you see. Grey hair is more prevalent closer to the scalp, the original color more prevalent further out. So I start with a nice light grey base, and then add selective highlights of the original color. |
| Toronto48 | 18 Dec 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
Tke it from a grey head the older you get the less "regular" colour is left being replaced by lighter and lighter grey then eventually white
So I paint my Greybeards… and heads a basic grey then use a dark wash to bring out the shadows |
| MajorB | 19 Dec 2015 2:17 a.m. PST |
"how do you paint graying hair? " With grey paint. |
| Winston Smith | 19 Dec 2015 10:03 a.m. PST |
My "regular color" is long gone. I think it was dark brown but I don't remember. |
| steamingdave47 | 19 Dec 2015 11:35 a.m. PST |
I look in the mirror and try to copy what I see! |
| Brian Smaller | 19 Dec 2015 12:24 p.m. PST |
I hide my grey hair by giving myself a Number 0 cut every two weeks. There are not enough bald wargame figures! For miniatures I usually paint black or dark brown and dry brush grey as above. |
| Zephyr1 | 19 Dec 2015 3:31 p.m. PST |
I don't call my hair's color "gray", I call it "platinum"… ;-) |
| wrgmr1 | 19 Dec 2015 5:28 p.m. PST |
Three color highlight;
Dark grey
Medium grey
then white (light) grey |
| Oh Bugger | 20 Dec 2015 10:00 a.m. PST |
Dry brush white in places for greying and all over for grey. That's how it works in nature its the white hairs that cause the effect. |
