 StoneMtnMinis  | 01 Jan 2023 5:51 p.m. PST |
Simple question with probably a not very simple answer. How do you paint realistic blonde hair? Dave |
| Titchmonster | 01 Jan 2023 6:14 p.m. PST |
Brown under coat. Straw yellow highlights then a quick wash with Arrgos Dunes contrast paint |
| Milgame | 01 Jan 2023 6:40 p.m. PST |
White undercoat. Paint with Nazdrag Yellow contrast Paine |
| nnascati | 01 Jan 2023 7:00 p.m. PST |
Base coat of DecoArt antique gold, wash with raw Sienna, dry brush with white added to antique gold. |
 The Nigerian Lead Minister | 01 Jan 2023 7:36 p.m. PST |
Paint yellowish tan, light brown wash. |
 etotheipi  | 01 Jan 2023 7:39 p.m. PST |
Lots of different ways, just like there are lots of different blondes. Mostly dark (brown, tan, ochre, etc.) under with light/bright (yellow, off-white, metallic gold, etc.) drybrush. Wash with a medium (khaki, sunflower, etc.) Sometimes I will do two colors of undercoat or drybrush, generally the lighter shade on top and the other lower. Rarely, I will mix two drybrush color evenly, like pure white to do "highlights". And metallic gold or sliver will come out for a special, specific highlight on some. |
 ochoin | 01 Jan 2023 10:05 p.m. PST |
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| Zephyr1 | 01 Jan 2023 10:13 p.m. PST |
Yellowish tan, light brown wash, yellowish tan drybrush, pearlescent white highlight |
| tigrifsgt | 02 Jan 2023 12:21 p.m. PST |
Paint with tan, then dry brush with yellow. |
 piper909 | 02 Jan 2023 2:04 p.m. PST |
Drat, I was hoping to read some good "Dumb Blonde" jokes here. |
| etotheipi | 02 Jan 2023 6:29 p.m. PST |
Dolly Parton was once asked how she felt about dumb blonde jokes. She said she didn't mind them because she knew that really, she wasn't dumb. She said she also knew that she wasn't really blonde… |
 Parzival | 03 Jan 2023 2:23 p.m. PST |
I use Americana French Vanilla craft paint for blondes. On elves, I leave it untouched.
On humans, I'll use a brown wash of some sort to "dirty" it up to different degrees. Or I might do a brown base coat and highlight with the French Vanilla. |
| Mr Elmo | 04 Jan 2023 6:42 a.m. PST |
I had to get my recipe book:
Zandri Dust base
Ushtabi Bone highlight
Skeleton Horde wash
Ushtabi Bone highlights
Pallid Wych Flesh final highlights |
| Dagwood | 04 Jan 2023 10:00 a.m. PST |
Mr Elmo,
What's that in English ? |
| Mr Elmo | 04 Jan 2023 7:54 p.m. PST |
What's that in English ? Games Workshop paint names. |
| Dagwood | 07 Jan 2023 1:31 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I know. They aren't in any form of English that I understand. (Not Welsh, Latin or French either.) I assume Ushtabis have the same colour bone as the rest of us, but the rest is complete gobbledegook to me ! For the record I have many GW paints, but they change the names more often than I need to replace the, say, dark brown, paint. (but if you wait long enough, they sometimes eventually repeat themselves !). Is Pallid Wych flesh what used to be called Elf Flesh, or perhaps what used to be called "white"? Next time I am in a GW store, perhaps I'll look at the paint names once again. |
