"A Few Thoughts on Contrast Paints" Topic

I haven't done a search so apologies if this topic has already been covered. I have messed around with contrast paints enough now to have some opinions. For light colours like browns and tans over white, it can do some very cool things that you can't do with conventional paints. For darker reds, blues, greens, and black, the effect leaves too much of a bright white highlight for me and doesn't look good. It's a fun new tool to have, but very unforgiving. I've seen some examples of mixing up contrasts, washes and conventional paints very nicely. Having the different techniques right next to each other can produce some very impressive results in 28mm. Below that, I don't like contrasts at all. Go on and disagree if you want you filthy animals… Any thoughts?

I think it depends on the colour but you have identified a key factor, which is the undercoat. I have tended away from bright white undercoats to either a faint dull white or grey, in which case the highlights are not an issue. I very much like the browns/tans for horses (which I hate to paint – but as a SYW gamer not much choice there) and I like the black but on a grey undercoat – also like some of very dark blues for my Prussians but again don't use a bright white undercoat

Here is a 12 pdr (3D printed) with a Foundry crew, undercoated in light grey then painted with Contrast Ultramarines Blue

coolminiornot.com/476946

coolminiornot.com/476946

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Thanks for the heads-up

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coolminiornot.com/476946