finishes his Temple project by painting the kit he previously assembled.
The temptation with the hair on this model is to highlight each curl or lock of hair down its entire length. I think this would be a mistake. Looking at photos of dark hair, the highlights are clustered in specific places, and the hair is largely left dark. So I tried to get away from using the more tempting "sculptural light" effect, and use a more realistic placement of highlights only at the crest of the hair at the hairline, and a few key spots as it sweeps back over the elf's shoulder.
- Basecoat:
- Black
- Layer:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC Dark Grey
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC Dark Grey + GW Fortress Grey
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC Flat Brown
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC Flat Brown + GW Fortress Grey
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC USA Tan Earth
- Highlights:
- VMC German Camo Black Brown + VMC USA Tan Earth + GW Fortress Gray
Subtlety and many colors were the keys.