The Emperor Protects ~ Adepta Sororitas ~ A Sisters of Battle Project

I BLOODY LOVE PAINTING RED

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Ey up my magnificent humans, I’m back today for another update where this time I’ll be applying highlights to the robes (I’m sure there’s a proper name for them) on my four Sisters of Battle. Without further ado here’s the list of colours for todays red centric badassery. YES!

PAINT LIST

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• CONTRAST GRYPH-HOUND ORANGE
• TROLLSLAYER ORANGE
• ARMY PAINTER DAEMONIC YELLOW
• CONTRAST BLOOD ANGELS RED
• CONTRAST MEDIUM
• CONTRAST VOLUPUS PINK
• BUGMAN’S GLOW
• LEADBELCHER

A TECHNICOLOUR DREAM-COAT ~ SEEING RED

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Are you sitting comfortably, then let’s begin. I started by using Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange to apply my first highlight to the upper folds of the robes including the sleeves. You don’t have to be too neat with this step as this is giving that subtle first wider highlight.

Once that’s dry I used Trollslayer Orange to add a thinner highlight to the very outer edges of all the material leaving that Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange showing below.

The final highlight on the very highest edges of material was a 5 part Army Painter Daemonic Yellow to 1 part trollslayer orange. That gives you a really bright orange to catch those very upmost edges. The initial layer of blood angels red we applied back in the base coating stage is really useful for figuring out where to apply these layers of highlights. As the paint naturally pools in the shadows while leaving the outer folds a lighter colour in which to focus your highlights.

Finally I mixed a 4 part Contrast Medium to 1 part Contrast Blood Angels Red to act as a glaze. I applied the glaze over all of the highlights we’ve just made to mute that Technicolour Dream-coat right back to a smoother gradient of Highlights. That’s the red robes done. YES!

A TECHNICOLOUR DREAM-COAT ~ PINK TO MAKE THE BOYS WINK

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To highlight the inner folds of the cloak which began as Contrast Volupus Pink I used a layer of Bugmans Glow focusing once again on the outer folds of the inside of the cloak. There’s not many so do this sparingly.

After this highlight was in place I used Contrast Volupus Pink to mute those highlights back down so they blended with the base layer giving a subtle two colour graduation. As most of these areas fall into shadow that’ll do for the inside of the cloaks.

HOW RIVETING

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Finally I painted all the little studs on the robes with a careful layer of Leadbelcher.

NEXT TIME

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Well I’m bloody chuffed to bits with how those came out & I have to say I love painting red. Next time I reckon I will finally be highlighting that black armour but who knows I might change my mind. Haha.

See you on the next one lovelies.

Much Love
Eternity Gate