Dark Lords of the Sith
Darth Vader - Part 2: Highlights
For Vader I’m going to highlight the black with a deep, midnight blue. This will hopefully result in an overall deep, dark look but with enough highlights to pick out the details. First up I mixed GW Kantor Blue and Abbadon Black at a roughly 50/50 ratio. As the black dominates, this first highlight colour is still pretty dark. I used a little Vallejo mixing medium to ensure I got a nice consistency. Using a fairly large brush I began with the cape and painted a fairly generous (wide), highlight. I added this mix to every black part of the model (basically everywhere!), fabric and armoured elements.
As a second highlight I used the same colours but upped the ratio of blue to about 2-1 of the black. I also made this mix quite thin by adding water (and medium), and applied it only to the most raised areas of the model. In places such as the hem of the cape and the top of the helmet I built up several layers to the desired result.
I then added a highlight of Runefang Steel to all the metal details, including the lightsaber handle. The buttons on Vader’s chest panel were painted Caledor Blue and Evil Sunz Scarlet. I couldn’t resist adding a little Evil Sunz scarlet to the eye lenses of the helmet, although these will be heavily washed black on my next stage.
The base was also dry brushed at this stage using Screaming Skull, in the same manner as Count Dooku’s.
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