Crazyredcoat's Crazy Compendium of Collected Creativity
Purple Hair Pandemonium
So a friend and I have a bit of a running joke with Warhammer II Total War. We accidentally created a character (who’s full name shall not be uttered here), Cosmic. Long story short, Cosmic now appears in every campaign I play in that game. Last time, she was a Dark Elf Supreme Sorceress and their in-game portrait has purple hair.
Something like this...or exactly like this. No need to be coy here...And I decided; ‘I can do that no problem!’ And here follows the story of my attempt…
First things first, I knew I wanted the roots to be far darker than the tips of the hair. I could have done this with lots of washes (and that may have been faster), but I decided I could do it with Contrast Black Templar. Only problem there is that Contrast needs a brighter base to go over, so I decided that Pink Horror should do… It kind of worked.
One solid, garish, coat of Pink Horror. I even got the paint pot in the picture. Cool, right?Next came the contrast. I’m not sure how much more this added that successive layers of shade wouldn’t have achieved, but this was an experiment after all.
Doesn't look much like the original picture...Then I tried to darken down the pink with Druchii Violet.
Didn't really do much...
So I overbrushed Xereus Purple over most of the hair. Looks better, now.
Then shaded back again with Druchii Violet. If you're repeating this method, just skip the fist Druchii Violet step.
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