I will try to describe my heat effect as well as i can and at least list the paints i used. I started with a black primed model and made a wash of p3 morrow white to wash all the areas that would be hot. I took normal painting constancy morrow white and got into the inner shoulders as much as humanly possible, a little black in a shadow can kill the effect. it looked very messy afterward. Next i used a heavy glaze of reaper phoenix red, this is actually a reddish orange. i glazed twice so no white… Read more »
Lovely ! Your colors are wonderful… To answer your question, partly, the midnight blue is a very cold blue that tends towards purple… One must realise that shadows are never black, in reality. The color blue is perceived by the human eye as “cold”, and it’s the color of faraway objects (mountains, the sky, the sea…) because of earth’s atmosphere. It is perceived as “deep”. Generally, a cold blue or green is used by painters as a shadow for flesh, or for warm reddish tones… A cold shadow sets off a warm highlight, just like a warm shadow sets off… Read more »
@elromanozo thank you. I have noticed some of your work here and I am very impressed.
I try to keep color theory in mind when I paint but sometimes it can be difficult to process what a color looks like to the eye vs. what it is. Black iron for instance seems dead black(technically dark gray but hey, I have to make that glow look lit up) but with the blue sky overhead it dose take that cool blue hue just a bit.
Cracking stuff! 😀
BoW Andy
Thanks, I painted before the tron craze but since that movie people have been going nuts for my jacks.
This is so nice. Great work
They say imitation is the greatest form of flatery. Im going to use your style as a foundation for my warjacks. Any tips will be great.
I will try to describe my heat effect as well as i can and at least list the paints i used. I started with a black primed model and made a wash of p3 morrow white to wash all the areas that would be hot. I took normal painting constancy morrow white and got into the inner shoulders as much as humanly possible, a little black in a shadow can kill the effect. it looked very messy afterward. Next i used a heavy glaze of reaper phoenix red, this is actually a reddish orange. i glazed twice so no white… Read more »
Lovely ! Your colors are wonderful… To answer your question, partly, the midnight blue is a very cold blue that tends towards purple… One must realise that shadows are never black, in reality. The color blue is perceived by the human eye as “cold”, and it’s the color of faraway objects (mountains, the sky, the sea…) because of earth’s atmosphere. It is perceived as “deep”. Generally, a cold blue or green is used by painters as a shadow for flesh, or for warm reddish tones… A cold shadow sets off a warm highlight, just like a warm shadow sets off… Read more »
@elromanozo thank you. I have noticed some of your work here and I am very impressed.
I try to keep color theory in mind when I paint but sometimes it can be difficult to process what a color looks like to the eye vs. what it is. Black iron for instance seems dead black(technically dark gray but hey, I have to make that glow look lit up) but with the blue sky overhead it dose take that cool blue hue just a bit.