Jackyboy wrote:Hi KnightKrawler
Of course first and foremost you are correct. I understand what you are saying and agree with you mostly. However, for me I really want to paint my space crusade as to the colours they were intended. Intended as far as the three space marine chapters are concerned; Blood Angels, Ultramarines and Imperial Fists.
...and that'S completely fine. I got that gist even from your question, but on the one hand wanted to make sure, and on the other wanted to vent.
I had a nice little debate on youtube the other day. Dr Faust paints Imperial Fists and uses oranges to shade yellow.
A guy asks since when Imperial Fists are orange. What a c**t...
I ask since when he's been brainwashed by GW.
He starts raving how he could just as well paint his historical soldiers in the wrong color.
So I ask if he's aware of the difference between history and fiction.
He asks if I'm aware of the difference between yellow and orange.
Then Dr Faust beat me to th punch with the only correct answer and the one I would have given: these Imperial Fists ARE yellow, ever seen a schoolbus?
What I'm trying to say, people are way too narrow-minded to even acknowledge a different nuance in the
shade for a color. That's ridiculous.
I was not trying to bash on anyone using these schemes for Space Crusade. I'm well aware of the choice of the three primary colors being the best choice here.
Know what I would do?
Shade the yellow by mixing in some violet, the red with green, the blue with orange. Yes, that works. Also use these complementary colors as accent/trim colors and mix some of the respective accent/complementary into the metals. I'd also mix main and accent color to get interesting and coherent greys, for example on the bases.
To pull all factions together, I'd mix my black myself from a dark umber and a dark blue, which basically encompasses a mix of all three primary colors.
These are just the first three or four experiments that spring to mind to be done with a prerequisite color scheme. It's not about the what, it's about the how.
Have fun, that's the main goal. Once you've done your research and had some practise, you'll automatically try new things, I hope.
Jackyboy, my rant was less in your direction - you just had the bad luck of opening the thread
- than it was a rant on how I don't like how paint recipes are seemingly the only correct way of applying paint on miniatures, even for beginners. The theories, watching others paint, learning how to mix... these are very important before one even grabs a brush.
