[Epic] White troops

From: Neil R. Thomason <n.thomason_at_...>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 00:16:55 GMT

>I've wanted to do this, but I can't paint a white figure with any
>kind of detail at all. Do you just paint 'em solid white, or is
>there any washing/highlighting that you can do to bring out the
>detail? A black wash makes the thing gray for me, and I just
>have not had any luck drybrushing white. The pictures of GW's
>Howling Banshees show white with dark detail in between, similar
>to Stormtroopers' white armor with black in between the plates.

I doubt this would be practical for large numbers of troops, but I painted
my Banshees mid-brown, added a glaze of brown ink, then highlighted the
armour plates in bone, then white. Good effect, but slow.

Good luck!

Cheers,

NRT

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
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