After that you add lighter tones of the colour on the raised edges in the area of effect, and finally a near white version of the colour at the source itself (Blue Horror for blue, Ulthuan works well too and for almost every colour). The color scheme denotes him as a Blood Angel, but his skin is pale and his hair is no longer blonde.

The Secret Sauce: Glaze the red armor with Flesh Tearers Contrast Paint (diluted with Contrast Medium)! One of the keys of good OSL is that the area under the glow needs to be brighter than the surrounding areas. To capture this I first drybrushed the same Transparent White I used on the armor onto his face, chest, and the edgers of his robe. All of my strokes were horizontal, parallel to the saber, and I concentrated the brush on the areas closest to the saber. Using transparent white helped prevent blowing out the underlying paint I’d already done and worked like a white glaze. http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_info.asp?p1=ing&p2=modelcolor&p3=1#modelcolorinfo Cover the area around the source with a really washed out dark tone of the glow colour, so for blue Incubi Darkness thinned down a lot works well. For this I’m going ot paint this as though there’s a light source coming in from his left side, right about hip level. That means light’s gonna go up and down from there, and a bit across his chest and waist. Step 1: DrybrushingWhen I took on Custodes I was happy that the person who I painted them for wanted something other than the classic gold. As much as I love a really nice rich gold colour, I find it pretty overwhelming on the Custodes models. Instead, I went for a striking red-dominated scheme, with darker bronze metallics.

And similarly, when I did my Abaddon the Despoiler I used yellow hues on the cape and base from the flame. For those I used Flash Gitz Yellow and Iyanden Yellow for the blending. Zandri Dust– A pale white paint that can be used as a drybrush on Baharroth Blue armor and machinery to create a subtle highlight, it creates an analogous color combo that gives a subtle and natural look. Add dots of pure white over the previous steps. This is the bit where suddenly it looks like metal and it’s very satisfying. You really are aiming for small dots (unless it’s a vehicle then you can go for bigger patches. Reds The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting. Vincent Van Gogh

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Color Charts For the step by step of this approach scroll down a bit, for a newer faster (and slightly more teal) version for today’s Contrast generation scroll down a bit more for that instead. Painting Blue OSL without Contrast Paints Stage 1 – Minute 0

Blue

Leadbelcher– A metallic silver paint that can be used as a highlight color on Baharroth Blue armor and machinery.

I recommend you paint the first to keep yourself motivated. You can re-attach the face once you’ve painted the top area of the model. While the Carroburg Crimson is still wet on the base, drop some Flash Gitz Yellow in to the edges so that it bleeds into the wash giving you a cheap gradient.I’ll note that I think I went too far on the robes. I either needed to leave them alone, or add more blue to larger areas. Alas, such is the learning experience. If I was doing it again I’d only light his face, arm, and chest. For Caracalla, my shield captain here, it is very important to note that I painted the cape separately, and glued it on after I was done. This entire process is a huge pain in the butt otherwise. The head was also painted separately.