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Title: "Gem Effect" Tutorial - Painting 15mm Visors on the "Hell Divers"
Post by: MrHarold on October 30, 2013, 02:15:46 AM

Hi everyone,

I've been painting up some of my Hell Divers, and I decided to do a "Gem" effect on the visor.

Here is an example of two painted visors:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ywx5_tkO5p4/UnBnjBHMO1I/AAAAAAAAFoM/lajxUVsoS3o/s1600/visor1.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-tP2MsYK20/UnBnjLvE9HI/AAAAAAAAFoQ/NPtinyfMoEY/s1600/visor2.jpg)

I start with a dark blue, almost black as the base (mixing the base blue and black):

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyBClKWJACs/UnBnvjLOV6I/AAAAAAAAFoc/THwOQhUSxE0/s1600/visor3.jpg)

Then, highlighting from "bottom to top" I paint the base blue in the bottom and left corners:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q3l4zLMliFs/UnBoNNdyGNI/AAAAAAAAFok/TotSkVMIs0Q/s1600/visor4.jpg)

An example of what my palette looks like:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c4tfzCS3wEE/UnBogvqprpI/AAAAAAAAFos/DJPiK5z_XjU/s1600/visor5.jpg)

Next, I add a bit of white, and then do a thin line (about half of the base blue width) along the left edge.  If you do too much, you can black line it, or use a wash (like Army Painter Dark Tone) to get the black outline around the visor again.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-39i2dhXStc8/UnBoqxzF4NI/AAAAAAAAFo0/8ykSntBHPzQ/s1600/visor6.jpg)

What my palette looks like after adding white:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Clr8jCdHOlc/UnBo-KDpzKI/AAAAAAAAFo8/m34L1jKiKOs/s1600/visor7.jpg)

Adding a bit more white gives me a very light blue color, and I add that as thin as I can to the lower left edge:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wKASJZBSqrc/UnBpO84G1yI/AAAAAAAAFpE/5Uwen6bWIQY/s1600/visor8.jpg)

After that, I add two dots of white to the upper right part.  This usually takes me two or three tries to get it nice and round and where I want.  If you need to go over it just mix a bit of your base with black to get the color back so you can try the white dot again:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tneWZmY8vHg/UnBpjqYrfPI/AAAAAAAAFpM/I3tKiD8tneU/s1600/visor9.jpg)

After that I will add a gloss coat to make it even shinier, since in 15mm I find that it really helps add a focal point to the face.

And here is a picture from the side:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2CyWRYb87Go/UnBp2VeIUoI/AAAAAAAAFpU/GcufRr9QbK0/s1600/visor10.jpg)

I originally tried red, but it made them look a bit too like evil henchmen (Cobra!!), so I'm very happy with the blue, works well with the khaki scheme too.

Thanks!

More on my blog: http://clearhorizonsalvage.blogspot.com/2013/10/gem-effect-tutorial-painting-15mm.html (http://clearhorizonsalvage.blogspot.com/2013/10/gem-effect-tutorial-painting-15mm.html)