Hasslefree bits and pieces

[Steve F]

Nicely handled blacks, but I'm particularly taken by the plaid shirt on the guy with the Mr Whippy hair-do.

[beefcake]

  *throws toys in shame*

Those are awesome.

[stone-cold-lead]

WOW!  i am such a fan of your work! Every piece is a masterpiece!  May I pick your brain for some advice?  I'm stumped on red heads and brunettes....  What did you do for the brunette top center and auburn on the right?  Just magnificent!

Well, for the red head I used a base coat of VMC Cavalry Brown and layered up highlights with GW Jokaero Orange and then added a bit of VMC Yellow Ochre.

The brown hair had a base coat of VGC Charred Brown and was highlighted with VGC Beasty Brown and then whatever happened to be on my palette that was still wet at the time...  could have been VGC Desert yellow or VMC US Field Drab, just some sort of tan brown.

Hope that helps. 

Thanks for the comments everyone. 

[Too Bo Coo]

Well, for the red head I used a base coat of VMC Cavalry Brown and layered up highlights with GW Jokaero Orange and then added a bit of VMC Yellow Ochre.

The brown hair had a base coat of VGC Charred Brown and was highlighted with VGC Beasty Brown and then whatever happened to be on my palette that was still wet at the time...  could have been VGC Desert yellow or VMC US Field Drab, just some sort of tan brown.

Hope that helps. 

Thanks for the comments everyone. 

Yes it does!  Thanks Mate!

[Constable Bertrand]

        

Lovely!

Cheers
Matt

[Momotaro]

Oooooooh... 

LOVE the blacks!

[kidterminal]

Those blacks are marvelous, the white tee is really good too.

[syrinx0]

Fantastic work as always.

[jp762]

...............you owe humanity a tutorial on painting balck.
I have a firstborn son you may have in return.
Drop me a pm and the child is yours!


...or even black. That would be better than balk.

...or balck. Cant even correctly quote my misquote. 

[stone-cold-lead]

...............you owe humanity a tutorial on painting balck.
I have a firstborn son you may have in return.
Drop me a pm and the child is yours!

 

I just use a few different colours to highlight the black with which on a model that might be primarily the one colour can break up the areas nicely. VGC Sombre Grey, Khaki and Cold Grey are three of my favourites. I've got the dregs of a pot of 80's Citadel Ghoul Grey which works really well too (must find a good equivalent soon!). Other than that it's just careful layering.

[jp762]

I just use a few different colours to highlight the black with which on a model that might be primarily the one colour can break up the areas nicely. VGC Sombre Grey, Khaki and Cold Grey are three of my favourites. I've got the dregs of a pot of 80's Citadel Ghoul Grey which works really well too (must find a good equivalent soon!). Other than that it's just careful layering.

Thank you! Basalt is vmc for cold I believe and a dark greyblue would work for sombre. Cheers, I tend to avoid black (or balck) clothing but am painting judges and some of these very same Hasslefrees at the mo and was going mad..

[War In 15MM]

Beautiful bits and pieces!  Richard

[Melnibonean]

Fantastic brushwork. That plaid shirt is outstanding.