I'm painting Perry Napoleonic Brunswick Leib Battalion. They have headgear with a long horsehair plume.
I'd like the horsehair to have that distinctive shiny blue-black color and sheen. I have tried drybrushing dark blue, or drybrushing a lighter color then applying a blue wash, but it's just not cutting it. Blue metallic is not the answer either.
Someone elsewhere said to paint blue, then wash black.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks