Painting black hair?

[mikedemana]

I'm painting some 28mm Native Americans and want to step up my game, so to speak.

How do you add highlights to black hair? Any suggestions or techniques? I know to look good it would have to match the painter's style. So here's a look at how I do up my native Americans...
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41121.0

Mike Demana

[joekano]

I usually go for a base of black and then highlight with a very dark brown, though I have used a black/dark grey mix at times

[Peithetairos]

You can also highlight using blue, but don't overdo it. You might need to push it towards white to really give the impression of black hair.

[Lowtardog]

I have used flesh to give a hihglight, works better for clothes than hair and you have ot be very careful as it starts to have an olive look to it if over done.  I have also tried gloss black for highlights in the past. Not tried blue but could see it working well certainly fo r that groomed look

[Michi]

You can also highlight using blue, but don't overdo it. You might need to push it towards white to really give the impression of black hair.

I used to highlight brown which always turned out to look like (admittedly dark) brown hair. Then I tried grey for a while which always looked "old".
Now I achieve satisfying results with pale blue. The trick is not to use a too rich blue (you can still add white), to get a blueish grey that looks like reflections of the sky.

Next character for my growing varieté company:

Joseph Badwolf, a native American.

[Bugsda]

I go for blue too, that's a great Indian Michi  

[Curaitis]

Lovely colors, and the look and these eyes. I realy like the expression.