gobo's painting

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:04 pm

how do you paint your gobo skin?
green: most of the time.(any other colours??)
but when highlithing:you mix the lighter colour with yellow or with white?
I think yellow is cool but never tried with white.

what do you think about it?

and also: any ideas for coour scheme?

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:36 pm

Painted my snotlings blue. I think they turned out pretty good.

Blammaham · Post by **Blammaham** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:42 pm

I've found that mixing yellow don't give me the contrast for the hilghts that I want and white gives a neon green and with the goblin green undercoat I use on the gobbos it gives too much contrast and looks kind of frosted to me. I accualy use bleach bone mixed with the goblin green to hilght goblins.S.

Torpor · Post by **Torpor** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:41 pm

I went for black primer and a base coat of snot green with a highlight of goblin green. I have done one or two where there was a base coat of dark angel green with highlights of snot green followed by goblin green. Green ink will add a bit of definition as well as make the figure a bit shiny. Yellow ink will 'brighten up' the figure (and once again make it shiny). If you plan to use inks, do so after the base coat but before the highlights. That's my experience. Try Traveller, Tim, Squiggoth, Norse or any of a dozen other people for possibly better tips.

Cheers,
Torpor

Post by **Dave** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:52 pm

I allways go

black primer
dark angels green basecoat.
highlight up using a mix of DAGreen and Gob (snot??) green going throuch that Gobbo green colour to a mix of that and bleached bone

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:43 pm

I like going for green->yellow on Goblins and Snots and green->bleached bone or olive-> bubonic brown for Orcs.

Post by **Thadrin** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:24 pm

I use a grey undercoat (fortress grey) on allmy figs these days.
Base for goblin skin- Snot green
first highlight - 50:50 Snot Green:Goblin Green
Second Highlight - Goblin Green.

I used that on the Goblins in my Ogre team and I think that team is about as good as I've ever managed. I'll try and get around to getting some pics together.

You can get a slightly darker tone by washing with green ink between the base coat and first highlight, followed by a snot green highlight, then the mix, then the Gob green.

I used DA green on my Black orcs, with a Black Undercoat, highlighting through to Snot green.

Flumox Fleebiter · Post by **Flumox Fleebiter** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 8:02 pm

I prime black,
coat all skin with goblin green,
then wash with a dark hunter green (Ral Partha color, sorry don't know a GW or Vallejo translation). This gets the deep areas darker and makes for a nice gradient to the goblin green color on the high spots.
I then go back and highlight with a bright slime green (another Ral Partha color, about 60%goblin/40% yellow).

squiggoth · Post by **squiggoth** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:14 pm

For highlighting I don't use yellow or white, only Bleached Bone (for Camo Green) or Rotting flesh (for Goblin Green). It makes the gobbos look weedy...

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:34 am

thanks for the advice and inspiration guys !!
I think I'll use more of those possibilities in the team so they don't resemble each other! then they aren't the same all.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:58 am

I'm with Squigg...

I start Snot, then Goblin then Rotting Flesh... it makes them look very weedy and much lighter than the Orcs or Trolls in the team (should be much darker I think..)

Keep the paints thin so that your highlights are subtle... on some Gobbos with really big noses I have even been known to do a final highlight just with Bleached Bone...

go to the link below and click on Fungus...

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:25 am

mm..
I painted this one: http://www.francebloodbowl.com/special/ ... figurines/
picture: DSCO4139.jpg
(this is a snotling ref)
the picture is taken at the eurobowl by zebos.

I kinda like this highlighting "almost up to yellow"
What you think about that?

so I think I'll use it, but I think I try the "white/bleached bone" first on another gobo to see how that comes out with my painting skills..

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:13 pm

I'd try to get a darker colour in the recessed bits of the fig, the highlighting is quite OK though

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:45 pm

Dave wrote:I'd try to get a darker colour in the recessed bits of the fig, the highlighting is quite OK though

you mean a darker shadowing?

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:55 pm

thanks, got distracted by my little snotling and was thus not able to get the word 'recess' right

shading is an even better word