Painting yellow

[Mort]

hey guys

dunno if this has been brought up but i cant find it if it has

im having some problems painting yellow, i have to do 5 or 6 coats, and im still not happy because it turns ou either too thick or too thin and streaks, does anyone know how to paint a good yellow?

[Duke Jan]

Start with a good white undercoat. Then build up from a dark tone of yellow. Yellow is a terrible colour to paint and needs multiple layers. 4-6 sounds quite reasonable to me.

[MattRobson]

i've just finished painting some yellow and blue dark elves for the bb05. i started with a black undercoat then base coated the yellow area's in a mix of golden yellow orange ink and yellow ink, then highlight this with just golden yellow (about 3 coats) final highlight of golden yellow and skull white, (then skull white on its own if desired) hope that helps??

[Orinoco]

I start with vomit brown, as it seems to give good coverage, and then layer up to whatever brightness of yellow I require.

Orinoco

[Mick Moon]

Hi Mort,

the problem is not the colour yellow, the problem is the yellow from
games workshop.

try a yellow from an other company. i got one from a spanish company.
it´s name is VALLEJO. try this and you´ll see

[Chairface]

Yeah, I agree, the Vallejo yellows are great to work with.

[Dark Lord (retired)]

I agree with the two above and the comment on the undercoat.

As a converted black undercoater I can tell you it's much easier to primer the model in white and then brush paint the metal/dark areas with black. The colors will be brighter and yellow will be much more manageable.

As for Vallejo paints, never used them but I love his work.

But I really suggest that you try your local craft store and buy the acrylic paint for crafts. It's the same stuff and can be as cheap as 50 cents for a 2 oz. bottle. Even if you don't use them exclusively it pays to buy black, white and gray.

[Mort]

thanks for all the tips guys

uh i was wondering where i can get vallejo paints? i havent seen any, do you have to order them in? thanks in advance

[Chairface]

Where are you from Mort?

[GalakStarscraper]

Here is where I get them from in the US.

http://www6.mailordercentral.com/thewar ... ?dept=1018

Wife got me the Suitcase from Christmas and I LOVE it.

Galak

[Dark Lord (retired)]

Craft paint is still cheaper and unless you can tell me a single reason why vallejo's paints are somehow better than any other acrylic paints I'll keep saving money.

[Mort]

Where are you from Mort?

im in Australia, maybe theres some at one of the model shops around but i havent seen them

[Babs]

I know that Logical Choice in the ACT (and in Wagga Wagga) stock Vallejo paints.

So too does MilSims (Jedko games) - which does mail order to anywhere in australia. Their website is www.milsims.com.au

Does that help?

I use CoteD'or paints - which are the same as GW paints were back in the early 90's. Their yellow is a little thin but two coats does a good coverage for me. (And I get them at conventions like Leviathan coming up in Sydney on the 23rd & 24th).

[rochallor]

Yes Mort, you should come to Leviathan!

[Colin]

Hey, you nicked Kev White's avatar from the Forum of Doom! (thats the only place I saw it before now, I presumed he photoshopped it himself, if I'm wrong and you got it off some other site, my mistake).