Skink Priest Feather Help

[Morphiuskosh]

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice/options on how to approach painting the feathers on my skink priest. I was a big fan of the multi color feathers that were shown on the packaging but can't figure out how they did it. I tried overlapping shades but the colors came out very dark. Perhaps overlapping glazes? I was hoping to apply them right over the white base coat so as to not lose any detail. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for the support.

 

[n810]

is your base coat black, cause that will cause your colors to come out a bit dark,
try a white base coat for the feathers.

 

[Crowsfoot]

Glazes can achieve the desired look, start with your lightest colour and work your way to the darkest, try to blend the edge were the glazes meet.

A more consistent method would be to blend the colours so i will point you to this thread,

http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/skink-priest-tips.16276/

We have covered a couple of options but @n810 has added some great vids.

 

[Morphiuskosh]

I have a white base coat but am wondering if I should put down a thin layer of bright yellow and just use the glazes to darken and highlight that?

 

[Crowsfoot]

I have a white base coat but am wondering if I should put down a thin layer of bright yellow and just use the glazes to darken and highlight that?

I would use a yellow glaze it will allow the feather spines to show through more, so if using GW casandra yellow, highlight with white.