Temple guard paint job, help!

[Ruzzman]

Ok guys and girls?

Im having trouble coming up with a scheme for my temple guard which is lame!

My normal warriors are blue 'skinned' with green scales but want my temple guard to look different and 'older' if u catch my drift.

Im thinkng blue skin and gray scales but am worryed it will clash with the amount of bone they carry with them.

Any ideas?

 

[strewart]

If you want them to look older, a 'faded' version of your usual colour scheme would probably work well. I'm not sure exactly what colours you are using, but maybe just add a bit of bleached bone or a light grey colour to your final highlight?

Or go darker, don't go as far with highlights or add a bit more wash/ink. Thats what I'm doing for mine, skinks are fairly bright blue, saurus are mid blue, and kroxigors and characters are overall much darker.

 

[Josh Ichimaru]

you could mix a little white in to make it liter and faded, or you could try to add a tone of some other colour into them for example if red you would make the skin slightly more purpilish and the scales slightly brownish if not make a whole new colour scheme it cant hurt, as long you you like how it looks

 

[Ruzzman]

both sound good ild better start painting soon to get them done b4 all me sculpting is done!

cheers :-D

 

[theodmino]

I painted my temple guard with dark blue skin and grey scales, then i washed both parts with black. I think it suits their more "rusted" feeling that i wanted to give them. The skull mounted on the head I painted white and it actually looks quite nice with a brighter piece in the centre of the model.

 

[Ruzzman]

yeah i was going to go final white highlight on the bone, to work with the mated Gold i do (i have shining gold so have found a new way i like LOL).

The only question i need to answer now and ill need to do this while painting, do i go lighter? or do i go darker?

Ill let u know wen i choose and maybe post picies

cheers again