nilus Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Anyone have any good painting fire tutorials or advice? Particularly on painting fire colors other then red/orange/yellow. I failed at doing my Salmander in green flames and realized part of the problem was that I used only shades of green, so I am looking for advice on accent colors and just hints in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneWhoFell Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 um... I don't know about PAINTING flames... but I'd remember your rainbow ROYGBIV technically speaking fire starts at white, then blue, then red then orange then yellow... which doesn't make sense... but I had a chem teacher who started a blow torch, and showed us that fire starts at yellow (coolest) and move through the spectrum until it huts indigo, where it gets white due to the way our eyes see it... So, Yellow is the coolest... followed by orange, then red, then blue, then green then white... I think... haha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bunsen_burner_flame_types_.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serigala Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 This guy sculpted as well as painted flames... http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43941 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Nothing wrong with all shades of green. This is all done with GW Snot Green. mixed with nothing but white and black. Lets see what you did and maybe we can figure out what you're doing wrong. Unless of course you hate my green fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Nothing wrong with all shades of green. This is all done with GW Snot Green. mixed with nothing but white and black. Lets see what you did and maybe we can figure out what you're doing wrong. Unless of course you hate my green fire. The green looks really good. I already stripped him but I am going to give it another try and post my progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Just remember that it's hottest / lightest in the center and coolest / darkest at the tips. To make it look right you have to almost treat every flicker of flame as it's own fire. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Just remember that it's hottest / lightest in the center and coolest / darkest at the tips. To make it look right you have to almost treat every flicker of flame as it's own fire. Good luck. Best advice given. and its important to keep it in mind for all flames Heres a traditional colour set that I did on a Marcus I painted up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Just remember that it's hottest / lightest in the center and coolest / darkest at the tips. To make it look right you have to almost treat every flicker of flame as it's own fire. Good luck. Yeah I think I got impatient and rushed it. Gonna give it another try when I get some time and really do it right. Found this nice tutorial as well. http://hot-lead.org/advance/fire_theory.htm Should be able to apply the theory here to green flame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistercactus Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 It's like highlighting in reverse. Start with the lightest shade, and get darker as you work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Excellent tutorial Nilus. That guy explained everything to help people understand how it works. I picked up a nice tip myself, that extra little bit of lighter color at the very tip appears to make a big difference. I'm filing that away for future use. You mentioned a lack of patience. That'll do it on most things and on fire it is even worse - especially considering the size of the model we're discussing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twizz666 Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 @Nilus I used that fire guide as well. it worked for me. i have fire on their bases and also source lit the crew. I think it looks good. anyway, my point, it's funny that we find the same guide. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Thank you Zyzban, but I am not being able to paint fire has not made me depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchethead Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Maybe not, but the thought of your terrible, ham-fisted fire painting has made me depressed. Thank you, Bupropion. The spammers are going hard today. I've reported five or so in the last few hours, alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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