How to Improve Your Warhammer Models

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A common piece of miniature painting advice is to push your highlights brighter.

This is great to experiment with because it requires no additional effort but increases the contrast of your miniatures.

When painting your test models, I recommend painting the highlights one shade brighter than you initially think. Then, with each test model, paint the highlights brighter until they don’t look right.

This works because it increases the contrast of your miniatures, which helps you define their shapes. The greater the contrast, the easier it is to make out the shapes at a distance.

This is perfect for any tabletop standard paint job, as the brighter your highlights, the better your models will look from three feet away.

When choosing your highlight colours, always look for a brighter and more saturated colour than your mid-tone.

For example, if I were highlighting red, I would choose a saturated orange. If you are unsure of which colour to choose, I mix Dorn Yellow from Games Workshop or Ice Yellow into my midtone.

Then, I try to find an approximate match of an existing paint, as mixing paints can take a lot of time when painting an army.

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Glossary

Contrast - Highlights differences in colour, value, texture and shape to create visual interest and guide the viewer’s attention

Highlight – painting the bright colours on raised parts of a model so they stand out.

Highly Saturated – a bright colour that doesn’t have other colours mixed into it.

Midtone – the mid point of a surface that isn’t highlights or shadows