IvenBach wrote:Please tell me to stop before I hurt myself. I'm getting more eager to try and paint a fire effect. Simple but effective like thus: http://www.whizzbang.be/images/sonniaa.jpg. The extra greenstuff I had a while backwent onto some Chaos Warriors and they've been steadily calling my name. Fire effects are beyond what I can do right now and I know that. Since I'm a terribly slow painter I wanted to get a few peoples input or tips for painting fire as well as object lighting before I attempt this... I think it was GK that had some good fire effects I saw before but can't find again.
I did these if those are the ones you remember:
Fire goes:
Super hot = White
Very hot = Yellow
Pretty hot = Orange
Kinda hot = Red
Not that hot = Dark red
What is this? = Black
It is hottest near the origin of the flame and coldest at the tips.
As for OSL, just imagine the source (the actual flames) are real and has a certain "glow radius".
Anything near should be shaded with yellow/orange, then fade into the darker colors.
Dont' use the brightest (white) or darkest (dark red/black), that will look weird.
TIP: Use a spare model and try giving him a glowing weapon. Once you try it out you'll see it's not THAT hard after all.
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. I have only ever seen before of minis primed black or white and then everything layered on top of that. It now makes sense that you would prime it in the color you want the majority of the miniature to be in, 
duh... I'll force myself to do this to get better results and more painting experience.
