Ok next update for all you wonderful people who are keeping me focussed and encouraged on this project. Here is the news...
The yellow on the right hand side of the vehicle is done.... yes thats right its finished. When I last left you all I had finished the bad mon yellow highlight and had asked for some advice about how to get some better pics so that it doesnt look all washed out. Well since then I have finished 2 further highlights on that area.
Highlight 1: 60:40 Bad moon yellow to white. This was a general highlight like all the other steps have been, using thinned paint (if its not transclucent then its not thin enough) over the previous highlights dragging the paint towards the edges to achieve the graduated highlight that I have.
Highlight 2: an extreme highlight of 50:50 bad moon and white. Again thin this done... but not too thin because you need to have good control over where it goes. I did this on most edges on all the panels to really make them pop and I think it looks beautiful right now. But Id like you all to judge for your selves.
Hopefully you can all see the graduated tone. I really think that the extreme highlight has made the panels pop and accentuated the highlights and shading. It gives an edge to an otherwise soft colour scheme. Again I cant stress how thin the paints have to be to achieve as smooth a finish as possible... and that each layer needs to be dry before adding the next layer... luckily if the paint is thin enough you can blow on it to make it dry in seconds. Also lastly on the yellow... I have attempted Glazing again on parts to tie all the shades together and with much more success than the blue... this was just very thin paint that i dragged over the shaded bits to lift them up a tiny bit... but what I learnt was that glazing is best done over small areas because you have more control over where the paint ends up so there is less risk of tide marks.
@Moc Do you see what I meant that the Golden Yellow base coat would be a dark enough shade? I really think it looks beautiful and not too garish yellow. Its a pale scheme but I think that if it wasnt pale and soft than it would bee waaay to over the top in your face yellow... and I have seen some Iyanden armies where the yellow is Waaay too overpowering. Oh and I followed your advice about taking the pics outside and they have come out much better.
So where am I now? Well since these photos I have painted the right hand side of the hull up to the Bad moon yellow highlight. I will take pics before I go any further with that but that will have to wait until morning because its too dark out to photo things now.
But here is a pic of it as it was one stage ago with a sunburst yellow highlight.
And I have also started the umm transport capacity extended hull bit which is on the Serpent.... This bit...
Thats up to a sunburst highlight there but right now its bad moon just like the top of the hull.
Still a long long way to go on this... im not even at halfway finished yet... I still have the entire left hand side, the blue bit at the back, the Turret which I think will also be blue to keep the balance between the colours and all the weapon options which will be wraithbone coloured.
Hope you all enjoy this update.