Was wondering if someone could give us a hand distinguishing certain colours.
For example, I understand the robe in the photo is base coated in scorched brown... but how about the belt and straps? How are they painted/highlighted so that there is a clear contrast between them and the darker robes.

Sorry for being a punter keen to learn as much as possible and expand my knowledge.

Thanks

mixing in different colours to the basecoat make the colours distinguishable. So scorched brown for the tunic, then mixing in karak stone/ ushabiti bone to scorched and highlighting should achieve that colour. For the belts and under tunic, mixing in Mournfang brown to scorched brown will create a different colour a sopped to your mix before.

This is how I distinguish different shades of browns and such. Just mix in different colours to the same basecoat, and so you should have I similarly, yet contrasting colours. If that makes sense? And if that's what you were asking for help with too?

Hopefully this helps (:

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I started to walk around without shoes...

It sort of then became a Hobbit

Also missed out using a different basecoat to paint those different areas. Obvious, but it is one way if you don't like mixing.

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I started to walk around without shoes...

It sort of then became a Hobbit

One way of distinguishing colours is to break down what you see. Have a really good look at the miniature and say to yourself, 'Ok, that green cloak is slightly grey, so that must be Castellan Green', or 'Hmmm.... that brown is quite orangey so must be Skrag Brown'. Then test out these colours or look at them in their pots and see if you still agree. This is the sort of thing you learn over time though, the more you paint and observe the stronger your inclinations will become. After more than a decade in this hobby I still buy pots of paint only to use them and realise it's completely the wrong shade of blue for my Erebor Dwarves. This sort of thing is certainly a labour of love!

Generally speaking, most GW miniatures can be painted to a high standard with no more than 8 different paints, it's simply down to the painter to decide what combination of colours will go where, and what sort of hue offers the best highlight or shade.

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That's great, thanks for the advice guys. Appreciate it!