Fires of Possession

   I had to take a break from the Necromunda, but I didn't want to lose my momentum.  Since my brother and I are playing the Combat Patrol stuff, I decided that the Master of Possession deserves a little more attention.  Better, it gave me a chance to teach my (already a great painter) another technique that he isn't comfortable with yet.  This won't take long...

Step 1:  First,  I painted all the flames white.  This took a few layers and some water to keep it thin and smooth.  From here, I had to make the decision on which technique to use.  There's always the good 'ol "wash" method so the darker areas are on the inside and the brighter areas outside.  But this isn't how fire works, so I went with the fade-down method.  

Step 2:  GO!  With wet paint ranging from yellow through bright green and all the way to black, this was going to take mixing and quick paints.  Admittedly, I don't have the best lighting and couldn't get the colours placed exactly the way I wanted upon later inspection.  But the technique is there, so...

  Start by painting the yellow onto the fire areas, leaving white along the bottom edges and inside the recesses.  Mix in a tad of green and paint that higher, right at the top half of the yellow and higher up.  Then, mix in more green (or just go straight green, as long as it's bright) and paint them at the top half and higher up the fire, leaving the white at the bottom, the yellow just above that, and painting the 'top' of the flames so the recesses are brighter.  Finally, just mix in a tad of black and paint the top of the fire, leaving the darker green below (and in the recesses), the lighter green below that (and in those darker recesses), the yellow below that, and the white below that.  Top off the flames with a dab of black.

  And that's it!  Once you do it a couple of times, it becomes just another technique and can be used with any colour.  Practice also means that you can get the fade cleaner.  Eventually, I plan to throw more OSL into the mix.  

Happy Hobbying!