This week I should be starting to paint Morgrim the Red.....I want to paint his armour in blood red with gold trim.....now I want the Red to stand out and i was thinking about a gloss varnish over the red plates.....will this work or there a better way?

if you want the red to stand out mix a bit of firery orange or blazing orange into the blood red, it will still be red but it will be brighter, also instead of a varnish try a red ink or wash.


jod

to make it stand out instead of using varnish you shuld use ink as it does more to the colour than make it shiny...
here is a guide to making reds look better by Cheexsta
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/forums/...topic=50867&hl=
Little bit about inks towards the bottom of his post...

magenta ink would make the red more intense.. i used it on my khorne knights and it came out well.. also do your highlighting before the inking.. it'll even them out more.

Uuum, well my dark eldar army is all red with gold trim and ive been using zordana's tutorial, check it out, it turns out pretty cool, should be in her sig.
Think the link is www.tinysouls.com or something along those lines.

I paint my tau a deep mahogany red. I use scab red, highlighted red gore, washed chestnut ink.

S

I use Red Ink over a highlight, which is a mix of Blood Red and Bronzed Flesh: the Ink takes the pink out of the Bronzed Flesh leaving you with a good bright rich red, like this:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y261/warp...oz/IMG_0592.jpg

If you want a semi-metallic finish add a bit of bolt-gun to a lighter red... it'll darken it slightly and add a bit of shine to it, like old armour used to carry (a trick I used to use on Fantasy units)

For my Ork vehicles I wanted a really bright shiny red so I base coated with blazing orange and red inked it. Comes out bright and shiny, if it's too bright you can just keep doing more coats of ink to darken it to the shade you want.
Steve

My reds are always done with a basecoat of 50/50 Blood Red and Black, then blending up to pure blood red on the edges, with a bit of orange added in for the highest/shapest edges. Then, a chestnut ink really brings the warmth out of the reds.

Ink wise, it depends on the type of red you want. Chestnut ink will warm the colour up, whereas Magenta ink will "cool" it down a bit. Both will enhance the colour, but in different ways. I've even heard of people using Blue ink on their reds for certain effects. The point is, try different methods on a spare model before jumping into this project

What about adding the red to a copper or bronze

regards Ty

If you want a really bright red, mix green into the red for the shading, and highlight up with orange, then glaze with purple ink. I know there doesn't seem to be much red used in there, but it works!

That's something i'd have to try before I believed you, haha.