Tutorial: Contrast Paints
Bases, shades, and highlights your models with a single application
Water-based formula
Pot size: 18ml
The 18ml pot is plenty for a full unit of ghosts, and the water-based formula thins out nicely when I need a smoother shade over the bone details. Washed straight over a white primer, it gave me that ethereal blue-green glow in one pass, exactly the effect I was after.
One coat over a grey undercoat and the recesses just darken themselves—no separate shade step needed. The watery consistency flows into the details without pooling on the flats, which is exactly what I wanted for my ghostly cloaks.
The 18ml pot is the perfect size for batch painting ghostly robes, and the single coat gives you both the deep shadow in the recesses and the pale highlight on the raised folds. I was honestly surprised how watery it goes on, but it levels out smooth and dries matte, exactly what I wanted for spectr