Painting red armour

Just a quick note to my son on how I do red armour.

Starting from a black based figure -With a yellow base - 2 thin coats.

 Then 2 thin coats of deep red.

 Then 2 thin coats of dark orange applied each applied to
a smaller area than before and towards the reflected light.

Then  two  thin coats of bright orange, again each smaller than the last and  moving towards the reflected light.

Then a thin glaze of red ink.followed by

 two more receding coats of
 bright orange as final highlights

Finally, a wash of dark reddish brown into the shadows.










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Using  reddish brown base -

Two thin coats of red and two thin coats of deep orange, each small then the last and moving towards the  reflected light and towards tips, edges and centres of small areas.

 Two thin coats of bright orange - again towards reflected light, tips, edges and centres.

 A thin wash of red ink followed by two more highlights with bright orange.

And a final thin  red- brown wash in any shadow areas. Smaller areas need to be brighter overall  than larger areas otherwise they are lost.