Model Color - Wargame Special Set

Glowing shades for fantasy and science fiction subjects

This assortment differs from the other themed collections in that it is not concerned with historical fidelity. It aims at worlds where the color is meant to be striking: energy weapons, magical effects, clan markings, the finishes of spacecraft. It is put together accordingly.

The most conspicuous part is the five fluorescent tones: yellow, orange, magenta, blue and green. They are used in two ways: either as a top coat over a white base, where they give a clean glow, or thinned as a glaze over the color beneath them, where they merely raise its intensity. Without a light base they lose their effect, and with one they work even under artificial lighting.

The rest of the palette is built so that the glow has something to be set into. Violet Blue and Lime Green make the transition between the fluorescents and the ordinary shades, Blue Grey Pale cools metal surfaces down, while Mahogany Brown on the contrary warms skin and wood up. Two flesh tones, Dark Flesh and Light Flesh, will cover various races as well as differently lit parts of the same figure. Pink finds its use on lips, tongues and the inside of ears.

Added to them are Gold, Silver, white and black. Gold and silver serve for decorative fittings and insignia, while white and black give the extreme values of brightness in modeling.

All the shades are acrylic, thinnable with water and drying matte. With the fluorescent tones it pays to lay them on in several thin coats, because the strength of the effect grows with the number of passes, not with the thickness of the paint.