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What is zenithal priming?
Zenithal Priming is a way to paint your miniatures based on how they are traditionally viewed. Zenithal, meaning “located at or near the zenith”, is all about painting from above.
Should I highlight zenithal?
Zenithal highlighting is a key component in many speed painting techniques. When painting miniatures, contrast is the most important aspect to get right. With a zenithal highlights, you create a great starting point for keeping the contrast strong on your painted model.
What is contrast paint?
Contrast paints are a new formulation of paints made by Game Workshop. They are designed to be applied over a bright undercoat (recommended as white colored).
How to highlight the edge of a tank?
All you do is take your base coat color and carefully clean up the edge highlight. That’s it! This principle is the same for any edge you want to highlight, be it a tank, the edges of armor, a sword, etc. It doesn’t matter if that edge is straight or rounded.
How to highlight the edge of a paint job?
Also, if you’re a beginner then I recommend doing edge highlights with paint that is not thinned out. You can highlight with thin paint, it’s great for blending your highlights, but it’s trickier and takes some practice. So, all you do is take your brush, place it on the edge at an angle, and drag it lightly along the edge.
What is edge highlighting in miniature painting?
Learning to do edge highlighting is one of those things that will push your miniature painting from mediocre to good. There’s some basic principles you need to follow for painting a miniature well. One of those is shading to create depth, and on the other side of that is highlighting to show light.
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