Testing Out How To Make Color Schemes Read Right At The Tiny Tiny Scale

Testing out how to make color schemes read right at the tiny tiny scale

I drew a little something for the Hiveworks micro comic summer~

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Do you have any tutorials on how you do the 6mm buildings? I have some of lazyforgers stuff in my queue, and ive been putting it off out of color choice paralysis.

i can give you a step by step of how i did them. its very simple!

Base them with a dark or medium gray blue. I used Scalecolor's Anthracite Gray (love this color, its the best jerry, THE BEST)

While the base coat is still wet, get an orange brown (I use Orange Leather) and blob it on in random places. Let it mix with the blue at random amounts. If you mix it too much, then just add more! you cant really mess this step up

Then while all that mess is still wet, add some spots of bright orange. I use Mars Orange. Let it mix a bit randomly too. You want some spots of mixing and some spots of bright orange.

Once the whole thing is FULLY dry, you're going to edge highlight along the ridges with a gray. I used Rainy Gray. This should be easy because they are raised up significantly. If the paint runs into the recesses, you're using too much or its too thin. I don't thin the paint at all for this step tbh

lastly, you're going unevenly edge highlight with white. The edges of metal panels should get highlighted more.

Pick out doors and cords and random panels in darker colors. I like to base them with Red Leather and edge highlight them with a flesh tone

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