Question for you Kong painters

[barad_dur]

I am going to try and do a black color scheme on a werewolf kitbash

I was hoping some of you king kong builders/painters could advise me on how to best do black fur ?

Do you mix in grays, blues , purples or other colors with the black base color?

What color do you use for dry brushing the highlights; brown, blue, grey, others?

Any advice and tips would be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks!

[tay666]

Full disclosure - I don't think I have ever done a black fur paint job yet.
But, if I did, I would probably prime black. Heavy drybrush a med-dark gray.
Then decide exactly which color I wanted to use to color him. Be it gray, brown, blue, etc.
Then pick a dark shade of it to go over that drybrushing. Then darken that up even more and go into the the shadowy areas.

Take a step back and figure out where to go from there.

[barad_dur]

Thanks !
I am trying something a bit different, but if it doesn’t work, I will fall back on your helpful approach.

[Jon LeGrand]

I always do it differently. But I dont just do black. I think putting in subtle hints of colors like purple, blue, even orange is a good idea. If you look closely at an animal with black fur, like a horse or even a gorilla, there is a lot of color there actually. I would study photos of black animals and try a broad color scheme to make it look more real, when people first look at it their eye will see it as black but it will be much more! Good luck!

[barad_dur]

Thank you!

[monsterjones]

Highlighting black paint for fur....I usually go for dark blue highlights, but also can go for dark brown highlights. If it is a werewolf.....use some night colors...purple>>>go bold on your highlights!