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I on the other hand try to limit colours I use while painting black. I usually use black and one highlight colour which varies depending on the material I paint and environmental light. I also use as simple technics as possible.
Some examples for you.
1. Black undercoat, white zenithal highlight, white drybrush, thick black wash/glaze. I believe this method is more suitable for reflective materials.
![32341071-20200314-Odalisque-spit-1[1]](https://images.beastsofwar.com/forumuploads/1713555/2022/02/01/Tclbn6n1jhwrwp1jk4x8j8lqj9yd54q89.jpg)
2. Armour (on his back) – black basecoat, highlights with sky blue (Valeyo) – just layers of mixtures of black and blue up to edge-highlight of pure sky blue,
T-shirt – black basecoat, some highlights of mixture of black and dwarf’s skin and finally black glaze
![24970222-5f14b315b6679-5f14b315b667a20200719-Unit-9-merc-2.jpg[1]](https://images.beastsofwar.com/forumuploads/1713555/2022/02/01/Ty7goxbjea0ics5bobn1ohl9c1rdzskaf.jpg)
3. I get best results with oils (just due to how easy blending is with oils).
Armour – simply lamp black with white edge highlight (blended in),
Coat – lamp black with drop of magenta with white highlights.
![53103413-20210117-Shrouded-Hacker-4[1]](https://images.beastsofwar.com/forumuploads/1713555/2022/02/01/Tyylmzm98gnc9b4vbyxxicym4os6aek5m.jpg)
Recently I also experiment with chromatic black (by mixing all primaries or dark green with purple, again highlighted with white), it gives cool effects, but unfortunately I have no pictures that I could show).
