Engel's Eldar - Primary Color Army No.3

[Hendarion]

The gems are too bright for my taste, could be darker on top spots. Pretty nice red though and the overall impression is positive

[self biased]

agreed, hendarion. i can't put my finger on it, but the gems don't quite work so well with the rest of the scheme for me. perhaps a green that's more blue than yellow?

[Hendarion]

Personally I'm not a fan of red-green combo in general. Actually I have no idea what colour I'd use to paint gems on a red armour though.
But that's not what I meant, I guess the upper area made darker would make them pop and "work" better. Minor change with big effect I think.

[Inquisitor Engel]

But that's not what I meant, I guess the upper area made darker would make them pop and "work" better. Minor change with big effect I think.

So the green area?

[Fable]

I actually quite like the vibrancy of them. It makes it look like they have an internal glow.

[Hendarion]

So the green area?

Yep, the green area "around" the white reflection dot. Doesn't need to be black (darker green is enough) and not big (not as mine that are 50% black, 35% colour and 15% highlight), but a bit.

[ChrisMurray]

I really like the gems to be honest. I think they suit the Eldar being very bright and clean.

[Alex_H]

I agree, I like the brightness of them, makes them appear to pop.

[Spjuth]

I see no larger problems with the gems, as Hendarion pointed out, there could be some darker colour around the top. But also perhaps there is a little too much yellow at the bottoms.

Great plot otherwise! Love your Shadow Spectres!

[Aryllon]

Personally I'm not a fan of red-green combo in general. Actually I have no idea what colour I'd use to paint gems on a red armour though.

I had this problem re: not sure what colour gems to do on a red background, found that milky grey gems seemed to work though (depending on what colour the rest of the model is). Mid grey slowly layered up to white over about 6-12 steps depending how important the model is or how big the gems are. Closest thing I have to show would be the purple-grey wraithlord gems on the signature link. Imagine that, on darker red base minus the purple tint and a little lighter.

These guys have a lot of grey already though, plus a very grey base, so in this case I'd stick with green for the contrast. Looks good, imho