Painting Celestial Hurricanums

[arnoldrew]

I have a couple of Hurricanums (one's a Luminark, really, but I figure I might as well paint both Hurricanums since they're so easy to swap) I'm painting up, and I could use some advice for painting them, particularly the sun-like ball in the middle of the celestial device (which I have to paint before putting the "cage" around it, I assume). I use P3 paints because I used to play Warmachine/Hordes and it's what I have, and Citadel technicals, shades, etc., because they are awesome. I was thinking for one of them a more traditional sun look, but I haven't had a lot of luck painting that sort of thing in the past. Maybe Heartfire with a Casandra Yellow or Fuegan Orange wash, then some Cygnar Yellow highlights and then a Morrow White drybrush? Maybe going the opposite way and basing with a Morrow White, highlighting with Heartfire, then drybrushing Cygnar Yellow? Any help would be appreciated. For the other one I was thinking pretty much the same but with blues or possibly greens for a cold-hot kind of look. I can go get Citadel paints if I really don't have the colors I need, but I would prefer to use what I have.

[amysrevenge]

Not gonna talk about colours, but you definitely have to do this one in stages.  Probably obvious, but you have to stop building and start painting way earlier in the process than I normally like.