Need help painting moonclan robes

[Congratz]

Hey there.

I know this might be a stupid question but I can't make my moonclan grots robes look cool.

I have tried many thinks but at the end it just looks dead and that no effort was giring in to it.

So I thought that Maybe some of you could give me some ideas? 

I still want Them to have a darkish robe.

Thank you ?

[The Traitor]

I'm going to make my moonclan robes white because I guess they would rather reflect light and heat than absorb it, but for dark robes I would use a dark grey to highlight the folds (eshin grey if using GW range) and a lighter one for edge highlights (dawnstone), which should be enough, however if they still look too plain to you, maybe try out adding a bit of pure white to the most exposed edges. 

On a totally different idea you could use Black 2.0 for a really unique army! Though I'm not sure if it would work out as great as in the photos...

[Nogle]

I do a grey coat. The fang -> fenresian grey -> Celestra grey

[Jesper77]

Ive made mine red to fit in with the rest of my destruction army. Khorne Red/ wash/ wazdakka red. Ive then made ushubati bones spikes as pattern. Got the exact same scheme for my ironjaws. 

[mDaro]

I take it your doing black robes? I had all kinds of trouble.

I went to a hobby store and bought three different dark gray Testors spray paints. Lightly mist them on after a black primer. Edge highlight a couple of folds and then wash with Army painter dark ink. They look great. Different shades of dark gray with soft highlights and dark folds. 

[Soulsmith]

Prime black, drybrush dark grey, then light grey, then highlight drybrush very light grey, then wash it all black.

[Sadysaneto]

I prime black, dry brush grey, then black wash

[Tzaangor Management]

You could try the Warhammer TV Cairn Wraith robes scheme, which looks fairly straight forward, but dark and interesting.

I'm thinking of adapting it for an Ironjawz Skirmish Warband.

 

[ageofpaddsmar]

Try this . gw's mech standard grey as a base coat ( they sell a spray version) 2 or 3 washes of nuln oil. The multi washes creates a smooth natural highlight on the edges . very quick and easy

[Congratz]

Thanks everybody will try them all out

 

[TheOtherJosh]

The only "problem" with really dark color schemes without a lot of hilight is they get very muddy on the table at "tabletop distances" (~arms length to ~3feet).
You might want to consider a Drybrushed dawnstone for your hilight after the washes. (You could even go one level brighter with LongBeard Grey.)
( the wash robe technique is what Pirate Viking Painting did https://piratevikingpainting.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-batch-paint-night-goblins.html?m=1 )

Alternately:
Abaddon Black
Drybrush Eshin Grey over robes
Wash with nuln oil (matte)
Drybrush dawnstone for the last "edge pop"
The key is "being able to see them at arms length"

[Milkgunner]

To avoid the robes looking "dirty" or "muddy", don't highlight to pure gray, add some blue and it will look much smoother.



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