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Wulfvin
Hellion
Posts : 48
Join date : 2015-10-07
Location : Annapolis, MD
 |  Subject: Dumb Question  Wed Oct 07 2015, 20:30 | |
| Hi All!
New to the group, and looking to get into DE from my long time SW army.
Anyways, I have seen a number of basic color templates for the DE Kabals (see Lexicanium's kabals)
Is there a program/app/site etc that people use to try and test out color combinations, without actually painting a model?
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Calyptra
Wych
Posts : 802
Join date : 2013-03-25
Location : Boston
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 01:28 | |
| Not a dumb question at all. I'm afraid my answer's pretty dumb though: I don't know.
I'm a very analog person, so I do have an analog suggestion. If it were me, and I couldn't find a site/app/program, I'd draw (or trace) a picture of a Kabalite, photocopy it a few times, and then experiment with colors by hand. If I was really motivated (I would not be really motivated) I'd print it on acetate and then I could slide cards with possible colors on them under the transparency. | |
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Wulfvin
Hellion
Posts : 48
Join date : 2015-10-07
Location : Annapolis, MD
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 01:39 | |
| Thanks for the suggestion. I may do the trace and copy method.
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Scrz
Sybarite
Posts : 378
Join date : 2015-01-23
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 08:00 | |
| The only thing I can think of is the army color picker in Dawn of war : soulstorms multiplayer mode.
Should be fairly easy to emulate using the color swap function in Photoshop, if you have access to that. | |
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Squidmaster
Klaivex
Posts : 2225
Join date : 2013-12-18
Location : Hampshire, England
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 12:34 | |
| Microsoft. Paint. Take say, this image: https://2img.net/h/i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu221/gobsmakkd/Dark%20Eldar/BlankWarriortemplate1.jpg  Import into Paint, make black and white (then restore to colour settings), then play away with the fill tool. You don't get shading, but you get a basic idea of base colour schemes.  | |
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CptMetal
Dracon
Posts : 3069
Join date : 2015-03-03
Location : Ruhr Metropolian Area
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 12:45 | |
| The link takes me to a wraith lord image... | |
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Wulfvin
Hellion
Posts : 48
Join date : 2015-10-07
Location : Annapolis, MD
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Thu Oct 08 2015, 16:29 | |
| When viewed from a PC, this shows up correctly. (Phone, not so much)
Thanks Squid. | |
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aurynn
Incubi
Posts : 1626
Join date : 2013-04-23
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Fri Oct 09 2015, 12:27 | |
| I think you might want to have a look at THIS thread. :-)
Its not a programm but it did help me (and my kids) immensely. ;-) You can colour those by hand or in Gimp or another drawing programm.
Also try to have look at Colour Scheme Designer.
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Azdrubael
Incubi
Posts : 1857
Join date : 2011-11-16
Location : Russia
| | Subject: Re: Dumb Question Mon Oct 12 2015, 21:18 | |
| Just use a simple white sheet of paper! Color scheme is just how colors sits next to each other, you dont really even need a model at this point.
I always do this before painting new color scheme.
If you will like them on paper - i promise they will look sweet on model.
Read color theory and study color wheel - thats 1 hour well spent. | |
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