Do I have enough grey and white on here for my first SlapChop Speedpaint?

[leaden plume]

The right picture is just showing after and before.

[quiet relic]

More middle grey and highlights will improve saturation of the speed paint

[leaden plume]

Okay thanks. It just feels weird to prime it black and then just cover it up. But I don't know painting , first time

[opal glen]

You can heavier with your white.

[leaden plume]

Okay I did heavier

But my pink for butt and face wasn't as light as I'd hoped for a bit of contrast from the purple body. How can I lighten it up quick? Using speedpaints, can I just add some medium brushed over?

[quiet relic]

do you have a suitable color normal paint? light/bright pink drybrush over the area to increase the range of tones. or maybe a little speed paint mixed with white and try to dry brush that.

[leaden plume]

Familiar Pink (that's what I used without medium) is all I have for bright pink. I could try another small layer of the pink mixed with medium on top, or would that darkened it since it's a second layer of Speedpaint anyway

[quiet relic]

looking good so far, lots of variation in tones

[leaden plume]

Just did the teeth bony matter

[leaden plume]

But yeah, do you think the pink diluted with medium and brushed over lightly would lighten or darken it more ?

[quiet relic]

adding layers of contrast over contrast will get darker

mixing with medium will increase transparency, you want to increase lightness or brightness to boost the highlights

[leaden plume]

The only white I have right now is acrylic (not Speedpaint) to do the dry brushing. Should I buy some white speedpaint?

[quiet relic]

no. but try mixing the white with speed paint and test it on the rim of the base

[leaden plume]

Or maybe just dry brush those areas more white again and paint again?

[quiet relic]

a worthy technique

[leaden plume]

Hmmm mkay. Thanks for the help

[quiet relic]

this makes sense in theory. selectively add back the brightest highlights with pure white, then thin down contrast and go over those areas again.

i think i will be something like this

[leaden plume]

Not the brightest change but I got a bit more of what I was going for and learned a bit from it

Before then after left to right on each

[leaden plume]

I'm really stressing on if I did enough on the dwarf now

[digital pivot]

You did enough, yes

[leaden plume]

Thanks. I tried painting these years ago and was scared to apply too much white and the dark areas were way to dark for the speedpaint I tried. I'm hoping this will help and then if I need some darker areas just do a second coat

[digital pivot]

Yeah when you're doing a "slap chop" style you can err on the side of too much white for exactly the reason you say

The contrast paint/ink/whatever will naturally darken, and if it's too bright you can always add more

But you can't as easily go the other direction if it's not bright enough