How to Paint Turquoise Cloak
Hello hobby friends!
Welcome to another step-by-step painting tutorial from Ulverbite Miniatures. In this guide, I’ll show you how I painted the vibrant turquoise cloak on my City States Polemarch from Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings.
This approach uses a combination of glazing and fine brushwork to build smooth transitions while adding subtle texture to the fabric. The result is a rich turquoise with deep shadows, bright highlights, and plenty of contrast.
Paints Needed:
Primer: Black and White for zenithal priming
Base: Kimera Kolors Samurai Green
Shadow Mix: Kimera Kolors Samurai Green + Cartacci Red
Highlights: Warcolours Emerald 1
Final Highlight: White
Step-by-Step Process:
Zenithal Prime: Start by priming the miniature black, followed by a white zenithal highlight from above. This gives you a useful guide for where the natural light and shadows should fall across the folds of the cloak.
Basecoat: Apply an even layer of Kimera Kolors Samurai Green across the entire cloak. Build the colour in thin layers until you have a smooth and solid base.
Deepen the Shadows: Mix a small amount of Kimera Kolors Cartacci Red into Samurai Green to create a darker, more muted shadow tone. Work this mixture into the recesses and deeper folds of the cloak, concentrating on areas that would naturally receive less light.
Build the Highlights: Start glazing Warcolours Emerald 1 onto the raised folds and more exposed areas. Keep the layers thin and gradually build up the colour. Repeat the glazing as many times as necessary until you achieve smooth transitions between the base colour and highlights.
Add Texture: Begin mixing White into Emerald 1 and use a fine brush to apply small, repetitive horizontal strokes across the most exposed areas of the fabric. This pushes the highlights further while introducing a subtle woven texture to the cloak.
Final Highlights: Finish with a few carefully placed highlights using pure White. Keep these limited to the sharpest edges and the most exposed folds to create strong focal points without overpowering the turquoise.
Conclusion:
And that’s it - your turquoise cloak is done!
The combination of smooth glazing and small textured brushstrokes gives the fabric a little more character while keeping the colour vibrant and the contrast strong. It’s a relatively simple approach that can easily be adapted to other cloaks, robes, and fabrics.
If you try this technique, share your results with me on my Instagram page. I’d love to see how it works on your miniatures!
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