Each time Turbo Dork has released new paints, I have created a set of figures featuring my own take on them. This time is no different except that they are all rolled up into this one blog post. In addition, to featuring photos of 10 new paints, I have added comments describing my take on the color and other things I discovered while working with them. The originally announced Rainbow Roll will not be released at this time due to an unforeseen problem that recently arose.
All of the figures were primed with matte black, based with one of the new paints, and then finished using a variety of additional Turbo Dork colors, basically whatever struck my fancy. I then sat down with all of my paint examples and decided on four colors for each new paint that I thought would harmonize with it.
Please note that these suggestions are to be considered just that — recommendations for some paints that I think would look good together, whatever technique you fancy. I would like to point out that these “harmonizing” colors were not always the same ones that I used to paint the final figures. So there should be plenty of ideas for inspiration.
Bees Knees
Metallic Color: over white primer its a medium yellow; over black a golden honey
Comments: Bees Knees is one of the few Metallic paints recommended for use over either a white or black primer. Please note that you have to apply even more coats than usual to get good coverage.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Teraton Shock Trooper (Mantic Games)
Paint Scheme:
Bees Knees (over black) - armor
Afterburner - highlight on armor
Malum Malus - various bits and pieces
Gordian Knot - shell/tail
Death By - claws and drybrush shell and tail
Six Shooter/Silver Fox - guns
Black Ice
Metallic Color: black with a tiny bit of silver making it look like a slick asphalt surface
Comments: This paint is extremely shiny and the answer to a long-standing request from a host of folks including myself.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Bones Goremaw (Reaper)
Paints Scheme:
Black Ice - body
People Eater - highlights on body
Purl Gray - belly
Silver Fox/Tin Star - spines
People Eater - highlight
Supermassive/Redrum - mouth
Box Wine
Metallic Color: deep wine red with the purple tones of a recent vintage
Comments: This is a rich color that can be accented with either red or purple.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Cosmo Serpent (NECA WizKids)
Paints Scheme:
Box Wine - body
Life on Mars - drybrush on body
Lunar Eclipse - spine
Bullion - neck decoration
Gordian Knot
Metallic Color: luscious, dark green color between hunter and forest - maybe a hunter tied up in the forest
Comments: This is my favorite new color and one that is destined to become the cornerstone of the Turbo Dork Greens.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Red Slaad (NECA WizKids) Yes, this is a Red Slaad painted green - you try finding a Green Slaad on the internet when you are spelling it saalad.
Gordian Knot - body
Electrum/Malum Malus - layering
Shifting Sands - claws
Redrum - eyes
Grave Robber
Turboshift Color: deep evergreen with just enough of a muted brown to give it a grubby look
Comments: Grave Robber is a darker Dark Net and a good replacement for Emerald Nightmare in my opinion.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Earth Elemental (Nolzur's WizKids)
Paints Scheme:
Grave Robber - body
Dark Net - highlights
Gordian Knot - drybrush/edge
Hot Commodity
Metallic Color: some folks think pumpkin, others think butterscotch
Comments: It is not quite a copper but definitely the darkest true metal in the Turbo Dork lineup.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Little Pony Apple Jack (Deep Cuts WizKids)
Paints Scheme:
Hot Commodity - body
Two Cents - highlights on body
Gold Rush - mane and tail
Death By - hat
Gordian Knot - hair ties
Peachy Keen
Turboshift Color: reminiscent of pink lemonade --- light coral with raspberry undertones
Comments: This color is so rich that highlighting it requires patience. I had to use several coats of Sugar Rush, Sweet Dreams, Let Them Eat Cake to get the desired color on the model below.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Ankheg (Nolzur's WizKids)
Paints Scheme:
Peachy Keen - body
Let Them Eat Cake - lower body
Sweet Dreams - shade upper body
Sugar Rush - drybrush head
Bubble Gum Crisis - highlight parts of claws
Cartridge Family - parts of claws and bumps
Scarab
Turboshift Color: an emerald green with a slight shift tomidnight blue
Comments: Scarab is a little different than most of the Turboshifts as the shift to blue is only visible on the edges. Cool Ranch was used to bring out more blue in the model.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Stag Beetle (Metal Earth)
Paints Scheme:
Scarab - body
Cool Ranch - body edges
Shifting Sands - highlight on body
Shifting Sands - inner portions of legs and mandibles
Cool Ranch - outer portions of legs and mandibles
Skyrat
Turboshift Color: deep bluish-purple shifting to dark silvery-blue
Comments: It is not a pigeon, but this hybrid gargoyle looks nice in person. However, I needed add more light from the front to get a photograph that showed the shift.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Bat Cat Gargoyle (Ebros)
Paints Scheme:
Skyrat - body
Black Ice - shadows
Death By - horns
Blue Steel - eyes and teeth
Spicy Meatball - tongue
Supermassive
Turboshift Color: a black-brown shift to deep red resulting in a overall color that is essentially oxblood
Comments: This paint is very dark and begs for highlighting with a brighter Turbo Dork color.
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors:
Model: Pit Devil (Deep Cuts WizKids)
Paints Scheme:
Supermassive - body
Ground is Lava - light drybrush on chest, shoulders, and head
Molten Mantle - highlights arms and legs
Black Ice - claws and spines
Laser Face - drybrush wings
