Struggling to get the red I want on my Blood Angels. It keeps turning terracotta/orange
Hey everyone, I'm having trouble getting a satisfying red. It's not very obvious in the pic, but I keep ending up with a sort of terracotta tone, and the highlights drift toward an orange-ish saturation and not the gorgeous bloody red.
I'm using Vallejo paints exclusively, applied with an airbrush. My original approach was:
- Base coat: Scarlet Red over grey primer
- First highlight: a mix of Scarlet Red and Bloody Red
- Second (brightest) highlight: pure Bloody Red
Since that wasn't giving me the result I wanted, I also tried a different paint like gory red ou scarlet blood. Unfortunately this didn't solve the issue either.
Has anyone run into this with these Vallejo reds? Is there a way to get better result (without using ink ou oil paint )?
Posted Jul 9, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC
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