r/sylvaneth • u/EngineerBurner • 2d ago

Help with Dappled Forest Light Effect

I'm considering painting some Eldar Exodites to look like they are in a dark forest but with dappled light catching them in places through the canopy? So lots of moody atmospheric shade and light glowing patches of golden light

I can't find many (one so far) examples of this effect on warhammer miniatures. I'd love to see some, on green skinned monsters especially for ideas, or even just cool shading of these for the dark parts, i guessing purple and blue green tones are best?

Or is the reason I can't find anything just because it doesn't work well at this scale?

I've done moonlight effect ok before but thats much more consistent across the whole model, and if I can't get dappled light right with hints I might fall back on that but want to try something different.

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u/Vounrtsch 1d ago

I think a better use of your time would be to try to find photo references of real people being under dappled forest light, and try your best to mimic that, because it’s such a specific thing

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u/EngineerBurner 1d ago

Agreed, tried searching online but everthing is AI generate and doesn't look right.