Okay, so I'm having thoughts about doing a bubblegum pink marine chapter called "The Flamboyant Fruitloops".
But i'm not really sure what washes to use without ruining the flamboyant pink colour on the troops. I'm not a very good painter either so i would like to keep the painting as simple as possible (think base colour-wash-highlight) so i don't fudge it up.

Would red wash work? Or Sepia wash? Any suggestions?

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you could probably get away with just doing a pink wash over a solid white undercoat. this would stain the white to pink, leaving deep pink in the recesses.

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or a thinned red wash over a white undercoat perhaps?

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I think the GW shade for pink is carroburg crimson – using it over white should work. I’d avoid using a watered-down red wash. Mixing red, purple, and white could work, but not one of them alone.

I'm about to embark on my emperor's children so this is relevant to me.... I got the pink on this model using P3 carnal pink and a red inkwash

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Thanks for all the help guys! :-)

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for a FM of raptors I did a base undercoat and 2 coats of Baal Red (the old GW wash) and it resulted in a very pink look:

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Dirty pink (more fleshy) is possible with a pink base and a sepia-type wash, followed by a highlight of the base pink.

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Bright as pink as I get ...

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Why pink marines when Emperor's Children are a canon chapter you can use? =-P

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can't argue with the emps children suggestion, were i to betray my oaths to the empy for anyone (not saying i would) it would be to paint them........

but to answer your actual question, juice painting (which is how i do my fists) is an option, pick a shade of pink paint you like and thin in 60/40 water to paint (or more) and paint over a bright white undercoated figure wth layers of juice paint till you are happy with the colour density, for yellow i find this works well, i'd need to test it with a pink figure but i suspect it would work.

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I want to do a non-existing chapter and just do weird stuff with it. I want it to be very bright pink so it almost hurts peoples eyes! :-)

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Secret Weapon do some VERY intense wash colours. I think there is a shocking/punk pink. Like the others say, use over a white undercoat.

Cool! Thanks!

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