Making white interesting?

[Pyrotechnics]

Is there a way to do it? When I look at the established schemes, the vehicles match the flak armour of the regiment. My flak armour is white, though, and I'm not sure how to make it more visually appealing. I tried switching it to the fatigue colour on my Sentinel, and so far it's alright (it's still a WIP, yay for school recommencing!) but I'm reserving final judgement for when I finish.

So, any ideas? Both flak armour and vehicle related suggestions would be appreciated.

[Cosmic]

My old Guard army was White and I painted my vehicles White too

To break the White up on the Vehicles I used Red Markings on the front sides of the Hull.......




And then heavily weathered the whole thing...



I would suggest don't skimp on the details, they all add up and help the break the White armour up a little

You could also try a camo pattern, there are hundreds to choose from. What colour are your fatigues?

[egon]

GW has a tank painting tutorial on their site where you will find some suggestions for white/winter schemes. Yeti also has some white Valhallan tanks that you could look at. Search for his valhallan thread and you'll find it.

I'm not good at painting white tanks but if the problems is that you think it's too dull with just a huge white tank, I suggest you add insignia, battledamage and gear that break up the monotony. For example, even if the tank is painted white the pickaxe and shovel that go with it might not be, etc.

Hope this helps.

[Pyrotechnics]

My fatigues are a Enchanted Blue base with Ice Blue highlights. I tried a camo pattern on my sentinel using enchanted blue, which looked good originally but became a bit too busy for my taste when I added the ice blue to the camo pattern.

[Cosmic]

Hmmm then I would recommend just keeping the vehicles White, with Blue details (Markings etc) and then just weather the rest. To be honest Light Blue and White combinations can be very hard to get right.

[Aeon]

Making white easy:

1) prime in a lighter color like brown or grey or white
2) paint white details
3) purchase a Vallejo pale grey wash
4) wash white with the grey wash

it's so easy. I always hated highlighting so I switched to washes, and I never tried white because I thought there was no good wash for white. But pale grey works freakin' wonders

[Cosmic]

He wants to know how to make it interesting, not how to paint white exactly. And besides, there's an easier way......white spray paint and a watered down badab black wash