Painting fire

[Empirespy]

I'm doing some Tzeentch daemons, and I've modelled quite a bit of fire on the models. I've decided it's going to be real fire colours, not blue as I originally intended, but I'm stuck on which way round to paint it. I know real fire goes from White in the centre to red on the outside, but I've seen many models painted the other way around, with the lightest colours on the edges, and they look quite good.
Anyone want to give their preference, or tips when painting fire?
Thanks,
-Empirespy

[gearboxx]

can we get some examples? will make it easier.. think i would prefer the light center-darker outside but i'm having trouble imagining the other way around..

[treadiculous]

The paint job on the model at the top of page 2 of the legion of the damned poll thread is the best example of fire I've seen in a long time.

commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Painting&action=display&thread=16642&page=2

Starting with red and highlighting into white middles.. though I noticed that some of the flames are just white and yellow.

Good luck!

[sapperq21]

if ur doing deamons, what if you tried blue-ish flames, even add a pink ish hue to it, adds to the demonic effect.

[3ff3ct]

Light/white in the middle to dark on the edges for realistic fire

Depending on the detail, you could drybrush it or layer it, depending on how long you want to spend on it and the finish you want of course.