How to paint embers on a diorama?

To achieve a realistic atmosphere or add specific details to your projects, there will be many occasions when you will need to imitate all kinds of effects, both in your dioramas and in your bases or scenery.

We have created this tutorial to help you when the time comes to imitate the effect of embers on a diorama. We will show you step by step how our artist, El Roi, has done it to perfectly imitate the embers of a brazier or fireplace with acrylic paints together with our fluorescent paints as an essential element for the final finish, the best on the hobby scene to achieve many types of special effects.

Fluorescent paint has a photoluminescent property that allows it to reflect ultraviolet light from the environment so that the color gains in intensity, power, and brightness. The most powerful are usually yellow, orange, green... In fact, they create one of the most spectacular effects, because when this type of model paints are subjected to UV light with an ultraviolet torch, it shines spectacularly on the model, achieving an extraordinary lighting effect for, for example, taking photographs of it. Try them out as we show in this tutorial on how to paint embers on a diorama and enjoy the experience!