Painting Blank Eyes

Here's a short tutorial today.  In the comments section of my most recent article on Bell of Lost Souls, Not Another Exodite Army, there were a few requests (one) for how I painted the eyes on my Slannesh themed Eldar.

CliffNotes: Brent takes credit for an idea Little Barrera had.

Basically, the eyes have no pupil...
...so.the effect is deceptively easy.

This is actually my favorite picture of the army, which is why I post it everywhere... tired of it yet?

I painted the skin then blocked out the hollows of the eyes using Charadon Granite.  Since I wanted the eyes to appear deep-set and unearthly, I went much larger than I normally would for a model.  Then I dotted a spot of off-white for the eye - one dot, perfectly circular, then move on.

Really, that's the trick.  Easy, no?  What makes it work is I'm not using high-contrast colors - I'm using dark gray and light gray!

Using black and white wouldn't work, since it's an unnatural effect.

I'd converted the Dark Reapers - not the Exarch, obviously - to appear grossly cybernetic and sadistic.  Some of them are biting down on a wire which appears to cut into their faces.

I got the idea from Little Barrera, who used yellow for the eyes of his Space Wolves... which was simply awesome!  I've got to get a picture of that for you...

That's that!  Questions?  Comments?