So I based them black, and then did the highlighting in white from above. Zenanthal?
I then was using the Leviathan to do the majority of the model as the newer genestealers have a lot of Carapace and not the slots in the back. That is when I noticed I had 3 bottles of Leviathan Purple, not blue. So they were very purple.
I then went back over them with a heavy highlight of Night Lords blue to make them a bit more blue, so there is some contrast between the Genestealer Purple and the Leviathan Purple. It did add a bit more darkness to the models and made them a bit more blue from the purple.
Then I tested some models with Genestealer purple as the base layer for the skin areas, and it is looking better. A bit more purple than the original Genestealers, but still not too bad.
Another drybrushing of a lighter blue should bring it back closer to the original Genestealers I have, but a bit more GrimDark.
