Baltheon

Fully automatable alternative to iri/shim for ancients.

I've been working on this idea for a while and I think it can be a way to implement a gene similar to iri/shim for ancients without having to do it by hand.
This gene uses the same accent colors as varnish and laquer, and can easily be recolored via automation.

Here's the general concept:

Sets of 3-color gradients that pull the same accent colors as varnish/laquer; overlayed over the basic gene at 85% opacity. Highlights similar to irishim added. Perhaps the highlight could pull from an accent color in some way as well, but I left it untinted in my mockups because I'm not sure how exactly automation works with regards to shadows and highlights.
(excuse the bad highlights, my tablet is not working atm)

Some color examples:


Obsidian


Obsidian alt. (gradients run the opposite direction)

For the rest of the mockups I'll only show one direction/possibility


White


Coral

Colors with monotone varnish/lacquer accents:


Red

This is where the trouble begins, I thought to modify my original gradients to include the accent color from blend/fade but it ended up way too colorful and cluttered. At this point I also edited the secondary gradient to include more color in the wing.