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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:38 pm
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Hi all, i am more or less a painting noob, i've been doing it badly for a little while and i need to ask a few questions.
1. HOW THE F'ING HELL Do you paint white, yellow, and bright colors???? When ever i do it, i just get extremely uneven areas, while some areas are completly uncovered by paint. It's like using pure water as paint.
2. How do i paint in 'dim' colors, it's hard to explain what i mean here. But i'll try my best.When ever i paint say black, it comes out extremely glossy, flahy and stuff, and it looks like it's really think when it's not. How do i make it look well, more normal.
3. How do i drybrush...Well..?
4. What is highlighting? How do i highlight?
I could post pictures, but their'd be no reason, you wont get anything but a out of focus blurry black spot on the images... AKA Crappy Camera, even when set on 'upclose'
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:31 pm
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If you're having toruble with the bright colors, you're either A) using watery paint (or a watery brush), or B) not basecoating. Be sure to prime your models before you paint them.
Not quote surte what you're talking about with the black...
As Thebrock said, when drybrushing, wipe nearly all of the paint fof your brush. WHen you go over the models, it should only catch the raised areas of whatever you're painting.
Highlighting is when you paint a lighter color on top of the base color, usually on top of raised areas. The higher the area, the more layers of highlights. If you look at my burning boy in my shoota boy thread, his skin has about five layers of highlights, while the fire has four. To highlight, paint a lighter color of the same range (EX: Fiery orange on the raised areas of a blazing orange basecoat). Most of the time though, you want to blend colors to get a smoother transition between highlights.
Hope that helps.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:31 am
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Alright, try shaking the paint can, it might not be mixed. Also the black that GW puts out is naturaly a little glossy, I dont think you will find one that is just right. It will ether be too flat or too glossy. What both the others have said about drybrushing is what you need to do. I cant realy help you with the Yellow, but for White try base coating the area with a gray,(For example, I paint the sholder pads of my Black Templars Codex gray before painting on white) It will provide a better base color than black, and will give it a little shading in crevasses. Other than that, practice, practice, practice. When I first started I couldent paint ether, now I have people that want me to paint their armys for them. So just practice, and dont forget to put some of the focus into playing the game, else wize you'll end up like me, a well painted army and little tactical sense... But I'm getting better... 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:34 pm
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GamerChick16 Hi all, i am more or less a painting noob, i've been doing it badly for a little while and i need to ask a few questions. 1. HOW THE F'ING HELL Do you paint white, yellow, and bright colors???? When ever i do it, i just get extremely uneven areas, while some areas are completly uncovered by paint. It's like using pure water as paint. 2. How do i paint in 'dim' colors, it's hard to explain what i mean here. But i'll try my best.When ever i paint say black, it comes out extremely glossy, flahy and stuff, and it looks like it's really think when it's not. How do i make it look well, more normal. 3. How do i drybrush...Well..? 4. What is highlighting? How do i highlight?
okay for start make sure you slightly water all your paint down not to runny but just rite for that nice smooth effect.
1. for white paint codex grey first then water down the white then apply seven thin layers over, for yellow do the same but with brown as a base coat. bright colours ill explane in highlighting
2.mix in abit of grey
3. just draw the brush across a pice of paper or your finger till theres a little bit left then draw it across the model.
4.for highlight using the oringinal base coat mix it with black then gradually build it up graduly till you add white or bleach bone to it then apply the lightest bit of it to the highest part of the bit your highlighting
hope that clears things up for you
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:42 pm
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You should ALWAYS water your paints. GW paints are the opposite of watery.
You should be painting with paint the consistency of skim milk, slightly translucent, and you should be doing two to three coats of your base color. The first one will look like crap, don't worry. Just let it dry completely in between coats.
If your paint looks glossy, and you're using GW paint, you're laying it on WAY too thick. Water it down, as above. If the miniature is done and you still have "gloss", just spray it down with a matte sealant. You should seal all your finished minis anyhow and matte's usually the way to go.
Bright colors almost require a white undercoat. I prefer to undercoat black, then lay down a layer of white beneath my bright colors. To get a good looking yellow, trade that white out for bestial brown as a base, then build up your yellow from there.
Highlighting is a technique meant to replicate the effect of light and shadow on your miniature. The most basic form of highlighting involves painting raised areas a lighter color than surrounded recessed areas - and that's generally all you need to know. Successively lighter colors take up successively less area on each raised portion.
A lot of folks also use a technique called edging, in which you paint a lighter color on the edge of armor plates, clothing, or anything with a defined edge or seam. It works really well on marines and other armored folks and it can go a LONG LONG WAY to making a mediocre paintjob look great.
Don't be afraid to go extreme with highlights - you need the extra contrast on something so small. It will scare the hell out of you when you paint it, but set it down on a table and it'll look fantastic.
The key to any highlighting is to mimic natural light. Turn off all the lights in your room, then shine a desk lamp about 45 degrees down towards the front of your miniature. The places that are lit up are places you want to highlight. The shadowed places are where you want to leave the base color, or even paint in shadows (I wouldn't recommend the later, however, until you really know what you're doing).
Another option is a thing called blacklining. Once your miniature is mostly complete, you go back and paint black lines between places where two colors meet - mostly in deep recesses and crevices. Alternatively, you can use another dark color such a brown or gray. It sounds like a horrific thing to do to a miniature, and takes some practice, but it will really make your colors pop.
Hope that helps.
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:34 am
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If your like me who doesn't have a lot of money to buy lots of different paints, for bright colors, do what I do, use little water, and do about 2 coats of the color, such as white and yellow. When I started I only had 4 colors, black, Hawk turquois, skull white and boltgun metal. It's a little difficult to say how to paint, but I have to say this, dont do a thin layer, do a thick one.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:10 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:33 am
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GamerChick16 Thanks all, sorry for the redicously late responce, one last thing, any tips for painting flesh. As, i have got me some wood elves, and well i am wondering what you're guy's tactics on painting 'elvish' flesh, or just white flesh. biggrin
Dwarf Flesh, Elf Flesh, Elf Flesh+White, then touch the brows and nose, perhaps chin, and the ears with a drybrush of white.
-Mykal
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:13 am
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A.R.G.U.S Mykal GamerChick16 Thanks all, sorry for the redicously late responce, one last thing, any tips for painting flesh. As, i have got me some wood elves, and well i am wondering what you're guy's tactics on painting 'elvish' flesh, or just white flesh. biggrin
Dwarf Flesh, Elf Flesh, Elf Flesh+White, then touch the brows and nose, perhaps chin, and the ears with a drybrush of white.
-Mykal Thanks, i'll try it, i hope it comes out good ^^
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 am
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A.R.G.U.S Mykal GamerChick16 Thanks all, sorry for the redicously late responce, one last thing, any tips for painting flesh. As, i have got me some wood elves, and well i am wondering what you're guy's tactics on painting 'elvish' flesh, or just white flesh. biggrin
Dwarf Flesh, Elf Flesh, Elf Flesh+White, then touch the brows and nose, perhaps chin, and the ears with a drybrush of white.
-Mykal I'm glad the Death Korps of Krieg don't have any exposed flesh. neutral
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:30 am
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Xenos Mortium A.R.G.U.S Mykal GamerChick16 Thanks all, sorry for the redicously late responce, one last thing, any tips for painting flesh. As, i have got me some wood elves, and well i am wondering what you're guy's tactics on painting 'elvish' flesh, or just white flesh. biggrin
Dwarf Flesh, Elf Flesh, Elf Flesh+White, then touch the brows and nose, perhaps chin, and the ears with a drybrush of white.
-Mykal I'm glad the Death Korps of Krieg don't have any exposed flesh. neutral
That's just me personally. I dislike one layer of paint on anything. 4 is a nice minimum that can add depth. mrgreen
-Mykal
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:05 am
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