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MathiasDark
Posts : 198
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 36
Location : England
 |  Subject: Miniatures painting FAQ site  Mon May 03, 2010 7:27 pm | |
| Morning everyone! It's half midnight & I've just managed to find a site with a few tips that I'm hoping will help my painting! I'm sure most of you will already know most of this, but for us newbie or just downright "bad" painters, I think this could be useful! Enjoy  http://stason.org/TULARC/crafts/miniatures-painting/index.html | |
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Mordheimer
Posts : 9756
Join date : 2009-07-12
Age : 51
Location : Elizabeth City, NC (USA)
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Mon May 03, 2010 7:42 pm | |
| Very nice! To bad they don't have pictures... but it is a GREAT start! I will read it all soon... see if I get some pointers for my Prisoner Exchange!!! | |
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MathiasDark
Posts : 198
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 36
Location : England
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Mon May 03, 2010 7:48 pm | |
| It's given me a few tips on how to do shading...I'm thinking of priming a sheet of plastic & experimenting on that before I unleash myself on a model...when I DO have a go at a model, I'll probably shade the shoulder pad of an IG or Space Marine...then strip it until I'm comfortable with what I'm doing...
At the moment, I'm still not happy using washes or inks XD I have no idea what I've relly doing unless it's flat colour or drybrushing =[ | |
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Mordheimer
Posts : 9756
Join date : 2009-07-12
Age : 51
Location : Elizabeth City, NC (USA)
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Mon May 03, 2010 8:22 pm | |
| Try dipping! It is GREAT for flat colors! There is a tutorial (step by step) as well as some Terminators (DA 1st Company!) I made for Dozer. You may like! | |
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Dysturbed
Posts : 1914
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 44
Location : Caldwell, Ohio
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Mon May 03, 2010 9:00 pm | |
| For my reccomendation on shading i suggest getting a product called Slow-dri by Liquitex. It retards the drying time of arcylic paint so that you have more time to blend the paint and work out your smoth transitions.
http://www.liquitex.com/Products/fluidmedslodriblending.cfm | |
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Mordheimer
Posts : 9756
Join date : 2009-07-12
Age : 51
Location : Elizabeth City, NC (USA)
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Tue May 04, 2010 3:32 am | |
|  I gotta try this thing... | |
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MathiasDark
Posts : 198
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 36
Location : England
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Tue May 04, 2010 6:46 am | |
| @Mordheimer I've checked the dipping out, gives some surprisingly good results! Does the dip eventually dry out like the GW inks? =S
@dysturbed That stuff sounds pretty cool, not seen anything like it in the UK =[ but I'll try a few shops =]
Cheers guys | |
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MathiasDark
Posts : 198
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 36
Location : England
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Tue May 04, 2010 6:48 am | |
| ha! I've actually found some! =D
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/productdetail.asp?productcatalogue=284746 | |
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Mordheimer
Posts : 9756
Join date : 2009-07-12
Age : 51
Location : Elizabeth City, NC (USA)
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Tue May 04, 2010 10:45 am | |
| YES! Dipping is a great 'get off the ground' painting technique for beginners. Check out the Terminators... they blend in side by side on the table with Dozer's until you look at them carefully. Dozer's models are better... but considering I did all of them in 1 hour (compressed) of actual work and left sloppy parts on purpose, it is amazing! | |
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MathiasDark
Posts : 198
Join date : 2010-04-08
Age : 36
Location : England
| | Subject: Re: Miniatures painting FAQ site Tue May 04, 2010 2:11 pm | |
| lol I meant dry out if you leave it in the bucket for too long  It does look good though =D | |
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