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Post by merlin on Jan 19, 2007 17:28:15 GMT
ive looked through the forum and am real impressed . one thing i am looking for but as yet not found , is a good tutorial on figure painting . has there ever been one posted or could anyone give me an A.B.C on this to get me started
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Post by Phantom Major on Jan 20, 2007 17:19:42 GMT
that's an interesting idea but creating a tutorial is a little tricky, the reason being is everyone has there own method of painting figures as well as their own medium that they are comfortable, some skills aren't transferable.
personally speaking i use acrylics, i have and still do use Tamiya acrylics but i am in the process of slowly switching over to artist acrylics which need to be heavily thinned out to shoot from an airbrush.
speaking of airbrushes, not everyone uses those either, some people still like to use a regular brush, especially if they are using oil paints on their figure. ( i have experimented with oils with some promising results but i have also had a lot of problems with them, usually associated with drying times).
another issue is where to actually start the tutorial, from opening the box or from when you have assemebled the kit, or perhaps when you have primed it and you are then ready to begin using actual colour paints?
personally speaking, if i were you, depending on how much of a budget you have, i would invest in David Fishers. "Model Mania " video's/DVD's they are very useful and it is ideal for beginners or even those who are experienced.
sorry for the long rambling explanation but i hope this helps
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Post by merlin on Jan 20, 2007 18:24:33 GMT
no don't be sorry mate its a great explanation , the way Ive been told is its like getting dressed , so we start with body , then trousers etc etc . which ever way i try its going to be a learning experience , and i,ll probably mess up along the way . I'm also going to use tube acrylic with an airbrush thinned down as you say . my reason for asking about tutorials is i can plainly see you guys are good at this and it would be nice to see it in action . i agree though we all have our own methods and so it may be difficult to do . for me now i think I'm going to start off buying a reasonably priced figure something that i can mess up and redo to learn , but thats the hard bit finding ones that are not major cash .
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Post by merlin on Jan 20, 2007 18:54:01 GMT
major one thing i,d like to ask is about the tube acrylics you use with airbrush what ratio are you using , and are you using distilled water or windex or windscreen washer , as Ive heard the later 2 are great for ease of flow
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Post by Phantom Major on Jan 21, 2007 15:22:01 GMT
personally speaking, i use the methods that david fisher employs in his video's... i start with the dark colour first and work my way up to the lighter tones especially for flesh tones but some people do it the other way around..."shrugs"
i find that drybrushing isn't very effective for fleshtones on large scale figures but works reasonably well on clothes and hair.
as for thinning the paint down for use in an airbrush.... the artist acrylic paints i use are called cryla and i use regular Tamiya acrylic thinners to thin them out... you need alot of thinners so i suggest getting the plastic tub of the stuff and not the small glass jars
it's about 70% thinner to paint but use your eyes... when the paint is like milk ( regardless of colour) then it's good to go...but test it first on a scrap peice of paper or plastic
hope this helps
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Post by merlin on Jan 21, 2007 15:43:26 GMT
thanks for the help and advice , have trouble finding David fisher on D.V.D , haven't got a video I'm afraid i think they've stopped making em over this side of the pond saying that though i cant find a video either to convert . found the paints easy so i,ll start writing down a list of what I'm gonna need to get me started colour wise
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Post by rlobinske on Jan 25, 2007 11:44:06 GMT
personally speaking, i use the methods that david fisher employs in his video's... i start with the dark colour first and work my way up to the lighter tones especially for flesh tones but some people do it the other way around..."shrugs" i find that drybrushing isn't very effective for fleshtones on large scale figures but works reasonably well on clothes and hair. as for thinning the paint down for use in an airbrush.... the artist acrylic paints i use are called cryla and i use regular Tamiya acrylic thinners to thin them out... you need alot of thinners so i suggest getting the plastic tub of the stuff and not the small glass jars it's about 70% thinner to paint but use your eyes... when the paint is like milk ( regardless of colour) then it's good to go...but test it first on a scrap peice of paper or plastic hope this helps Conversely, I start with the base skin tone, blend in the shadows and then drybrush the highlight tones. My suggestion is to try different methods and paints to discover which ones work best for you. If you see something you like, ask about it and then try the technique out for yourself. It might work or it might not, or you may decide it will work, but for something else entirely. |
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Post by johnnyblaze on Feb 18, 2007 9:57:00 GMT
Hello,
First let me say that I confess to working with typical figures for dressing up aircraft dioramas. Merlin may understand. The fellow from ModelCellar tends to start his large scale figures out by adding blood red to all of the areas to be represented as flesh. Then he adds successive layers of skin tones. I work with enamels, acrylics and oils. As for a tutorial I found this recently. www.foxfirestudio.com/tutorial.htm
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Post by figurator on Feb 19, 2007 21:19:07 GMT
I'll be posting one up for SMW here soon. Using a Vampirella and Goddess in Alloy. Guess I can post it here too.  |
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