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March 21, 2007

Painting Update

I have been very productive lately when it comes to painting (seems like after I get home, I am so brain dead that neither watching tv/movie nor reading are within my mental capabilities, but painting miniatures I can still do!)

Will put up some pics of stuff I painted in the last few months, they include an entire Flames of War US Mech Infantry 1500 force (I did everything except the tanks), a Perry Sudan range rifle unit, a Perry Fuzzy Wuzzie unit, a couple of Stug III tanks, and I am currently in the middle of finishing some Fantasy Warrior plastic dwarves.

As part of this painting frenzy I have been experimenting with the "dip" method (more specifically using Minwax woodstain product to create shading with minimal effort). That is probably a blog entry on its own, but the short of it is that it takes a lot of experimentation to figure out the right color combo (i.e. not all minwax shade will work with all troop type). It gives a realistic "dirty" look if you are into that. I think it's perfectly passable solution for things like WW2 infantry (khaki/tan/fieldgrau are all colors that stains well), colonial natives (darker skin color works better than fair skin troops), and orcs (dirty and grungie look is a good fit for them). If you want parade ground uniform than this technique is probably not the right fit.

One more thing: I REALLY HATE BLACK PRIMING! When I started on my dwarves I observed that most of the body was covered in armor, which I always paint by having a black undercoat followed by successive layers of metalic hi-lights. I found that to cover the black undercoat I either have to do multiple layers (too time consuming), or use very heavy layer (obscure detail). I think I'll stick with white undies->main color->ink wash->high light which for me gives a more pleasing result.

Posted by msoong at March 21, 2007 01:45 PM

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