Painting Sheild Damage

After a few requests after I showed my painted shield damage last month I took the time to photograph the steps involved.
This is a very quick and simple technique, first you complete your shield to the design and colours you want then with a few steps the results can be very effective.

Completed figure along with a plain shield

The next step can be done with a fine brush but I use a drawing pen shown below with this or the brush put as many black lines on you shield as you feel it needs make sure they are different lengths and directions.

Next it is time to break out your finest brush and some white paint, the paint you need to thin out as much as you can without it becoming a wash. With your thin brush and a small amount of paint on the tip of it you underline each black line, the line does not need to be solid in fact a broken line can been more effective.

I now get a dark wash and with a thin brush paint over each damage line this softens the white a little and I have even used it make a water mark down from the end of the damage line. (but not this time)

 The picture below is the final effect. While it is not a display standard skill for wargames table figures this give a great effect and does not take too much time to complete.

I have been a very busy boy since returning from Holiday and will have loads to show you all very soon. I thank you all for the comments on the last post it was great to start such a discussion.

Peace James

3 figures under 3 hours

I joined in a speed painting comp today and had a great time, (apart from running out of tea bags after the first hour). Below are the picture I took to show my progress.
I will try to do a SBS of my painting style in the near future.

Lifecolors Flesh set SBS

I picked up the lifecolor flesh set shown below at my LHS, I always feel better with ready mixed colors that my own mix as I seem to never get the same mix twice. Anyway I wanted to give the flesh set an outing and decided to take photos of each step so I could show you good people a little SBS.

The set retails for about £16 and you can pick it up at most on line hobby stores, when open you can see the 6 different pots you have 2 base, 2 shadow and 2 highlight.

The paint itself is already thin and can be put through an airbrush if thinned just a little more, I used water to thin the paint for my work and worked at almost a 1:1 ratio. you get a good amount of paint in each pot and if looked after this set should last you a long time.

Ok the bust I am using you have seen before it is the great Greek bust I showed earlier in the blog. I tried an experiment with putting oil over the acrylic and it did not go too well. the bust was stripped down and undercoated again in grey. I started from the 2nd base color as i find applying highlight easier that shade. below are the 6 steps of the flesh painting.

1. Base no.2 applied in several thin layers at ratio of 1:1 water / paint

2. Shadow no.1 again in very thin layers just where I felt the shadows should be

3. Shadow no.2 if you feel the edge of this color is too sharp then you can go over it with thin shadow no.1 and this softens the edges.

4. Base no.1 big change now as large areas are covered with this shade.

5. highlight no.1 same as with the shade if you find the edges too sharp going over with the thin base no.1 will soften then.

6. highlight no.2 at this point you can see I have added the eye and he is starting to come together well.

7. flesh set complete, I have filled in the hair and beard this lets me know what colors I still need to add to the flesh. these colors will be added in glazes and I will post the finished works later.


Over all the set is very good the paint goes on very easy and give great value for money I would recommend it to anyone.
Peace James

Pea dot Camo easy as 1-2-3

I have used this colour scheme on both 1/35th and 15mm and feel its look just as good on both.

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