I am having to do these guys different from my usual wargames minis because I usually make the most of the faces as a focal piont of the figure, with these you see very little of the face. I plan to make the shield the new focal point, by using the decals provided and some well placed battle damage the shield should draw your eye very well.
I started with a base coat of tanned flesh followed by a wash of devlan mud. Dwarf flesh was used then with elf flesh as the highlight, not too sure how well I have done till I fill in more of the colour. I have 150 of these to paint so will do each batch with the same colours and then mix them up when I base them.
If anyone sees and glaring mistakes just let me know somtimes you are too close to the figure to spot all the mistakes.
Peace James
Hey,
ReplyDeletewho is the manufacturer of the figs?.... And should I be washing my figures as you did? Thanks
Aaron
the figures are Immortal miniatures hard plastic, I was trying the wash for the first time. I found it gave a bit more contrast on the base colour (tanned flesh) will stick with it for these Greeks but prob leave it off on future models. I have left the black undercoat showing in the deepest shadows before and used dark flesh as the first layer. This gave the figures a good table top contrast but was a bit harsh close up since I have been photographing figures I am trying to give them a better close up contrast.
ReplyDeleteOKay, great info..... So after my first base color do you think a black ink would work well, and then highlight?
ReplyDeleteAlso is there anything I can improve on that's noticable?
Aaron
do not use black ink far too dark go for a brown or orange brown, best to just try things you can always strip the paint off and start again if you do not like the finish.
ReplyDeleteI think you need to try using a little thinner paints, just remember if the figure is too bright a wash will dull it down.