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Painting Styles
Styles
This page will give an overview of each of the painting styles that I use. I am in the process of putting together examples for each style, so please be patient. |
Dry Brushing |
Dry brushing is a technique where a slightly damp brush is used with a small amount of paint. The brush is quickly moved back and forth across the surface to be dry brushed. This causes only the raised areas of the miniature to be colored, and leaves the depth of any color that is underneath.
The example below is of Maugan Ra, an Eldar Phoenix Lord. |
| The first step is to create the basic undercoat, in this case I used a wash of Devlin Mud over a white primer. The wash creates the dark recesses and give the model depth. |
Next dry brushing of bleached bone. Notice how the crevices of the miniature are still dark from the Devlin Mud. |
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| Two steps took place for this picture. A dry brushing of 50/50 Bleached Bone and White, then a light dry brushing of pure white. Note how each layer is visible, this is because each successive dry brush was done more lightly than the previous. |
Completed Model
Full pics here! |
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Inking (or Washing) |
Inking is the process where a very thin paint is used to fill in crevices and to shade a model. It is sometimes called washing, and the two effects while similar are a bit different. Inking, in my experience, is a single step process - the ink is the only, or primary, color applied. Where as washing is typically a method of shading, or bringing depth to an area, and is usually not the primary color. |
Freehand |
Freehand is probably the most difficult of the styles. It is as its name implies the art of drawing something on a flat surface with no modeled guidelines to follow.
The following example is from the flat surface on the front end of an Eldar Waveserpent. I did a design of vines typical to Biel-Tan. |
| The first step is to create the basic lines of the vines. Simply drawing them on with a fine brush works well. |
The second step is to put the thorns onto the vines. A small triangle drawn and filled in creates a nice thorn. On average they alternate which side of the line they appear on. |
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| Next is the first layer of highlights. Here I used Codex Gray to give a thin highlight. |
Second to last highlight is Fortress Gray along all of the edges. |
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| Finally layer of highlights is Skull white, on the inner and outer edges of the curves, and the tips of the thorns. |
Completed Waveserpent! |
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Layering |
Layering is a powerfully shading technique where successive layers of brighter (or darker) color are placed on top of each other to create a shaded effect.
Here again is my Waveserpent. I have taken pictures of the seven layers of Red that I used to create the shading on the gems. |
| First is a base coat of Scab Red. This covers the whole gem. |
Next is almost another base coat of Red Gore. This coat covers almost the entire gem, but leaves the very edges still showing the previous coat. |
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| The first highlight is 50/50 Red Gore/Blood Red. This is painted on to cover 75% of the gem. |
Next is 25/75 Red Gore/Blood Red, painted to cover about 60% of the gem. |
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| The third highlight is pure Blood Red, painted to cover half of the gem. |
Next up: 50/50 Blood Red/Blazing Orange, covering only a small portion of the front of the gem. |
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| Finally is a very small dab of Blazing Orange. |
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Site News |
09-27-11 |
I'm back! Look for more stuff to show up soon! I've deleted all the Takback stuff because of the spam that showed up in my absense. Hopefully it'l be back soon. |
02-03-11 |
Site updated, main page reformatted, and contact page updated. |
11-07-10 |
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11-05-10 |
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