I think most painters fall in to one of three groups :-\
1.light Undercoat, paint with washes
2.dark undercoat, base then midtone then highlight
3.either undercoat, mid tone sahde then highlight
I guess you could add the AP way now :)
Undercoat major colour base tones then dip, highlight if wanted
Personally I use 2 and 3 but mostly 2. =)
Whats your poison or do you have a different style
My poison [unless I'm on a nice single malt] tends to be:
Black undercoat: overbrush: base colour: mid-tones: highlights: shade / wash: re-highlight
At present it is:
black undercoat, base colours, Devlan Mud wash and light drybrush dependent upon major colour.
It may not be the best paint job in the world, but once based and on the games table, most people are happy with the outcome. Most importantly, I am :).
black undercoat and then base, mid and highlight. But for 10mm i often miss the midtone and go straight from base shade to highlight since the stronger contrast is usually needed on the smaller figures
Uniform colour base coat
Flesh, leather, guns
Dark Sepia wash
Highlights
Basically 3, grey undercoat, base colours, black wash, highlights
Any method that speeds up painting :P
As a painting service I use:
10mm and under: base first then paint
15mm+: paint first then base
6mm and 15mm Napoleonics: black acrylic undercoat
6mm tanks, 10mm, 15mm+ 1900+: any humbrol enamel undercoat
20mm plastics: wash in washing up liquid, dry overnight, spray in GW Purity Seal, when dry spray in car primer
25mm LoTR plastics: black acyrlic undercoat
Mark
Quote from: nikharwood on 20 January 2011, 10:57:50 PM
My poison [unless I'm on a nice single malt] tends to be:
Black undercoat: overbrush: base colour: mid-tones: highlights: shade / wash: re-highlight
Ditto.
For me it's mainly a 2, though some uniform colours get only a under coat, base and a highlite, dark blue being one of those colours. I no longer use washes.
When talking strictly about style, the answer would be: sloppy.
Depends on what I'm painting
WW1 - White primer, main colours working from background to surface detail wash with Derval Mud.
7YW French - White primer, black wash surface details.
Ancients - White primer and main colours, I don't generally bother with a wash.
My armies tend to be brighter (garish) than most but I prefer that in 10mm.
Quote from: DanJ on 25 January 2011, 12:32:41 PM
My armies tend to be brighter (garish) than most but I prefer that in 10mm.
This is really important I think - in the smaller scales you really do have to consider lightening tones to make the figures 'pop' from the table - otherwise they can become lost I think.
Making the figures brighter is important - but I really struggle to do it. I think I struggle to put under-colours on, as I want to see the end result.
Not sure that this makes much sense...
Quote from: Pruneau on 22 January 2011, 08:43:01 PM
When talking strictly about style, the answer would be: sloppy.
You mean I have to stop using the Dulux roller?
You can't go wrong with the Dulux roller. Been my saviour for years!
But the Tartan spray is good.
IanS
Quote from: ianrs54 on 11 February 2011, 02:41:00 PM
But the Tartan spray is good.
IanS
Sadly it's unavailable on the continent. :(
Cubist though strongly influenced by post impressionist
Pity I'm not interested in SCW - Picasso would suit my skills... :'(
Black undercoat, white drybrush to give more vibrancy to the main colour, which drybrushed on top. Followed by a wash and a highlight drybrush.
White undercoat, base layer, ink, highlight, repeat for other shades, then base up!
Black primer, basecoat, pinwash for fabric shadows, highlight. I say "fabric" because I use base, mid, highlight for flesh, metal, and wood.
Dave
What is a pinwash?
I don't think it is a real term or not but what I mean is that I target just the specific recessed area or raised edge with a very fine tipped brush. I will sometimes first wash with a heavier loaded brush of the shadow color followed up by a lightly loaded one with a black wash.
Dave
Quote from: Pruneau on 15 February 2011, 08:34:15 PM
What is a pinwash?
Basically it's a wash that is targeted to very specific areas on a model - eg rivets or folds on fabric or something - rather than a wash that covers everything...usually mixed thicker & painted on rather than slopped!
Hey Nik! we were posting at the same time. :)
Ah I see, thanks!
Quote from: CorvetteK225 on 15 February 2011, 10:18:33 PM
Hey Nik! we were posting at the same time. :)
Just as well we agreed then, eh??! Coolio 8)
I am type 2 --> Dark undercoat
Messy here :(
Black undercoat, dry brush white, face first (dwarf flesh dry brush light flesh), basic colours, not too thick so a to get some shading, gloss varnish soft tone(AP) then matt varnish. It's quite quick and looks ok.