TOPIC: Painting Methods |
Standard User Posts: 4 BoomBoomBoom 24th Aug 2015 11:27:03 Hi All I heard that there are many different painting methods for painting 6mm. Please can you post some links showing how to do some of the different methods ? Thanks |
Hi BoomBoom: As far as I'm aware threre are three basic methods. 1) Basic block painting: this is just like coloring from when you were a kid. Just stay inside the lines, and nothing fancy. No shading, no washes, just paint and go. This is my method. 2) Dip: As #1 but then use one of the shading products/mixes. One the "dip" is dry, highlight again. 3) As #1 but with shading and highlighting. I wrote a how to a few years back: http://deepfriedhappymice.com/html/ht_6mm.html Mark "Extra Crispy" Severin |
Standard User Posts: 87 I am a spambot 26th Aug 2015 06:13:44 One variation is what colour to undercoat the figures. I used to use black, but find that I now prefer to use a white undercoat. The 'dip' I use with white undercoat is diluted floor polish with a little peat-brown ink added. Black undercoats are frequently used in conjunction with dry-brushing, whereas white undercoats tend to be associated with dipping. With black undercoats, I used to have trouble with reds, yellows and greens. I have tried using pale grey paint before these colours, and also dry-brushing undercoated figures fairly strongly with white or pale grey. I have heard of people using grey undercoat, and also people using undercoat of the main coat colour. |
Nice and simple: 1. Prime with white. 2. Paint using the block-in method. Use light tones of the colours you want. 3. Apply a coat of satin varnish by hand - I use Vallejo. 4. Apply a black or brown wash. I use either diluted floor polish with black ink or Army Painter soft tone ink. 5. If it needs it dab highlights at this stage. 6. Apply a coat of matt varnish. I use Windsor and Newton Galeria Acrylic Matt Varnish, slightly diluted, applied by hand which avoids the problem of frosting. I make a bit of an effort with faces by painting brown and then highlighting with sunny tone flesh all in stage two. Here are some Bavarians I did recently using floor polish wth black ink as the wash. I did not feel the need for highlighting beyond this stage. A little goes a long way |
Doctor Mike, who does the brilliant 6mm painting clinics on the show circuit, uses coloured basecoats. You can get some idea of the techniques here: https://cranium27.wordpress.com/category/6mm/6mm-painting/ |