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Post by ravenscroft on Oct 17, 2016 12:52:08 GMT
Howdy folks, So while I have the hang of dry brushing and washing minatures like my ghost here: But when it comes to human figures I'm finding it tougher- especially eyes Any tips on how I can improve my skills painting these in the future
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Post by l7arkness on Oct 17, 2016 13:09:49 GMT
Howdy folks, So while I have the hang of dry brushing and washing minatures like my ghost here: But when it comes to human figures I'm finding it tougher- especially eyes Any tips on how I can improve my skills painting these in the future For the eyes i always use needles/picks to paint, my hands are no where near steady enough for the small brushes. As for general those look great if your wanting to add more detail i would do some shading with a black wash on the little dude and then highlight some of his features
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 2:36:09 GMT
I start with the eyes. Put in the whites, let dry, dot or line the pupils, dry, and go for skin tone to cover what needs fixing. One tip that was given to me is on such small figures we use, always use black pupils. When you try to use colors it just doesn't look right. Just my opinion. I have done larger ones ( not sure what scale they were) and colored eyes looked ok.
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Post by stroezie on Oct 18, 2016 16:36:47 GMT
Colored eyes for 28mm is definately only for the advanced mini painter, it can be done but it takes "a lot!" of practice.
One tip for painting eyes which I found most usefull is to do the first eye holding the figure the right way up and then do the second eye holding the figure upside down. For some reason it keeps the figure from looking like the hunchback of the notre dame.
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Post by ravenscroft on Oct 18, 2016 18:27:05 GMT
all great tips folks, thank you
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Post by matakishi on Oct 19, 2016 0:23:34 GMT
My advice is don't paint the eyes. I rarely paint eyes and never on human sized miniatures. Bad eyes, (like bad bases) really stand out on a miniature and will make a decent paint job look terrible. Spend your time painting a second miniature rather than trying to get the eyes right on the first one, especially when you're just starting. Here's an example, I painted the eyes on the giant, no one else. They all look fine.
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Post by margaret on Oct 19, 2016 17:08:00 GMT
I certainly can't tell that the eyes om Matakishi's figures aren't painted. That's a very fiddly detail that can be omitted on the smaller figures, especially for those of us who have shaky hands. If you want to practice on eyes, though, you might get a few cheap larger figures and try the techniques on those first. Once you get the hang of it, you can either go smaller or decide that the minor difference isn't worth effort.
I used to use a small, fine, very short-haired brush that I had trimmed most of the hairs off of for doing eyes on 25mm figures. That worked better than a toothpick for doing eyebrows. Probably about 0000 size, although the sizing number has worn off of mine.
Matakishi - I love the colors on your figures!
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