Re: [Epic] Something strange happened while Drybrushing

From: sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 21:47:09 -0400

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> From: Bill Provick <bprovick_at_...>
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: [Epic] Something strange happened while Drybrushing
> Date: August 1, 1997 7:30 PM
>
> Something strange happened while I was dry brushing some SM infantry
today.
> First of all, my Marines are from my Obsidian Guard chapter, whose
colours
> are black, with red shoulderpads, guns and left knee pads. First, after
> doing basic colours, I drybrushed the black parts with Electric Blue, to
> give the armor a bluish tint, which is better then grey, especially since
my
> only grey is Ghoul Grey (Which is kinda, well, some colour other then
just
> grey, it has a hint of something so delicate that you can't identify it,
> only to say that it isn't blue, and the overall affect isn't quite grey)
> Then I drybrushed the shoulder pads yellow (I bought Epic to be lazy, at
> that size yellow can be mistaken for orange, so I only use on colour.
People
> who use more then two colours to drybrush infantry should be shot, note,
I
> don't mean shot as in gun, but shot as in with a camera, so we can
recognize
> the frothin' loonies before they get close enough to try to drybrush us)
> Anyway, after basing (Check bottom for basing tip) I noticed that the top
of
> the marines highlights looked a little green. This is just a big waste of
> bandwidth, but if you can think of something that can be done by mizing
> colours on a model while drybrushing, tell me. From now on I just be more
> carefull
>
> Now for the hints about basing. I know that sometimes, if I'm not
carefull I
> glue the sand to the feet of a full sized marine (Especially when I have
> hickups, like I did today, I'm amazed I did so well, seeing as I was
> painting at the time) Anyway, I noticed that many of that sand grains
that I
> was using were bigger then the marines feet on Epic scale. I also noticed
> that is very hard to paint the ground between a marines feet (Because I
> don't bother to put glue there, just enough on the grey plastic to cover
the
> edge, and sometimes not even that) It is very difficult to paint sand
green
> unless you have A: lots of paint on your brush, or B: attack it from a
high
> angle. Both cases are dangerous and or impossible, and after slopping
green
> on my nice black marines, I decided to PAINT THE BASE, FLOCK OR SAND IT,
> THEN PAINT THE SAND GREEN. I didn't do this for my full-sized because it
was
> a bit of a waste of paint. Also, I would advise against sanding between
the
> marines legs, they look like they are ankle deep in sand. With a patchy
> affect around the base no one notices where I was too chicken to rish
> painting glue incase it got on the marines
>
> For those who are wondering what sand I am using, I use only the best
> singing sands stolen in glass juice bottles from the beaches of PEI. This
> gives me a high glass content, which means if I have enough, I can walk
on
> it and it will squeek. My scouts won't be sneaking up on anyone soon!
>
> Tyler
>
Sauron1 writes; I recomend you visit a toy or craft stor an but some of
that coloured sand currently being peddled to kids as a craft project. The
sand is very fine and is already green! sauron1
Received on Sat Aug 02 1997 - 01:47:09 UTC