Re: [Epic] Painting the little guys

From: Bill Provick <bprovick_at_...>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:23:45 -0400

> I noticed a habit of mine that helps me pick out detail
>recently, and I wondered if anyone else did this. My primer is okay,
>but seems to conceal small amounts of detail (I think bare plastic has
>more visible shadows or something). Painting it and/or washing it
>brings it back, so I think it's just the way light interacts with
>primer. So when I paint a figure for the first time, I keep an
>unprimed copy of the figure around and refer to it somewhat often to
>identify bits of it. Obviously, this isn't done on my 28mm fantasy
>figures, or the larger vehicles, but I can usually see the detail on
>those just fine.
> But I painted my first Ork boyz a couple days ago, and
>discovered that I needed to pull out the unprimed ones to figure out
>what the bits on the front were exactly.
>
>Mark
>
That is often a problem when using white light and black paint. The wet
paint reflects the light, which looks white, and causes the model to look
sloppy, with lots of little white spots that haven't been blacked. A
semi-gloss finish, such as from the unfinished plastic, some paints, and
most especially washes also reflect light well. Investing in a filtered bulb
it a good idea. I perfer painting during the day with a 40 watt bulb
illumination from a high angle. At night I perfer 60 watt from a high angle,
and a 40 watt behind. But because I'm not to picky I don't switch my bulbs.
Seeing as my birthday is coming up, I may ask for some filtered bulbs, as
well as all the material I need for a 8x4 ft. modular table. Hmm, maybe I
should just ask for Geo-hex.

And for those that are considering buying a magnifying lamb, it is kinda
hard to get used to, and I use mine more for detail on 25mm. I rarely use
mine on Epic scale.

Tyler
Received on Tue Aug 12 1997 - 19:23:45 UTC