Painting of my Blood Angels
Now I am no expert at painting and I have painted miniatures
before but that was a lot time ago. I do however still think I am somewhat of a
novice at it but I feel am learning fairly well through trial and error. A few things
that I have discovered over the last few weeks have made my painting easier and
how much better my figures are starting to look (at least to me).
1.
Priming is a big key to me when starting my
figs. With the new primers that are now out it has made my army a little easier
to paint since my base coat can be the primer itself. If I want a glossy look
to it I would just add a few layers of glaze on the fig. This can also darken
the tone of the color as well if you use a Medium with the glaze.
2.
Thickness of the paint. If you notice like I
have that after some time your paint will thicken. When this happens the
figures look like paint was just clumped on them and tends to give it a too
thick look. I actually painted one fig not really paying attention to the
thickness of the paint and by the time I was done it just didn’t look right.
The next fig I added some water to the paint and it went on much smoother with
a much better look.
3.
My main issue with my painting…..LET IT DRY!! I
tend to rush when I paint and when I don’t wait long enough it shows on the
figs especially if you’re glazing. Glaze will look very muddy if you don’t wait
long enough between each coat. So as a friend of mine said paint one fig work
on another then go back to your original fig after a while this way it will be
nice and dry.
4.
Dry brushing is your friend!! My first few figs
were painted without doing any dry brushing. I started a new squad and decided
to dry brush as much as possible even the base coat. Now it did take me a
little longer to paint this squad but they came out looking pretty clean with
no clumpy sections at all. Any groove areas still showed the primer (black)
which gave much more detail to the fig.
While most of what I have listed above (if not all) is pretty
basic information for a well-rounded painter but not everyone knows the basics.
I am not the type to go out and watch a bunch of videos or buy books on how to
paint. I would rather go with trial and error personally. Now I did see a
painted army that I just had to ask the owner about and he was very helpful and
forthcoming on how he did it. But that is another story all together…….Until my
next painting post!
If anyone has any pointers they would like to share please
feel free to comment them. Thank you
I will have pictures up of my figs as soon as I am able.
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