75mm Kimera Models, Tisiphone

[Steve-the-Duck]

THAT is a MUCH better figure. Not least her anatomy! And pose. And equipment. And base
And, well, everything really

BTW that's twice today that's been mentioned. What's Zenithall priming?

[JR]

Thanks very much. It's a Doctor Faust recipe: cover everything in Cavalry Brown, then increasing ratios of Dwarf Skin to Cav Brown, then add a pale pink made with white and a dash of Vermillion. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1223594[/ATTACH]

Thanks Paul.
Certainly works .

[PaulinKendal]

THAT is a MUCH better figure. Not least her anatomy! And pose. And equipment. And base
And, well, everything really.

It is, isn't it? The more I paint these things, the more I realise you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - you have to have a really good sculpt (well manufactured!) to allow your painting to shine.

BTW that's twice today that's been mentioned. What's Zenithall priming?

The idea is to mimic lighting the figure from above (from the zenith, or more usually from above and slightly to one side). So you prime the whole figure in a dark colour, then spray lightly from above with a much lighter one.

It helps identify where to place highlights and shadows, and picks out all the detail beautifully, making the figure much, much more 'readable'.

I did this with black primer, then white ink. The first pass of white was a light one all over, sprayed down at an angle of about 45°. That picks out all the detail. Then another few passes from almost vertical, to intensify the brightest areas for highlights and lowlights. I always take pictures after the prime, so I have a reference of how light falls on the figure.

On smaller figures than this (or even this I guess, if you were in a hurry), zenithal priming can be used with inks for a very quick gradient effect - the graduated undercoat showing through the transparent ink. Surprisingly effective.

[Tim Marlow]

I do this as well……but I prime in black, spray mid grey at 45 degrees from vertical, then spray white from directly overhead. Works great for making it look like you know what you are doing

[Steve-the-Duck]

Hmm. I've always tried priming to get an overall coat, either black, white, or grey. But then I'm usually doing 28mm figures, or 'anime' shading on the larger ones.
I already know what I'm going to do with my 1/8 Mass Effect figures, but I may try that on the 1/8 Aloys, when I get around to them

[Tim Marlow]

28mm are what I mostly paint. Works fine on them.

[PaulinKendal]

Work in progress.

And a view you'd never see:

[vizenz]

She looks great! :thumb2:

[Mickc1440]

That's a great looking figure Paul, great details on it.

[PaulinKendal]

Big pause in painting this, but she now done. I'll stick images in the relevant folder.