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I don’t think he ever did, though I haven’t played 40K since at least two editions ago, so I’ve not seen his army in years. Your method is much more viable to actually getting a painted army on the table, and is much like the one I usually use for this sort of thing — the main difference is I don’t tend to go in for varying colours
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Hello to those that are still awake.....I thought I’d illustrate the highlight and shade on the uniforms because it’s easier to see than on the trousers.....
First up, as I said, I “frame out” the jacket area before painting. This adds the darkest shadow and delineates the various colours.
This guy‘s jacket has been framed. I’ve painted around the cuffs, collar, bottom of the arms, and bottom of the jacket. The flat bit at the bottom of the jacket adjacent to the legs (not visible here, sorry) is also painted out in the dark shade.
This guy’s jacket has been under painted in the shade colour. I dilute this to make it a little transparent. It needs to get into the folds and pocket edges etc. Patchy coverage of the rest is fine.
This guy has had the base coat put on. If you look closely up you can see I’ve started to outline detail with it, and to emphasise volumes on the shoulders and top of the arms etc.... Again I use this paint fairly diluted so it is transparent. Remember to start the stroke at the area of leas coverage as well. For the top of the arm, for example, this means I’m brushing “upwards”.
Lastly I use the highlight colour (diluted as before) to really bring out the details. The pockets, cuffs, and collar can be brought out from the jacket this way. It can also make the arms look 3D rather than flat.
One from the back, showing creases and shoulder blades etc.
I won’t show the palette as these are all previous mixes. You can add more variety to the finish by using darks and highlights from the other mixes. This one, for example, is in the Russian green basic colour and shade, but the highlight is the one made up from the Field Grey mix. By working like this all the figures will be “of a piece” but exhibit the variation seen in real units.
Next job is to get all the figures to the same point, then I’ll start on the equipment. Not long to go now!
As always all comments and questions welcome....Comment
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Hi Tim
I'm going to have to go back over this and make notes :thumb2: Age has knackered my memory :rolling: Certainly a very effective and yet straightforward approach.
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No probs Jim. Glad you’re enjoying the blog. You’ve got it easy though. You only have to remember what I write. I have to remember why I do things like I do......and then remember to take the right pictures then write it down....I’ll try to do a short summary listing the order of battle at the end of the figure painting stage.....needs to be fairly soon though, I’ve nearly forgotten what the vehicles look like...Comment
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Thanks Tim for the latest set of updates. Got a bit behind on this so will have a proper read in the week.
ATB.
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No probs Andrew. Enjoy the read....Comment
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Well Damn Tim,
That's one excellent SBS you've done up Sir. Thank you for taking the time to post it up. I too, Like Jimbo, will have to re-read it and save it away for use when I finally get up the cahonas nerves to sit down and paint a figure. Between you and PDiddy, it might just work out with some good results..........
Prost
Allen "Thick as a Brick"Life's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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Hi Allen. Thanks for the kind words. I’m trying to show it isn’t difficult to get good results, just needs an understanding of the basics and a planned approach. Mind you, I’m not working anywhere near PDiddy standards here. Big figures need a different approach.....
Love the Tull reference by the way, one of my favourites. I’ve got that album on vinyl with the proper eight page newspaper sleeve. Do not see me rabbit...Gerald Bostock’s finest moment....Comment
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Hey Tim, Mine too and a lot of others. I have the original St. Cleve Chronicle fold out album too and had a buy a newer copy of the album (without it), as I wore the original one out, playing it...Still got over 400 pieces of vinyl, many of which I want to eventually copy into MP3 as you can't even get some of them on CD, anywhere. Ever heard of Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys or The Electric Prunes???
I'll stop now as I could go on and on over music..................."Rock is My Life and This is My Song"
Prost
AllenLife's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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HI Allen. 1500 vinyl and 500 CDs here and still rising.....most of my purchases these days are classical though. It’s the only area where bargains can still be found!
To be honest, I wouldn't copy them to MP3. The quality is like a transistor radio. Copy them to whatever the current highest WAV quality is, then convert if you want them for iPod etc use. Computer storage is so cheap now the compression is not necessary. You can get hard disk recorders to connect to your hifi, or connect to a PC through a decent sound card. I’ve done quite a few over the years, so if there are any specific albums you want, ask me, because I might already have digitised my own copies.....
Ive heard of both of those bands by the way, but don’t have anything from them. I think Cat Mother was the one produced by Hendrix and the Prunes were a west coast psychedelic band. How about Blodwyn Pig and Home?Comment
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OK, back to the plot.......last but one on the figures......
Next job is the strap and equipment. There isn’t much on these guys so I will be mercifully brief....
First job, as you can probably guess now, is to under paint in black. In this case I used a new secret weapon....
German belts are black brown, so I underpaint in black then highlight in black brown to get the effect. Model air black is fantastic for this detail work. It’s formulated to work right from the pot. It’s coverage is good and it flows nicely off the brush.
While I’m doing this I outlined the shoulder tabs while I had paint on the brush...it’s for the next stage, but only took a few seconds.
Kit done on Neil Loader. The knife has its wooden handle and the scabbard in black. The blade will be painted after varnish to maintain the metallic effect. If you Matt varnish over metallics you just have greys....
Bread bag is done in deck tan shaded and highlighted as always.
Front and back in one shot.....well, they are virtually the same figure.....you can see the belt highlights here, I use straight brown black, then tint it for edge highlights. I’ve done the boots on these two as well using exactly the same paints. Not my best work there, but who looks at boots
Last tip today, yet another secret weapon....
Doesn’t look much does it. However, if you use Vallejo paint for long enough you’ll find the nozzles block sometimes. Don’t just squeeze harder, or you’ll blow the cap out of the end emptying the bottle. Just stick this little fellow in the hole, and then clean if off on a scrap of kitchen towel. It saved a lot of heartache and costs literally nothing...
Hope this is all informative. As always all C and C welcome, and I’ll answer any questions you have.Comment
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Tim.
So neat for something so small. Like those wash coats ? on the uniform.Comment
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Breathtakingly good Tim.Comment
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