Yes , I need to improve my figures, seen lots of videos but there is nothing like a step by step book that you can go back over as you attempt to paint .
Any suggestions. Thanks .
Any suggestions. Thanks .
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'Painting Miniatures' by Danilo Cartacci (in English)
'Painting Miniature Military Figures' by Mike Davidson ISBN: 0-88740-625-4
The only other item I can reccomend is a corset with strings and the book 'How to make yourself into a human yo-yo' by S. T. Rungup....
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I have quite few books in my library John. What exactly are you looking for from the book and how far do you want to take this? Are you looking for general information, or a step by step for a certain type of figure? Do you want colour mixes for certain types of uniform? To be honest, a good place to start would be the Vince Ventruella hobby cheating series on YouTube. He is a good communicator, and demonstrates all his tips and tricks. The colour exploration series is particularly useful, as are the editions on thinning paint and brush control…..Even though his chosen subject is fantasy based, figure painting is figure painting. Any book by Bill Horan is worth the entry fee as well. The “painting war“ series are good, having very useful information on colour mixes based on the Vallejo range. I have quite a few others, as I say, so just shout out…Comment
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Thank you Mike , I shall look those two up, the third is on the band list I fear :disappointed::disappointed::disappointed:
Hi Tim , thanks for coming back .
More the step by step guide to how to paint, esp any book mentioning Vallejo and acrylics. Those that show the build up of thin coats , and how to do shading . Suppose any figure type is ok , as long as it's 1/35 . Mine would be of course military and a few civilians.ok I think on the uniform , it no so much what colour but the method .Comment
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I have only one book but it is, I think, very comprehensive as it also shows modeling techniques as well as SBS painting. Osprey Publishing's: Modelling Waffen SS Figures by Calvin Tan......sorry JR, no Rooskie books.
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Good face painting SBS here John…you should be able to download and print it.
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Another good SBS here. It’s a larger scale figure, but that shows the technique more clearly…..and he’s a Russky!
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Hi John,
I have “Crew School” by David Parker (who also wrote the “Super King” book. I have found it really useful, and not limited to painting either, step by step on how to improve and modify figures, as well as sculpting from scratch. If you want me to send you any examples of the pages, let me know and I will PM them.
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Hi John, the book I learned from is "Building and Painting Scale Figures by Shep Paine." This mainly concentrates on painting with oils but it was considered THE book for many years.
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I use acrylics almost exclusively now, except for flesh on the 75mm scale figures I do. I still find the book handy for shading placing etc. It still gets perused on a regular basis, even after 20 years or so.
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Hi John
Figure painting :tongue-out3: This may be useful. :thinking:
Jim
Shouldn't this thread be under "Other Interests and Hobbies" :tongue-out3: :smiling5: :rolling:Comment
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Hi Rick and thank you, noted.
Thanks Tim, very helpful. Will do .:thumb2:Good face painting SBS here John…you should be able to download and print it.
That's a stunning figure, very tempting as well .Another good SBS here. It’s a larger scale figure, but that shows the technique more clearly…..and he’s a Russky!
Yes please Jack, I'd be grateful.
Hi John, keep seeing his name cropping up, even after all theses years.Thank you. Seen it on Amazon from £ 23 upward .
Yes Jim, how nice, I'll show it to Christine later and report back .Comment
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Thanks everybody, have enough tips and advice so hopefully I put this into practice.
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OK, you asked for it John LOL……
This was the first real figure painters book I bought. I still think it is excellent, especially the sculpting section. The subjects are superbly painted, and are of a good variety. The paints used are exclusively Humbrols though, so unless you find it cheap, or want to delve into sculping, it’s probably not worth buying for what you want. It dates from 1994.
This is an early Osprey modelling title. It dates from 2006 and is OK. The face painting section is pretty good. Again though the paints are Humbrols with oils included. No acrylic layering here. I would think the techniques shown were getting old even when it was published.
This one was published in 2004, which is a bit strange. It predates the Panzer crewmen volume by two years, but is about fifteen further on in the series? Anyway, this one uses acrylics. It gives colour mixes for the patterns and models used, which is useful. It is a pretty standard text but does include good primers on camouflage patterns.
Going forward a decade here, published in 2013. This is probably what you are looking for…..well illustrated. Decent explanation, and colour call outs for all main WW2 combatants, including the French. The Russian section contains info on both summer and winter uniforms.
I‘lol split the posting and conclude in a new post….just in case the info becomes overwhelming….Comment
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