Part two…..
This one dates from 2015 and is completely based on acrylics. It is a very good primer, despite the title. It works through all figure types, including horses, and works through most of the colour groups. I still refer to it for most figures. It has good basic recipes for hair and skin…..
Most of the techniques are still applicable to slightly larger figures, and there are a couple of bigger figures SBSd inside as well. Only thing is, the majority is based around historicals rather the WW2 stuff…..
These are a little different. The figures on the cover are 28mm, which shows the quality of the work. They are reference works with techniques included. The meat of the book is the painting notes for about twenty five miniatures of period within the title. They include full paint call outs in Vallejo colours. I only have these two but I think there are getting on for twenty in the series now, including the obvious Heer texts….I recommend them without prejudice. Very worth finding if they cover a subject you are interested in.
These are a little off the wall (I’m sure I have another but I can’t find it…). Great reference material for learning paint mixing (and about paint in general). They are obviously designed for oils, but acrylic and oils mix in the same way, and they are really cheap if you look around (I think the hints on mixing was free from the art shop).
Not sure why this is sideways? It’s fine in the viewer and was taken in portrait, not landscape? Anyway, it’s a reference work,not a “how to paint”, but is very useful and illustrates a point I want to make…..when painting figures, most people (me included a lot of the time) don’t use enough contrast. Look at the illustrations and see how the skin, clothing, and equipment is depicted! It helps that Troiani is a master painter and probably knows as much about his ACW period as anyone, but where and how to add highlights, and how dark to make the shadows, is superbly indicated in this sort of work. The paperback versions of this book are remarkably cheap for what they are!
Hope some of this is helpful John. I also have the Carrtacci book mentioned earlier in PDF, but don’t find it that useful. It’s more “look what I can do” than “here’s how”. Nothing wrong with that, he’s a great painter….but possibly not what you are after.
This one dates from 2015 and is completely based on acrylics. It is a very good primer, despite the title. It works through all figure types, including horses, and works through most of the colour groups. I still refer to it for most figures. It has good basic recipes for hair and skin…..
Most of the techniques are still applicable to slightly larger figures, and there are a couple of bigger figures SBSd inside as well. Only thing is, the majority is based around historicals rather the WW2 stuff…..
These are a little different. The figures on the cover are 28mm, which shows the quality of the work. They are reference works with techniques included. The meat of the book is the painting notes for about twenty five miniatures of period within the title. They include full paint call outs in Vallejo colours. I only have these two but I think there are getting on for twenty in the series now, including the obvious Heer texts….I recommend them without prejudice. Very worth finding if they cover a subject you are interested in.
These are a little off the wall (I’m sure I have another but I can’t find it…). Great reference material for learning paint mixing (and about paint in general). They are obviously designed for oils, but acrylic and oils mix in the same way, and they are really cheap if you look around (I think the hints on mixing was free from the art shop).
Not sure why this is sideways? It’s fine in the viewer and was taken in portrait, not landscape? Anyway, it’s a reference work,not a “how to paint”, but is very useful and illustrates a point I want to make…..when painting figures, most people (me included a lot of the time) don’t use enough contrast. Look at the illustrations and see how the skin, clothing, and equipment is depicted! It helps that Troiani is a master painter and probably knows as much about his ACW period as anyone, but where and how to add highlights, and how dark to make the shadows, is superbly indicated in this sort of work. The paperback versions of this book are remarkably cheap for what they are!
Hope some of this is helpful John. I also have the Carrtacci book mentioned earlier in PDF, but don’t find it that useful. It’s more “look what I can do” than “here’s how”. Nothing wrong with that, he’s a great painter….but possibly not what you are after.
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