Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Fuzzy Primer Update.


The Goliath ganger I primed with Armory turned out ok in the end.  There are a couple area I don't care for and couldn't fix easily.  The blades in his mohawk, his metal collar, and feet still betray the primer issues, but from play-distance, I think, it looks pretty darn good.

Things I learned:
• Get a good detail brush.  I grabbed one from my fine arts stash and I am glad I did.   The better brush made it easier to hit details, though when I went in on the teeth I did miss my mark and had to rework that whole area again.
• Thinner paint is much better for layering.   In the past, back in art school, I always had an issue with opacity.  I loved watercolor painting, but I used watercolor pigments like gouache or acrylic pigments.   I did the same thing with minitaures, as evidenced by the older Escher models in the last post.  Thinning down the paint really lets me get in and put some nice fades against edges or blend into the areas that creep in on washes.
•I can only do 2 models at a time.  Any more than that and I lose focus and get board with whatever color I happen to be on.

Three models done, 2 on my painting board and 5 more sitting on the shelf - primed and laughing at me.


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