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General Modeling => General Model Discussion => Topic started by: Mr.Mox on 06 Feb , 2009, 11:02

Title: Figure painting - my way ...
Post by: Mr.Mox on 06 Feb , 2009, 11:02
Well, some time ago I promised Siara to do a quick "how to" on figure painting. First let me state that I don
Title: Re: Figure painting - my way ...
Post by: Mr.Mox on 06 Feb , 2009, 11:51
One of the first thing I do after assembly and cleaning up, is to glue the figures on to something. They are so small than when handeling, there is a risk of rubbing off the paint with your fingers.

As can be seen its a mix of materials, from left to right is a CMK resin figure, then 2 Preiser in plastic and last 2 figures from Andrea in white metal.

(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/23510/Probefahrt_44_027.jpg)

Normally I won
Title: Re: Figure painting - my way ...
Post by: wildspear on 06 Feb , 2009, 15:55
Good presentation. Gets me thinking I should try putting people on my gato.
Title: Re: Figure painting - my way ...
Post by: Siara on 06 Feb , 2009, 16:21
Good thread. Im going to try to paint the figs soon, and i will let you how i got on. Maybe i do step by step about it. ;D
I just got the Vallejo paints with painting the figures in mind, and this weekend i will put them to test.
Title: Re: Figure painting - my way ...
Post by: Rokket on 06 Feb , 2009, 16:32
Thanks for the info, we need more of that here. I agree about the scale. I used to paint the larger 25mm figures for wargames back I Te Day (about 27 years ago!), and haven't done much since. I used the black undercoat too, being so small if helps with shading and depth as you add thin layers on top. You've got a realistic looking clothing/paint effect, very nice.