My ongoing experimentation with dipping continues…
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These pirate-era civilians (
Old Glory Village Mob and a pair of
Reaper barmaids) were undercoated with Army
Painter Leather Brown. This gives a good hard coat without the need for primer,
but it has quite an amount of shine and very low ‘tooth’. I block-painted the
figures, spending a bit more time on the females (especially their faces). With
the males’ faces I left dark areas around the eyes/ nose/ mouth and under the
cheekbones. The sculpted faces are really nice and somewhat cartoony, and I
don’t know if this was a necessary step. My feeling is that the face is the
focal feature of a miniature and time spent here is not time wasted.
Anyway, I
pressed on (they were really fast to paint, 5-10 minutes per figure tops) and
painted over them with Walnut stain and left them to dry. I didn't water the Dip down far enough, and the miniatures are a bit dark for my tastes.
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| Army Painter. $A25 for 400mL |
I never used Testors but I've heard its the best matt finish but its so expensive!!! Nice blog btw, I've just joined up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, welcome aboard! Yeah, Dullcote always seems to get the vote. My feeling is 'you get what you pay for'.
DeleteHi, Barks: I use only Testors to flatten out a painted mini. IMO, you dip-to-shade method has had some good results. These are a nice set of minis.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay; I'm going to wait until I've finished the miniatures until I can say how happy I am with them!
DeleteI tried using dip for a while. I have more or less given up on it now. It works, most of the time but when it doesn't it goes really really bad. I have gone back to inks and highlighting. Most of the time inks get the job done better with a little bit more effort than the dip. I am still using the spray varnish tho. It makes the figures a lot more resilient to handling.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to save it for low-risk projects, where a muddy look is OK or where a consistent and/ or specific appearance isn't necessary. Still, it opens up a lot of options for when I'm time-poor.
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