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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 22, 2018 17:02:35 GMT -9
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate painting yellow on miniatures? No? Trust me, I hate hate hate painting yellow on miniatures. I could go on and on about it. But I won't. I am only mentioning it because I need to paint a yellow shirt on a Very Important miniature.
More to follow.
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Post by cowboyleland on Jan 23, 2018 4:48:45 GMT -9
Kirk?
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 23, 2018 8:21:24 GMT -9
Manchukuo school girl. Yellow shirt, blue skirt. I may go red and blue instead o.0
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Post by okumarts on Jan 23, 2018 8:34:52 GMT -9
I thought Kirk too...
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Post by okumarts on Jan 23, 2018 8:35:57 GMT -9
I usually give it a drybrushing of white and then at least two layers of yellow over that. I'll often put more yellow on (3x) than I usually do and then give it an orange wash. Yellow is a bugger in fine art as well.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 23, 2018 8:57:44 GMT -9
I usually give it a drybrushing of white and then at least two layers of yellow over that. I'll often put more yellow on (3x) than I usually do and then give it an orange wash. Yellow is a bugger in fine art as well. I use a base of dark yellow (like for panzers) because it gives opaque coverage and takes a wash well. Then I highlight with two separate yellows. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't o.0
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Post by lightning on Jan 23, 2018 9:01:40 GMT -9
It has been a while but for light colors I base with white. But dark yellow should work too. For me yellow usually is way too saturated, so I mix yellow with some white or grey and dilute it a little with water and then paint a couple of faint layers until I get the tone I am after.
And ... LOL "Kirk" :-)
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 23, 2018 9:43:23 GMT -9
Re: Kirk, all of my Star Trek stuff is done up in paper, okumarts and shep (among others) have been very good to me in this regard
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Post by shep on Jan 23, 2018 13:35:41 GMT -9
Re: Kirk, all of my Star Trek stuff is done up in paper, okumarts and shep (among others) have been very good to me in this regard Thanks for the flowers... When I have to paint minis yellow – there's still a small W40k Imperial Fists army waiting for me – I usually spray base with white or black, then add a thin base layer of yellow ochre, and then start painting with yellow (usually 3 to 4 thin layers). After that shading, washing, and glazing. Here's an example:
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Post by lightning on Jan 23, 2018 21:42:38 GMT -9
Awesome paint job!
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Post by shep on Jan 23, 2018 21:48:43 GMT -9
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Post by paintinglittlesods on Jan 23, 2018 23:24:56 GMT -9
I quite like painting yellow, though finding a decent paint to use as a base was a struggle until I started to use the Games Workshop one (Something sunset) and then use Vallejo paints for highlights.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 24, 2018 15:50:58 GMT -9
I think I've changed my mind to red instead of yellow.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 24, 2018 15:51:30 GMT -9
I can't seem to remember the last time I picked up a paintbrush and miniatures. Looking at my pallete, it was most likely when I was making some scenery; there is no other reason a yellow-tan wash would be on top of the rest o.0 Today, I painted a converted Manchukuo Imperial Army NCO for my next solo FiveCore game. I also started painting another group for the same, this time Chinese bandits. As I have been researching the WWII Manchuria history, I have become less fond of the Japanese, the various organized Chinese factions, and Manchukuo. At the same time, I have become increasingly sympathetic to the Chinese bandits, who were often farmers or labourers until the war destroyed their livelihood. As I generated my little FiveCore group, I felt a much stronger sense of narrative for the characters than I have for my Japanese group. More to follow about "Five Men In Manchuria" as it develops
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Post by lightning on Jan 24, 2018 22:08:14 GMT -9
I think I've changed my mind to red instead of yellow. Noooooooo! Man you make me want to start painting again. Not sure if I could do it again since the last time (many years ago) I painted, I started having to use glasses and probably would need some magnifying rack for the details...
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jan 25, 2018 6:18:18 GMT -9
Lol!
I started using reading glasses to paint (and read o.0) about two years ago. And regular glasses about a year ago. Kind of wishing I had gotten bifocals now...
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Post by paintinglittlesods on Jan 28, 2018 13:15:28 GMT -9
I usually paint for 2.5 hours at least four nights a week. It has always been very theraputic for me and I really enjoy it so while I have not played a game that often (maybe once a month at best) I have become a painter\collector most of the time.
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Post by lightning on Jan 29, 2018 22:08:51 GMT -9
The theraputic parts sound interesting. I can need that to get my head from stop worrying about my current paper model design.
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Post by shep on Jan 30, 2018 6:41:22 GMT -9
The theraputic parts sound interesting. I can need that to get my head from stop worrying about my current paper model design. It really works. When watching very long shows on TV – like RPGs on twitch, big sports events, or the Cologne Carnival Parade on Rose-Monday – I usually paint one or two minis. The combination is very relaxing.
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Post by Vermin King on Jan 30, 2018 7:31:13 GMT -9
Basketball games and baseball games are some of my best situations for paper models, too
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Post by paintinglittlesods on Jan 30, 2018 9:57:54 GMT -9
Well, I am a complete radish . Once the kids are in bed I paint in complete silence as we don't watch TV, my partner reads in bed. I would watch cricket if I was painting but as its all on paid sport channels I can't be arsed.
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