So far, so good. What scale are you working in? 

You might like to take a look at the Games Workshop range of paints, particularly the washes they make. They are designed for figure painting, and they really are good. You can almost get away with putting base coats on then applying a wash. Human nature is to concentrate on faces when looking at figures, so they can make or break a good miniature. Try a basecoat, a wash, then dry brushing a very delicate highlight on the top. Also consider 'blacklining' - this is a technique where you seperate out different areas of the model by a fine line of black. It's considered old fashioned by the figure-painting community, but personally I like it.

ray

So far, so good. What scale are you working in? 

 

You might like to take a look at the Games Workshop range of paints, particularly the washes they make. They are designed for figure painting, and they really are good. You can almost get away with putting base coats on then applying a wash. Human nature is to concentrate on faces when looking at figures, so they can make or break a good miniature. Try a basecoat, a wash, then dry brushing a very delicate highlight on the top. Also consider 'blacklining' - this is a technique where you seperate out different areas of the model by a fine line of black. It's considered old fashioned by the figure-painting community, but personally I like it.

 

ray

Thanks Ray,

This is a 4 mm figure.

The great problem is that the only way to get specialized paints is that I have to order them by internet. Sheperd Paine write in his book that the choice of paint is personal one and that acrylic paints can be used.

Diluting them with the acrylic medium gave me a good usable paint. Artist acrylic paints are easily available for me. I only use quality branches.

I looked again to some pictures and I think I can improve the figure with some more visual highlighting and I will try your suggestion about blackening on figure I have already primed. The highlights looking good when I hold the figure in my hand but it is not to see on the picture. I also looked at some pictures of war gaming figures and saw that there where almost no details made to the faces.

That was fun, having the singing in the background while reading :-)

 

Well this is a very inspirational post again, Job. The painting "sticks" are an excellent idea, thanks for that. What are you using to hold them in place? 

 

 

The song was a hit in 1959.

The sticks are about 12 mm. I used a thick piece of wood to drill holes of 12 mm into them. I glued the other piece of wood below it. The sticks can stand on there self . In the top of the stick a made a small hole tho hold the figure. I also used some double sided tape on top of the stick. 

The sticks were very useful for the painting of my figure.

The best figures I have ever seen are by Karen( Rush) Butler, incredible modeller, we had Eric Treacey done, uncanny detail and all in 4mm too.

She specialises in facial features and all manner of details, these figures are handmade to individual requrements, not mass produced, if your interested, let me know :-)

Peter A L

The best figures I have ever seen are by Karen( Rush) Butler, incredible modeller, we had Eric Treacey done, uncanny detail and all in 4mm too.

She specialises in facial features and all manner of details, these figures are handmade to individual requrements, not mass produced, if your interested, let me know :-)

Peter A L

Thanks for the reply.

Does she have a website. I like to see some of her work.