Penlan Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Now as I do not seem to get any results in Search for something I KNOW I've seen in the last few days.... Somebody has painted over a 120 Preiser/Prieser seated figures.... What primers are recommended and what is a suitable colour for skin (face) tones for figures seated behind glass in coaches... please. Penlan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cnw6847 Posted October 30, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2009 When i've painted preiser figures I haven't used a primer. The plastic will accept oil based or water based paints. I have used Humbrol flesh colour for skin, which can have other colours to lighten or darken the skin colour. There are various other brands that do flesh colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Halfords grey primer then either acrylics or enamel then satin varnish to tone all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2512silverfox Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Far less messy. Spray white u/c - always, then paint with designers gouache which is waterbased, dries mat, and can be thinned to paint very fine detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 As stated, Games Workshop is a good place to start, the paints are also available in some model shops. They do a good choice of skin tones. I always use acrylics and never prime plastic figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted October 31, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2009 I can also recommend Vallejo (Modelcolor) acrylics - I find these have good covering ability and are very richly pigmented and dry fast. I do use a primer from the same range though. http://www.vallejopaints.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Skin tones.......always tricky. I now use brown or light tan let down with white. Looks far more realistic than 'flesh' which is to yellowy for me (looks like a dead body!). Worse is those horrible 'pink' flesh tones! I havent re painted Preisers, but got a pack here of unpainted white hard plastic so think any of the above would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 31, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2009 I can also recommend Vallejo (Modelcolor) acrylics - I find these have good covering ability and are very richly pigmented and dry fast. I do use a primer from the same range though. http://www.vallejopaints.co.uk/ Also available at some branches of Antics although I haven't.tried them myself yet. http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1605_1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Many thanks for the suggestions so far - the figures (seated) are for coaches, I feel the 4mm ones look far to big in coaches and the heads seem to be to high relative to the bottom of the windows. Thus I've chosen the 3.5mm Preiser figures. It seems some of the existing figures (30+ years old) may need a touch up as well, Stubby47's close up at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_10_2009/post-7025-12569376244823.jpg is a bit embarrassing - that's the trouble with digital photography. Penlan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertiedog Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Dark grey primer and any old paint that is handy!!! mainly acrylics for figures, art shop types are fine, a cheap set of Chinese will give a full set of all possible colours. Finish with a durable varnish to taste. I use Testors Dullcote, or Ronseal satin varnish A tip from Military painting experts is to paint pure black as the base, and then add colour layers, and patches, leaving the the black finish in the shadows, military figure painters use this idea, giving more modelling to the paintwork, but frankly it only works down to 7mm figures, 4mm figures are just too small to get the full benefit. For skin tone, mix to match the back of your hand in the light that the figure is to be viewed in, it works well. Start with white plus red, and add yellow and then tone down with black, and the shade should look 100%. Paint a streak across the back of the hand and see if it matches, quite safe with acrylics! For faces the colour should be adjusted for the highlights with extra red/white/yellow etc., and dry brushed with white to pick out the detail like the nose. Hands are usually darker richer shades than the face. The 3.5 mm Preiser figures are not very detailed anyway, the moulding is a bit plain, and for close up detail you will have to paint it on. Copies of the figures are on the market from Hong Kong suppliers in several scales. I suspect they are moulded in the Far East for Preiser anyway. Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Vallejo comes in multiple flesh tones, so you don't have all the faces looking the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted October 31, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2009 A tip from Military painting experts is to paint pure black as the base, and then add colour layers, and patches, leaving the the black finish in the shadows, military figure painters use this idea, giving more modelling to the paintwork, but frankly it only works down to 7mm figures, 4mm figures are just too small to get the full benefit. Glad to hear you say that last bit, I've been experimenting with this technique in 4mm and had high hopes for it, but the results didn't quite make it seem worth it. Thought it was just me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted October 31, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2009 A step by step guide to figure painting can be found here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/1306-northern-maidens-paint-shed/ Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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