CashWiley Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The one in the KS subforum about the brushes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnifix Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Well, with the exception of basing, I'm going to call my first Anhurian Man-at-arms done. Two photos for y'all. Leathers halfway done. I was going to post this then realised I'd fallen into the newbie trap of not doing the ties on his pants, so went back and just ended up finishing the job. And done, with the exception of touchups and colouring on the base. Overall I'm rather proud of my efforts, but I would appreciate any feedback. In particular, I found drybrushing basically impossible. I don't really know why, I know I could do it when I was 13 and painting warhams, so not really sure what has changing. It seemed as though I either had too much paint on my brush and it would act like paint, or like a wash if it was too thin, or I'd have so little the effect wasn't visible or the paint would dry before I got any onto the little fellow. I ended up throwing spot highlights in instead, which I'm happy with. I did have a question regarding basing as well. It looking at the base, it seems like I should have either trimmed his base off, or used greenstuff to raise the level of the plastic base up so it would create a flat ground level. I'll read some basing tuts (already looked at some) but not really sure what the best way is to cope with brocolli bases. When I was prepping I found the metal difficult to work with and was concerned to try just cutting through it. And now, onto the Barrow Rat. This guy has way too much paint on him. I'm going to go back and lighten him up with some tanned skin when I have a moment then proceed to his hideous boils. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnifix Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I failed at WIPing again. Pretty happy with how this fellow turned out. Tail is definitely the low point, but I did learn lots. The eyes on this fellow were much easier to paint. Will be fun to base him as well. But now... on to L2PK2! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Just got the kit today. I was muddling along with just Internet tutorials, but decided a guided series of figures would help with the fundamentals. That, and the kits are a great deal. I am looking forward to posting later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) And later it is. I washed up both minis after cleaning them up a bit. I then mixed a thinning medium for the primer and paints (40% water, 40% Flow Aid, 10% Drying Retarder, 10% Matte Medium). to help me with issues I have had so far, which include paint control, and the paint drying on the detail brush before I use it. I mixed enough to fill a 2 oz bottle, so that should last me a while. So.. without further ado.. Primed Anhurian: Primed rat: Base coated the fur and skin of the rat since they both get the same wash I noticed a few bare spots, so I touched them up after taking the photo. The thinning medium worked great, and let me get a lot of control around the eyes and lower lip, where fine painting was needed. The viscosity was also just about spot on when mixed with the paint 1:1, Edited August 10, 2013 by papadage 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Knight Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 And later it is. I washed up both minis after cleaning them up a bit. I then mixed a thinning medium for the primer and paints (40% water, 40% Flow Aid, 10% Drying Retarder, 10% Matte Medium). to help me with issues I have had so far, which include paint control, and the paint drying on the detail brush before I use it. I mixed enough to fill a 2 oz bottle, so that should last me a while... The thinning medium worked great, and let me get a lot of control around the eyes and lower lip, where fine painting was needed. The viscosity was also just about spot on when mixed with the paint 1:1... Interesting. That recipe is the one from The Craft article on thinning paints, correct? That was designed for the old Pro Paints... Master Series Paints have flow aid mixed with them already, and shouldn't need that kind of aggressive mixture. Plain water should do it. Of course, if it's working for you, then it's obviously not the wrong course of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) When using plain water, the paint dried too quickly, and the pigment sort of fell out of suspension. It's been working well, so I'll stick with it for now, and then maybe experiment a bit with some of it later, Maybe I'll split the batch in two, add a bit more retarder to the half, and then add more matte medium and water. Next step... washed with Walnut Brown thinned with the stuff above, and then dry brushed with Tanned Skin. I also touched up the lip, since dry brushing did not get all of it. Edited August 10, 2013 by papadage 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Good progress! The key I've learned thus far in my year of painting is: whatever works for you. And then once you get comfortable with that, you can branch out and try other things. Or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie was taken Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'm new to the whole painting thing, but last month I started on the LTPKs. I think they came out pretty good for my first try! It does get easier, at least. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) The instructions seem to be off a bit. Washing the boils with red just makes the paint run off them. I had to clean it up and use multiple layers of a slightly thicker mix. I also don't understand the point of painting the ears separately, if they are the a same colors as the rest of the fur. As some painters said earlier in the thread, the instructionsa re not very efficient. Edited August 9, 2013 by papadage 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Loki approves... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Barrow Rat is done. I am not a fan of the instructions, as it results in a lot of otherwise unnecessary cleanup and paint waste, but it's a good intro. OK.. The man in maile gets started tomorrow.. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 When I went through the instructions, I split out everything so I was doing all the stuff with each color at once. There is definitely room for streamlining the instructions from that angle in kit 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 This time I blocked off each major color at once, and then came back and picked out the smaller details. So the pants were done at once, and then the straps were done over the blue. The chain was all done in silver, and then the belts done over that. It was much faster and allowed me to ignore small errors in staying in the lines. since I would be going back with each color to clean up borders. Then a heavy black-brown wash was done over the entire figure at once. I did a try at the eyes, but the one is so recessed, it's giving me issues. I'll worry about it in the morning,m before coming back to dry brush and highlight. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papadage Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 OK.. so, finally done with the two figures in the Learn to Paint Kit. It was a bit frustrating holding back and using their primer, their brushes, and then following their directions, bit in the end the result is not bad. The biggest issue I had was the brush on primer. On the Man at Arms, it barely held, so I got bad paint coverage. Also, their brushes are crap, and clog up with paint that is not thinned a lot, so I was having problems with paint control and had to keep going back over mistakes constantly. With the next kit, I will use my Army Painter primer and my sable brushes. Man at Arms.. notice the blotchiness and chalky finish.. The finished pair.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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