GETTING TO KNOW YOU.... SEPTEMBER 2020 …GTKY

[TaleSpinner]

7 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

I used to base coat first and then work each area up.  I still do sometimes, but more and more I skip that and just paint each area and then go back and unify the mini as an end step.

[Zink]

7 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

I generally base coat everything first so that I have an idea what it will look like overall. Then I start to work on details and highlights in individual areas. Any time I do too much nice work on one area I'll mess it up when I do my rough work on a neighbouring area. So I try to get all of the rough work out of the way first.

[Thoramel]

7 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

I usually do the latter. Except when I'm painting animals or creatures. Then I like to do my basecoat of the whole thing first and slowly add in contrast and detail. 

[klarg1]

8 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

Yes.

[CaptainPete]

On 9/8/2020 at 11:53 PM, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 9th:

Do you typically paint your figures just like the manufacturer sample, (i.e. the box art), or do you get creative?

Very rarely. I like to go for what I think works best for what I want. Sometimes it matches what it "should" be, sometimes it doesn't.

 

8 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

I usually do a base on each area (armor/clothes, skin, weapons/gear, etc) and slowly build it up. That way I don't have to worry too much about correcting mistakes.

[Inarah]

9 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

I try to block in basic colors to see how it looks first. It's not a complete base coat. Then I work on whatever seems interesting at the time.  Could be skin, could be a cloak, could be getting black down on all the areas that need it. 

 

 

[Pezler the Polychromatic]

10 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

I prime the entire thing first, and then work on the largest parts first. Usually. Since I use contrast paints extensively, sometimes it's better to paint smaller areas with regular paints first since it's easier to clean those up if you slop contrast paints on them, but it's exceedingly difficult to clean up contrast paints if you get regular paint on them.

 

 

3 hours ago, buglips*the*goblin said:

 

They do, but this forum is a pretty tiny part of their overall outreach.  It does sometimes get less attention than it perhaps deserves, but compared to the overall social media presence and reach this forum is only a small sliver of the actual community.  Jon has been working super hard, harder than anyone ever, to improve Reaper's outreach and communication across every channel.  I would even say a lot harder than many of you know or appreciate, because he hasn't been treated especially well on here and I find that grossly unfair.  I know how hard he is working for the Reaper community.  Where information has been lacking with regards to Reapercon or other announcements, failure to mention it on here is not, IMO, on him.  He's working the equivalent of like 5 jobs and I'm pretty sure he hasn't slept since 2019.  But those of us who saw that information, like yours truly, could (and should) have exercised some initiative to come here and make sure it was all posted to help give him some relief and also make sure everyone is on board with what they need to know.  In the future, I will make a greater effort to do that.  

I can't believe I'm saying this, but.......I'm looking forward to having more Buglips in my life.

[MoonglowMinis]

10 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

It depends on the mini.  I used to base coat the whole thing, douse it in a wash, then go back and highlight.  But as I've moved more towards layering, I will often complete a whole area first, then move on.  Lately I've been basing multiple areas (not necessarily the whole mini) then focusing in and layering up the highlights on one spot at a time - or multiple spots using the same colors.  But if i anticipate using an all-over wash then I will base the whole thing first.

[CashWiley]

11 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

Base coat to learn the details and develop the overall scheme.

 

On 9/9/2020 at 2:53 AM, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 9th:

Do you typically paint your figures just like the manufacturer sample, (i.e. the box art), or do you get creative?

I often use reference, sometimes it's box art, but usually I have some concept in mind ahead of time. That's why I've done proportionally a lot of stuff like Deadpimp, or Chelaxian Ororo, etc.

[redambrosia]

12 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

[Chaoswolf]

14 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

Generally, it's the former. However, I reserve the right to do it in any way that I want to.

[Weird-O]

15 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

 

It varies. For machines, like mechs and ships, I usually prefer to do the whole base, then any weathering and other bits when possible.

 

For fleshies, I often find it better to do by sections. Though if I can shade all the non-skin areas of a figure at once, I'll try to.

[haldir]

When I did do colors,I liked working on areas vs overall.

[Dragoneye]

16 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

I used to go section by section. But I realized it was causing me (specifically) problems as an artist. Then I learned to basecoat everything and then go work details.... that really didn't work for me either. Now I sort of 'Wappel it'. But watching me paint feels more like watching a train wreck... Wappel is like watching magic.

[Werkrobotwerk]

18 hours ago, TGP said:

Query for Sept. 10th:

Do you base coat an entire figure first, then go back and add details, shading, etc. —or— do you complete an entire area first before moving on?

depends what I'm painting.

if I'm doing something with big smooth areas, I usually will do the color with largest coverage area with it's shading then move onto the details.

if a model has a more broken up color scheme and few flat areas I'm more likely to do the base colors then start of on shadows and highlights.

If I'm doing strong OSL I start with highlights and deepest shadows then move on to mid tones.