Post by deraltefritz on Jun 27, 2022 18:45:09 GMT
Have been experimenting with the new range of Speedpaints (https://www.thearmypainter.com/speedpaint/) from the Army Painter. These are a thin type of paint which allows the pigment to flow into crevices and folds and build up there to automatically create shadows and highlights. One coat of paint can now replace three or four coats with base, highlights, shadows and superhighlights.
Experiment 1: Hardened Leather used as basecoat over grey acrylic undercoat. Really brought out the figures on the Deployed range. Followed up with a white highlight along the lower half of the figures and a blue highlight along the top half of the figure and a black top. Quite a good result with individual figures brought out
Experiment 2: As above Grey undercoat, Hardened leather speedpaint base coat, white lower half top coat. Then a Highlord Blue topcoat on the top half. The idea beingt hat the bue would seep down the crevice in between men to produce a more nuanced divide between white and blue. Did not really work as blue was hard to control and was too thin on top.
Experiment 3: The other trial was on Army Painter Washes using Strong Tone (https://shop.thearmypainter.com/eu/quickshade/washes). A group of buildings was painted in normal acrylic colours. Then they were gives good coat of Strong Tone Wash which adds a very thin layer of a brownish wash and the idea is that the pigment collects in crevices as a dark shade (like in window recesses) aand gives a general dulling effect and tomes down the bright colours of acrylic paints. Effect was quite good however it was difficult to get the colour to pool in places like window recesses consistently. However the dulling effect of the Strong Tone was quite effective and helped pick out details on the models.
Experiment 1: Hardened Leather used as basecoat over grey acrylic undercoat. Really brought out the figures on the Deployed range. Followed up with a white highlight along the lower half of the figures and a blue highlight along the top half of the figure and a black top. Quite a good result with individual figures brought out
Experiment 2: As above Grey undercoat, Hardened leather speedpaint base coat, white lower half top coat. Then a Highlord Blue topcoat on the top half. The idea beingt hat the bue would seep down the crevice in between men to produce a more nuanced divide between white and blue. Did not really work as blue was hard to control and was too thin on top.
Experiment 3: The other trial was on Army Painter Washes using Strong Tone (https://shop.thearmypainter.com/eu/quickshade/washes). A group of buildings was painted in normal acrylic colours. Then they were gives good coat of Strong Tone Wash which adds a very thin layer of a brownish wash and the idea is that the pigment collects in crevices as a dark shade (like in window recesses) aand gives a general dulling effect and tomes down the bright colours of acrylic paints. Effect was quite good however it was difficult to get the colour to pool in places like window recesses consistently. However the dulling effect of the Strong Tone was quite effective and helped pick out details on the models.
