Well, apologies for the bad pun. Been assembling more of the excellent Perry figures. Even splashed a bit of paint around. One thing is obvious though, while I can make the rest work, my 15mm techniques for painting flesh are not going to work.
The colours will eventually be those for Douglas
Base coat, lowlight then highlight.
ReplyDeleteYeah - I keep looking at the Saga and Dux Bellorum stuff and thinking ... nah, need to learn a new painting technique for them.
Then think ... hmm, maybe it's time I learnt a new painting technique.
Ah, that feeling that I love ... wargamer ambivalence!
my previous technique was base colour ('Tanned Flesh'), wash with very old Citadel 'Flesh Wash' - then highlight with a much lighter flesh colour. This works well on 15mm, but for 28, I think I need to replace the third highlight stage with blocking back in using tanned flesh, then a highlight colour with similar hues (I tried using the GW Kislev Flesh' but it comes out almost with a greenish hue..) plus potentially a grey wash for chins, painting in eyes, and a touch of dark flesh on the lower lip. The real challenge is to get enough variation without it looking like clown make-up.
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