Acrylic paints and hand-brushing for detail work
Aug 9, 2017 18:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by wardster on Aug 9, 2017 18:34:40 GMT -5
(On request from other users, I'm gonna move some things I said about using a certain kind of paint, from elsewhere to here. Just feels like it "goes better" here than in the middle of a group work-in-progress thread, for the "Back To Basics" contest.)
Anyway, here's what I snipped out of that other place, that I'll "drop here" ... where it will presumably be easier to find.
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As for what is the paint I used: it's a type of water-based acrylics. It's originally made for painting "Gaming Miniatures": little inch-tall metal castings. Tiny statues, in a sense. But the same paint would work for painting the figure busts included with, say, the Deal's Wheels line. Or pretty much any Fink.
The big thing with that style or type of paint is that you thin the heck out of it, and layer and layer it on. It's pretty much the opposite of "one coat actually covers" style of painting. That's on purpose, for a few reasons; one of which is that users who are used to the stuff can make subtle blends or "fades" and the like. Think of it sort of like hand-brush-able candies, that are intentionally flat instead of glossy.
One of the really cool features of using paints like that is that it dries to the touch in minutes. You can just layer to your heart's content. On something this size, go around it once, and the first stuff is dry. No waiting to speak of.
Plus, it's water-based, so it's not overly smelly or anything. Great for working around where others are.
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Best web link I can think of, for people who want a good quick introduction to the types of paints I used:
www.dndlead.com/Painting/Painting-Miniatures.htm
The link above, when I was first starting out with that kind of paint, was one of my all-time favorite short introductions. I just went back and re-read the few articles (look on the right side of that page for individual links) and I still love those articles!
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Outhouse paint job -- (paints used, resurrection tips for old paints, etc.):
For the wooden part of the outhouse's paint job I used some aging left-overs, from amongst the older paint lines that Reaper Minatures had once sold as their main paint product. The ones I had were drying up. It will likely be the last project I get to use those jars on. I went through all I had of those oldies, and I added some hardware-store Floetrol product to the little containers, to rejuvenate them; plus a tiny bit of water. Otherwise, I'd have had to throw those jars out. I don't like to waste stuff, if I can help it.
Any of Reaper's paints are fine products to try out, if a person is wanting to play around with unfamiliar-to-you types of paints. Reaper replaced the stuff I'm using with even-better-even-fancier stuff, some years ago. Even their older products that are, by their standards, obsolete (and half dried up, besides) work well. I kid you not: the paint I used was the stuff they used to include in "Learn to Paint" kits, that had one metal miniature; a brush; a few of their nicer / newer style of paints (in eye-dropper sized squeeze bottles); and several of their much older paints (in little plastic jars, with a flip-up lid).
I should mention that I'm not done with that part of the model -- what's seen there is mostly a basecoat. I want to layer that under other stuff, which, time permitting, I plan to do later. Short story on that is: same "hairspray" trick guys use for creating rust, that shows through a model car's paint job, could (in theory, anyway) be used to simulate flaking paint over old wood.
A side note: it's raining so often, where I live, that right now even if I wanted to use enamels I'd likely get horrible results. Or I assume I would, anyway. (Due to the ridiculous amounts of humidity in the air; and how much moisture shows up in my moisture trap on my compressor.) But the water-based, hand-brush-able stuff I'm using couldn't care less about humidity; so it's ideal.
Here's a web store's sales page, showing the "Learn to Paint Kits" that I bought, years ago. (And used on the outhouse seen in this thread.) I'm just including it, to show the stuff they sell ... or at least, used to sell. I'm not sure the kits are still even sold?
www.miniature-giant.com/learn-to-paint-kits-Reaper-c-857.html
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As for more info on what people do with gaming minis ... (some of which could pretty easily apply to toon figures) ...
Here's a link to Reaper's user forums. Their users have some cool how-to write-ups on painting, sculpting, etc.
www.reapermini.com/TheCraft
These guys have some decent general use type of write-ups. And I love their "Lasting Flow" product.
www.miniature-giant.com/paint-reaper-Reaper-c-560.html
The link above is to a place called "Miniature Giant". They sell Reaper's products; and because of that, they have good explanations on what they sell. Unfortunately, they're sometimes out of stock (kind of often) but that wouldn't matter to someone just reading up on what the stuff is, or how it works, and so on. (It's way different than using most hobby paints: enamels, lacquers, whatever. Anything has a learning curve.)
Here's some major eye candy, if a person picks up an interest in Gaming Minis:
www.coolminiornot.com/
That place sells a digital, downloadable collection of how-to articles. 400 pages worth of instruction, for like $10 bucks.
www.coolminiornot.com/shop/downloadables/ultimate-painting-guide-link.html
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Anyway, here's what I snipped out of that other place, that I'll "drop here" ... where it will presumably be easier to find.
= = = = =
As for what is the paint I used: it's a type of water-based acrylics. It's originally made for painting "Gaming Miniatures": little inch-tall metal castings. Tiny statues, in a sense. But the same paint would work for painting the figure busts included with, say, the Deal's Wheels line. Or pretty much any Fink.
The big thing with that style or type of paint is that you thin the heck out of it, and layer and layer it on. It's pretty much the opposite of "one coat actually covers" style of painting. That's on purpose, for a few reasons; one of which is that users who are used to the stuff can make subtle blends or "fades" and the like. Think of it sort of like hand-brush-able candies, that are intentionally flat instead of glossy.
One of the really cool features of using paints like that is that it dries to the touch in minutes. You can just layer to your heart's content. On something this size, go around it once, and the first stuff is dry. No waiting to speak of.
Plus, it's water-based, so it's not overly smelly or anything. Great for working around where others are.
= = = = =
Best web link I can think of, for people who want a good quick introduction to the types of paints I used:
www.dndlead.com/Painting/Painting-Miniatures.htm
The link above, when I was first starting out with that kind of paint, was one of my all-time favorite short introductions. I just went back and re-read the few articles (look on the right side of that page for individual links) and I still love those articles!
= = = = =
Outhouse paint job -- (paints used, resurrection tips for old paints, etc.):
For the wooden part of the outhouse's paint job I used some aging left-overs, from amongst the older paint lines that Reaper Minatures had once sold as their main paint product. The ones I had were drying up. It will likely be the last project I get to use those jars on. I went through all I had of those oldies, and I added some hardware-store Floetrol product to the little containers, to rejuvenate them; plus a tiny bit of water. Otherwise, I'd have had to throw those jars out. I don't like to waste stuff, if I can help it.
Any of Reaper's paints are fine products to try out, if a person is wanting to play around with unfamiliar-to-you types of paints. Reaper replaced the stuff I'm using with even-better-even-fancier stuff, some years ago. Even their older products that are, by their standards, obsolete (and half dried up, besides) work well. I kid you not: the paint I used was the stuff they used to include in "Learn to Paint" kits, that had one metal miniature; a brush; a few of their nicer / newer style of paints (in eye-dropper sized squeeze bottles); and several of their much older paints (in little plastic jars, with a flip-up lid).
I should mention that I'm not done with that part of the model -- what's seen there is mostly a basecoat. I want to layer that under other stuff, which, time permitting, I plan to do later. Short story on that is: same "hairspray" trick guys use for creating rust, that shows through a model car's paint job, could (in theory, anyway) be used to simulate flaking paint over old wood.
A side note: it's raining so often, where I live, that right now even if I wanted to use enamels I'd likely get horrible results. Or I assume I would, anyway. (Due to the ridiculous amounts of humidity in the air; and how much moisture shows up in my moisture trap on my compressor.) But the water-based, hand-brush-able stuff I'm using couldn't care less about humidity; so it's ideal.
Here's a web store's sales page, showing the "Learn to Paint Kits" that I bought, years ago. (And used on the outhouse seen in this thread.) I'm just including it, to show the stuff they sell ... or at least, used to sell. I'm not sure the kits are still even sold?
www.miniature-giant.com/learn-to-paint-kits-Reaper-c-857.html
= = = = =
As for more info on what people do with gaming minis ... (some of which could pretty easily apply to toon figures) ...
Here's a link to Reaper's user forums. Their users have some cool how-to write-ups on painting, sculpting, etc.
www.reapermini.com/TheCraft
These guys have some decent general use type of write-ups. And I love their "Lasting Flow" product.
www.miniature-giant.com/paint-reaper-Reaper-c-560.html
The link above is to a place called "Miniature Giant". They sell Reaper's products; and because of that, they have good explanations on what they sell. Unfortunately, they're sometimes out of stock (kind of often) but that wouldn't matter to someone just reading up on what the stuff is, or how it works, and so on. (It's way different than using most hobby paints: enamels, lacquers, whatever. Anything has a learning curve.)
Here's some major eye candy, if a person picks up an interest in Gaming Minis:
www.coolminiornot.com/
That place sells a digital, downloadable collection of how-to articles. 400 pages worth of instruction, for like $10 bucks.
www.coolminiornot.com/shop/downloadables/ultimate-painting-guide-link.html
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Thanks for posting it !