DSM-7102 Male Wizard - Dark Sword by tzor
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DSM-7102 Male Wizard - Dark Sword

Fantasy
Dark Sword
28mm

A very interesting mini. Since it was December I managed to throw a little Christmas reference in the mini (he has "Greensleaves"). I have started thining the paints using a combination of water (with a dash of dish soap) and some extended from a local craft store. As it behaves more like an ink the effect of the black primer is noticable.

Posted: 17 Dec 2005

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technopaint
I am going to say this... in your case... from the first part of a stroke to the last, the first part should be dry or you have too much paint on the brush making it impossible to control. Normally all you ever hear is 'thin your paints' well..... there is a second part to that ... it looks like with the thinner paints you are having control problems... the back of the mini shows it plain as day. If you painted in the eighties (god, so did I) drybrushing was everything... and lots on paint on the brush because we didn't use layers back then ... basecoat from the bottle, take a brush, wipe it off, rub it on... never figure out why it didn't turn out like McVey's work. well... thin the paints, and don't load with the amounts you used to... you paint is pooling, which is a sign of problems with control... which in your case looks like it is from too much paint/too much pressure... there is an article on reapermini website about thinning that talks about this, and minigrrl has an article on paint loads on the brush.... Read the articles it will help more than you can imagine, because it will give you a starting point to work from instead of just beating your head against the 'thin your paints!' wall.
22 Dec 2005 • Vote: 5
sniffles
I dislike black primer for the very reason that you are having problems with. It works best under darker colors. I'd also recommend going easy on the metallics; all the reflections tend to make everything lose detail visually. Is this finished or WIP?
19 Dec 2005 • Vote: 5
CaptNarcissisto
I think you may be getting too complicated with you paint thinning. As long as the paint is regular acrylic for minis (GW, Vallejo, etc..), you should get good results just thinning with water, unless trying very advanced techniques that you probably aren't quite ready for yet.. You also may want to prime white instead of black, except for metalic areas or very dark colors.
19 Dec 2005 • Vote: 5
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