Any advice for 120mm minis(well not so miniature but ho hum...)

[nick232]

well....

just bought a 120mm german great coat, by tamiya, and its become a bit of a bitch to paint i cany get nice smooth layers, have just started to get the hang of blending on 30mm, but this, its a whole differant ball game, i have tried about ten times over the last two days to get it smooth, and the colours natural, and NOTHING works, help......,please!

 

[sg2009]

I\'m guessing that bigger the mini bigger the brush you should use ??? so there are fewer brush strokes.

i dont know if brush size makes a difference but im guessing it does.

hope i helped a little

sam

 

[Legacy Account]

Much smaller graduations in your highlights and more of them.

 

[freakinacage]

try oils for larger scale, they can be great fun (hard work but worth the payoff!)

bear in mind you will need less contrast on someting that scale

 

[Dragonsreach]

For large flat areas in that scale you are looking as some serious hard work and care and attention.
As sg2009 suggested you might want to consider using a good quality flat brush for the larger areas for smooth cover.
Also in this scale attention to brush marks is highly important, and Spacemunkie has it right on about the garduations and highlights.

 

[nick232]

i\'m using GW colours (even though i have now got a selection a vellejo paints) and i\'m wandering what i would add to catachan green to get a natural colour, and also how i would shade it.

~nick

 

[sg2009]

for a natural colour try adding khaki to it or a simular colour. for shading try adding a bit of scorched and a bit of black to catachan green.

hope i helped

 

[nick232]

thanks sam, most of the model is green

 

[sg2009]

i thought germans had grey uniforms or is that just officers ???

 

[nick232]

well according to my grandpa\'s uniform they didn\'t.....

 

[sg2009]

http://www.replicaters.com/ww2%20german%20army%20uni/ww2%20german%20army%20FG%20German%20Great%20Coat%201%20(1).jpg

http://www.armynavydeals.com/asp/images/product_images/bgermgreato1.jpg

http://www.packrat-toyz.com/images/DID/80040%20Great%20Coat.jpg

looks like they came in a range of colours ???

 

[generulpoleaxe]

for more natural colours add a hint of grey.
you don\'t want bright saturated colours, you want them to be desaturated.

use complimentary colours for shading as well.

if you can, strip it, get Jeremies (bragon) dvd and try out the techniques on 30mm minis.
then get some larger brushes and use those techniques on the larger one.

it wil help you get the more gradual shading/highlighting you are after.

figure international is a good magazine and will realy help with it\' articles on painting larger scale minis (various coolmini painters have made an appearance in it with articles in the past)

http://www.historexagents.com/shop/hxsearchresults.php?SupplierCode=FI

take your time with it, large scale pieces need a lot of patience.

 

[nick232]

Originally posted by sg2009
http://www.replicaters.com/ww2%20german%20army%20uni/ww2%20german%20army%20FG%20German%20Great%20Coat%201%20(1).jpg

http://www.armynavydeals.com/asp/images/product_images/bgermgreato1.jpg

http://www.packrat-toyz.com/images/DID/80040%20Great%20Coat.jpg

looks like they came in a range of colours ???

if you have noticed, one is an ss jacket and the other is an officers jacket and the other is a great coat

 

[sg2009]

o ok :redface: lol

 

[nick232]

sam what is that avitar ment to be???

 

[sg2009]

OMG !!!! its WALL-E look at my profile for bigger pic

 

[nick232]

WTF!

 

[sg2009]

wall-e is a new film coming out soon and thats wall-e

changed it to yoda

 

[Avelorn]

On larger scales you can use wetblending, Oils and airbrushes more easily.. so it\'s not necessarly more difficult to blend if you have these tools in your toolbox. The contrast of the miniature is dependent on the chosen lightsource, I wouldn\'t say that you necessarly need lower contrast on the miniature, but as the areas are large it can be difficult to do a lot of contrast and still keep it smooth.