Colour scale effect

[minimaker]

Hi,

this was just discussed over at an AFV scale modelling site and thought you might be interested too:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_scaleeffect.htm

Of course, this is more applicable to those situations where you want to reproduce specific real colours like those on military vehicles.

Only oddity to me is that it\'s only white that is used. So colours end up bleached.

Bye, Ming-Hua

 

[Einion]

Yeah, scale colour is an interesting topic, it was mentioned in passing on pF a short while ago. From what I can see it\'s rarely done by figure painters, at least not in the same way that it is for aircraft (and to a lesser extent armour).

Originally posted by minimaker
Only oddity to me is that it\'s only white that is used. So colours end up bleached.

That pretty accurately mimics the effect they\'re trying to replicate, with most paints.

Einion

 

[No Such Agency]

From what I can see it\'s rarely done by figure painters

I think that\'s because military modelers tend to be more \"grognard\"* than fantasy painters - they are trying for anal-retentive accuracy and photo-realism. We tend to be more interested in \"hyper-realism\" where things are a bit exaggerated.

* from French for \"grumbler\", supposedly due to their complaining about inaccuracies.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

I\'m part of a \'regular\' modelers group (tanks,planes, ships etc...). The attention to detail and historical accuracy is UNBELIEVEABLE. The results are likewise UNBELIEVEABLE. Do a google search on IPMS (international plastic modelers society) and see what is possible.

 

[D.O.Error]

Originally posted by minimaker
Hi,

this was just discussed over at an AFV scale modelling site and thought you might be interested too:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_scaleeffect.htm

Of course, this is more applicable to those situations where you want to reproduce specific real colours like those on military vehicles.

Only oddity to me is that it\'s only white that is used. So colours end up bleached.

Bye, Ming-Hua

Objects look lighter as they are viewed from further away (with a few exceptions). The effect that they are going for by adding white and fading the colors is to give their models the appearance that you are looking at a large model from far away, rather than a small model from up close. The smaller the model is the “further away” it is so they use more white on the smaller scales.

It’s an interesting topic but probably not that useful to your average fantasy/sci-fi mini painter.