cross hatching?

[SebastianRushworth]

Hi, long time no see yaddayadda

Anyone have any good examples of minis painted with a cross-hatching style?

 

[Ritual]

Hi Sebastian! Nice to see a sign of life from you!

I\'ve used a sort of cross-hatching technique on some of my minis and you\'ve seen them in hand. I used very thin paint, so you can\'t really see the cross-hatching, but the result is a very dull surface that gives the impression of having a coarse texture.

 

[SebastianRushworth]

Hi Anders When are you coming to Umeå?

Yeah, but I was thinking more of entire minis painted with cross hatching, like using it for highlighting and shading rather than just for a worn effect in particular areas. Know of any examples?

 

[Ritual]

Soon! Either last weekend in April or first in May. And you\'ll be getting the Master of Carnage!

I did use cross-hatching for basically all the metals on my two persecutor minis, for instance.

 

[SebastianRushworth]

Yippee!!

links?

 

[Avelorn]

I presume you mean comic-style crosshatching as a way of highlighting and shading? Never seen that But I have thought about doing that for some time.

I did do some pretty coarse and well slightly sloppy crosshatching on my first Gandalfs cloak (over two years ago now.. time passes quickly) to make it look old and weared. The effect came out half decent non the less.

 

[Ritual]

They are in my gallery. Yeah, I\'m lazy... :innocent:

@Avelorn
Yes, in a way. What I did was apply highlights mainly in a cross-hatch pattern. I used very thin paint so that you can\'t really see the brush strokes. After several layers, though, a smoothly blended highlighting is achieved with a very dull appearance that makes you think of a coarse and roughed-up surface. I think that is what Seb is after.

 

[Greg Ellis]

There are some orcs in the \"How to Paint Citadel Miniatures\" book that are painted this way, if you happen to have access to that book.

They\'re fairly hideous, though.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

I\'ve thought of trying this myself, and also trying pointilism, but never actually did it.

I was thinking it would look rather cool on a black and white mini, make it look like it was 3d yet hand drawn. Unfortunately I\'m not very skilled and certain any attempt would look way worse irl then the concept in my head.

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Gilvan Blight
I\'ve thought of trying this myself, and also trying pointilism, but never actually did it.

pointilism?! eh? whats that then?

 

[Ritual]

Pointilism is using dots of a selection of colours to create the impression of a wider range of subtle nuances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism

 

[freakinacage]

thanks anders - got any examples on minis?

 

[DaN]

The best example of pointellism in everyday life is newspaper printing (Or anything printed by bubblejet really)

Artist wise, think:

Georges-Pierre Seurat

Or

Roy Lichenstein

 

[Ritual]

No, I\'m not aware of any mini where pointilism has been used in its true form. Automaton used some kind of dotting technique on the skin of his Varghar wolfen model though.

http://guildofharmony.com/varghar.php

It\'s a subtle use of small dots but the result is really great.

 

[freakinacage]

thanks dude

 

[Avelorn]

Alexi Z has done some dotting recently too.

Like on this one and this one and as well on her Desdemone.

 

[alexholmen]

Hi guys,

Hardy Tempest is probably the best at this technique: http://hardytempest.moonfruit.com/

He has an article \"pilot article\" where he explains how he did this on a cloak. I think he received best of show for it and it looks fantastic!

Best wishes
//ALEX

 

[Bill]

Wow! What a name