freehand question
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Another thought.
Probably not too useful to you...maybe more interest to other readers.
Masking tape.
You need low-tack tape or to repeatedly apply and remove the tape to something first to reduce it\'s tackiness.
Trace design onto tape - you can put several pieces of tape together on a piece of plasticard if necessary.
Cut out the major parts of the design with a scalpel.
Attach to model and either stipple or (preferably) airbrush design.
This (obviously) is most useful for angular repeated designs like US stars or suchlike.
I figure you could maybe use a variation to get the proportions of something right.
Lay in the rough major outline on the model using strips of low-tack masking tape and mark these out to aid your free-hand.
I\'ve used this and I\'ve tried painting through stencils aren\'t stuck onto the model. The latter doesn\'t work for me.
Capillary action takes the paint through under the stencil.
I have a bunch of ww2 1/72 brass stencils I just can\'t get to work for this reason.
There\'s also another odd way of tracing.
It\'s currently thought that a number of old masters used a lens to project an image onto canvas and painted using this as a guide.
Like a sort of camera obscura.
Anyhow.
If you had a projector or maybe a projector monitor you could maybe do something similar by projecting onto a white primed tank.
I saw one of these make-over things on TV where the designer used an OHP to project some cursive writing on their wall and used this technique. She roughed it in with pencil first, which I reckon\'d be best. Never tried this latter method.
Probably not too useful to you...maybe more interest to other readers.
Masking tape.
You need low-tack tape or to repeatedly apply and remove the tape to something first to reduce it\'s tackiness.
Trace design onto tape - you can put several pieces of tape together on a piece of plasticard if necessary.
Cut out the major parts of the design with a scalpel.
Attach to model and either stipple or (preferably) airbrush design.
This (obviously) is most useful for angular repeated designs like US stars or suchlike.
I figure you could maybe use a variation to get the proportions of something right.
Lay in the rough major outline on the model using strips of low-tack masking tape and mark these out to aid your free-hand.
I\'ve used this and I\'ve tried painting through stencils aren\'t stuck onto the model. The latter doesn\'t work for me.
Capillary action takes the paint through under the stencil.
I have a bunch of ww2 1/72 brass stencils I just can\'t get to work for this reason.
There\'s also another odd way of tracing.
It\'s currently thought that a number of old masters used a lens to project an image onto canvas and painted using this as a guide.
Like a sort of camera obscura.
Anyhow.
If you had a projector or maybe a projector monitor you could maybe do something similar by projecting onto a white primed tank.
I saw one of these make-over things on TV where the designer used an OHP to project some cursive writing on their wall and used this technique. She roughed it in with pencil first, which I reckon\'d be best. Never tried this latter method.
I remember reading about airbrush artists using a clear plastic(?) film called Frisket Film to mask artwork on cars. This would seem to have the advantages of masking tape but be more flexible in tracing designs and cutting out stencils. And as is stuck to the model the bleeding of paint under it should be slight!
I did a quick search and got a link -
http://www.misterart.com/store/view.cfm?cat_id=78&group_id=998&store=001
Hope this helps
I did a quick search and got a link -
http://www.misterart.com/store/view.cfm?cat_id=78&group_id=998&store=001
Hope this helps
vincegamer
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Practice!!!
My experience is not that complicated a pattern, but I freehanded a rampant lion onto the right shoulderpad of most of my space marines. It\'s amazing what repetition will do.
What\'s my point? Well, you could just freehand the picture several times (if you are cautious, do it on paper a few times first) and when you are happy with the result, you can repeat it. You\'ll be surprised how consistent you get. Not perfectly, but with my marines it\'s all supposed to be hand done anyway so minor variations are expected.
My experience is not that complicated a pattern, but I freehanded a rampant lion onto the right shoulderpad of most of my space marines. It\'s amazing what repetition will do.
What\'s my point? Well, you could just freehand the picture several times (if you are cautious, do it on paper a few times first) and when you are happy with the result, you can repeat it. You\'ll be surprised how consistent you get. Not perfectly, but with my marines it\'s all supposed to be hand done anyway so minor variations are expected.
