Freehand?

[Duren86]

I am wondering what consistency or dilution ratio for your paints (rms) works best for freehand drawings? I\'m trying to get to te point where I\'m not having to go over he same thing 5 or 6 times i I dont have tom especially in a fine detail freehand.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Roger Bunting]

This might help.

http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/

 

[DaN]

I suppose this depends on what exactly you are freehanding...

Ie. Text on a scroll, or a whole banner etc

 

[Legacy Account]

Dilute the paint with ink where possible, especially for dark colours.

 

[farseer oliver]

For free hand painting, I normally use mixture of paint & water ratio between 1:1 to 1:3. I don\'t use more than that bcoz its too watering and very difficult to control. Plus, the designs are very small and fine, 1:1 to 1:2 will be very suitable.

 

[Rastl]

Check out Jen Haley\'s Freehand detail article. It goes into paint consistency.

 

[demonherald]

the simple answer is ... who knows??????

There are so many variables , paint type ambient air temp , temp of the model size of area being painted, etc etc etc...

the thing is there is no fooproof method to just get a single coat and keep the control for finer freehand.. the best freehand is multiple thin layers ..

depending on what you are painting it comes down to a choice between doing it the right way with thinned paints and taking your time or coming up with a quick way to save the time..In that case it is jst a matter of practising with the paints you have on a test mini until you get the cosistency you want.

best advice I can give that can help is when choosing a brush go for one with longer and fuller bristles but still a small point.. This will carry more paint and allow you to reduce time by lowering the number of pallette to mini transfers you need to do....

 

[farseer oliver]

Originally posted by demonherald
the simple answer is ... who knows??????

There are so many variables , paint type ambient air temp , temp of the model size of area being painted, etc etc etc...

the thing is there is no fooproof method to just get a single coat and keep the control for finer freehand.. the best freehand is multiple thin layers ..

depending on what you are painting it comes down to a choice between doing it the right way with thinned paints and taking your time or coming up with a quick way to save the time..In that case it is jst a matter of practising with the paints you have on a test mini until you get the cosistency you want.

best advice I can give that can help is when choosing a brush go for one with longer and fuller bristles but still a small point.. This will carry more paint and allow you to reduce time by lowering the number of pallette to mini transfers you need to do....

Agreed... :beer:

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Duren86
I am wondering what consistency or dilution ratio for your paints (rms) works best for freehand drawings?

Hi Rob, the thing is this isn\'t really about consistency since you know when the paint is too thick it just won\'t work right and too thin is pretty obvions too.

All the various stages in between make it doable (with practice and the right brushes).

But the paints are what matter - opaque colours cover better. No matter how good someone\'s brushing technique is, working with paint at just that perfect sweet spot in terms of dilution, if the colour or mixture is a bit transparent they\'ll be pulling their hair out!

Einion

 

[Duren86]

Cool, thanks everyone for the feedback. I am going to try and take all of this to heart and hopefully I will be posting soe decent freehand work soon!