Grey Scaleing how does it work?
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I remember seeing an article around here somwhere. The way I understood it is that you paint the whole mini in greyscale and then use transparent layers to give the colors to the mini.
un less it the technique were you use black primer from under the mini and white primer from above ...
Well I\'ll stop confusing you and let the profesionals comme and help you
un less it the technique were you use black primer from under the mini and white primer from above ...
Well I\'ll stop confusing you and let the profesionals comme and help you
I\'m no professional...
but if you are talking about \"underpainting\" Valander had a great article here..
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/215
The other thing, (zenithal primering) was mentioned in this article...
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/288
But, I am very interested in painting something in grey tones only. I have been messing with it, but it looks just like I didn\'t black primer my mini all the way....I think it could be effective for OSL.
but if you are talking about \"underpainting\" Valander had a great article here..
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/215
The other thing, (zenithal primering) was mentioned in this article...
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/288
But, I am very interested in painting something in grey tones only. I have been messing with it, but it looks just like I didn\'t black primer my mini all the way....I think it could be effective for OSL.
Well, let\'s not forget the original, and still awesome Underpainting Article by Elouchard
Check out his galler yand his website too, as he paints almost exclusively with underpainting. Amazing work, as well.
Check out his galler yand his website too, as he paints almost exclusively with underpainting. Amazing work, as well.
No Such Agency
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I did one mini in greyscale as an experiment. It was fun but I probably won\'t repeat it soon, as I do like colours... (I left it greyscale).
I found it wasn\'t too hard, but I did create a pallette of greys (about eight, plus regular black and white) before I started, so I had to do minimal mixing on the fly to get all my tones.
I found it wasn\'t too hard, but I did create a pallette of greys (about eight, plus regular black and white) before I started, so I had to do minimal mixing on the fly to get all my tones.
Yep, I do use greyscaling(Well sort of) for several years now. I found true gray does not work since not all colors can have black/gray underneath w/o chaning colors such as yellow, orange. etc..
What I do is apply a dark layer, like brown for yellow, then paint the highlights white. I then apply a translucent color over the whites to change the color.
What this does is gives you the value (brightnest) with out loosinng the saturation.
Have you noticed when you add white to a color it starts to dull out?
This is an alternative to adding white to your colors.
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Xavier
What I do is apply a dark layer, like brown for yellow, then paint the highlights white. I then apply a translucent color over the whites to change the color.
What this does is gives you the value (brightnest) with out loosinng the saturation.
Have you noticed when you add white to a color it starts to dull out?
This is an alternative to adding white to your colors.
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Xavier
Valander
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Hey, thanks for the \"props\" on that article.
In truth, though, I wrote that based on techniques that Elouchard mentioned in several threads and in his own article, as Nelson points out.I pretty much haven\'t done any more models with that technique. Not because I found it particularly ineffective or anything, but because I found a new one that I like a lot better. (drumroll....) Tweening. :bouncy:
Anyway, I think doing the underpainting/greyscaling can be a helpful technique to get some decent results fast. This is especially true if you have an airbrush or spray cans to get your greyscale done.
