I'm wanting to paint one of Andrea's roman minis and was hoping for some advice on techniques that may be different from 28mm scale. It's for my brother's b'day for and I obviously want to do the best I can. So please help me make a chubby, pastey skinned Rome nut very happy.
help with 54mm scale.
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TrystanGST
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The biggest challenge (I've found) of 54mm and larger is keeping your shading smooth. You can get away with a little sloppiness on 28mm, but not on the larger scales. Other than that, it should be rather similar.
freakinacage
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Aye, smoother and you don;t usually need as much contrast
As has been said thin paints, very careful brush work, reduced contrast but you can use more subtle shading techniques such as complementary colours.
Faces need additional work to get the best effects; break the face into three sectors.
Forehead, slightly warm but reduced tonal value to eyes/cheeks.
Eyes and cheeks, brightest values faded out slightly above eyebrows and top lip.
Jaw, slightly cooler values allowing for beard shadow and shadow toning of throat/neck.
That suggestion was given to me by a Euro-Militaire judge.
Faces need additional work to get the best effects; break the face into three sectors.
Forehead, slightly warm but reduced tonal value to eyes/cheeks.
Eyes and cheeks, brightest values faded out slightly above eyebrows and top lip.
Jaw, slightly cooler values allowing for beard shadow and shadow toning of throat/neck.
That suggestion was given to me by a Euro-Militaire judge.
freakinacage
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I see no reason why you can't use those for smaller pieces!
One nice thing that the larger scale allows you to do is paint textures on fabric etc more effectively
One nice thing that the larger scale allows you to do is paint textures on fabric etc more effectively
Bailey03
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54mm figures give you a little more room to work with so you can include more variation as Dragonsreach points out. I would definitely put more time into the face. You can use a little less contrast than with the 28mm figures... but not too much less. I've done a number of 54's and several of them Romans. If you want any suggestions on color mixes or anything else, let me know.
