larger scales & oils

[airhead]

can someone tell me why the oils work better on the larger scales?

What colors would I need to do flesh tones? (McBeth). (additives?)


Help. I really want to expand on this one but don\'t have a clue as how to start.

 

[War Griffon]

Kev, I think your best bet will be to trawl the forums of the historic sites

Here is one for FACES which also gives you the colours you will need

 

[freakinacage]

some oil stuff (not al face realted but some links and some good advice):
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18843
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18347
http://www.acesofiron.com/paint.htm
also a blending vid here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/miniature/video/x21m4l_miniature-oil-blending-by-craig-whi
hope they help

 

[airhead]

That Aces of Iron page is great. Pretty much spot on what I was looking for.

Thanks bunches.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by airhead
can someone tell me why the oils work better on the larger scales?

Better than they do for smaller scales or better than another paint type?

Originally posted by airhead
What colors would I need to do flesh tones? (McBeth).

Caucasian fleshtones are basically tints of orange, slightly dulled. So the most basic method of reproducing them is a yellow + a red, with white of course, and a tiny amount of something to lower the chroma - blue, green, black and grey all work.

My favourite colours are based on the mixtures of John Howard Sanden - Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Titanium White and Cerulean Blue. Because Cerulean is expensive and not that much use otherwise, unless you want it for something else specifically I\'d suggest you skip it and use an alternative.

Since it\'s mentioned on the Aces of Iron page, for a couple of reasons I would strongly recommend you not use Burnt Sienna in basic fleshtone mixes.

Einion

 

[War Griffon]

Originally posted by Einion
Since it\'s mentioned on the Aces of Iron page, for a couple of reasons I would strongly recommend you not use Burnt Sienna in basic fleshtone mixes.
Einion

Why???

 

[Einion]

The main reason is something we should always be on the lookout for, redundancy - it\'s basically a dark, dull orange so why do you need it if you\'re already using yellow and red? If you use it instead of yellow and red you\'re fixing the hue, when you want (and need) some variation for realistic results.

The second major reason is that it\'s generally, should be in fact, semitransparent or transparent; and for the thickness of paints we apply opacity is almost always a good idea of course. Used for some variation of the paint-on/wipe-off method this semitransparency is fine, but it\'s not desirable within a mixture if avoidable.

In relation to its use as per that method, for busts in particular, this kind of very general painting method is akin to washes for shading a mini; works as far as it goes, but it\'s not for high-end results. When you paint in this way there\'s also the problem that you\'re essentially making brown shadows - for any of us whiteys, look at the shadowed side of your hand beside the mouse, is it a sienna colour? Nah

Einion

 

[War Griffon]

Thanks Einion