Layering Idea

[absolutrudy]

I had an idea to make my layering smoother and wanted to bounce it around this forum:

What about layering using glaze-like thinned paint. (10:1) ratio as your layers vs. the conventional 5:1?

Has anyone tried this, is it a valid idea or just a waste of my time.

Thanks.

 

[Ritual]

Of course you could do that and it would most likely be very smooth. You\'d need a LOT of layers, though, and it\'ll take time and patience.

 

[Equus]

I actually do that a little, although usually at something like 1:8 with very little paint on my brush. You pretty much are barely putting any pigment at all on the model when you do this, so it\'s very time-consuming. You also don\'t want much paint at all...I think Inge or someone mentioned the idea of the paint being pretty much dry by the time you finish your brush stroke. That\'s how little paint. If you use too much, you end up with weird pools of glaze that look splotchy. I know...done that a lot.

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by Equus
If you use too much, you end up with weird pools of glaze that look splotchy. I know...done that a lot.

So the splothy pools aren\'t desirable?

Damn, and I thought I was making progress...

 

[Klute]

I pretty much do everything in glazes.

Check this thread.
skin up

 

[Equus]

Originally posted by supervike

Originally posted by Equus
If you use too much, you end up with weird pools of glaze that look splotchy. I know...done that a lot.

So the splothy pools aren\'t desirable?

Damn, and I thought I was making progress...

Dunno man...if youre splotchy pools look artistic, it\'s a damn sight better than mine.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by Equus
Dunno man...if youre splotchy pools look artistic, it\'s a damn sight better than mine.

Hey! Mine are close then! Their just off by one letter! My splotchy pools look AUTISTIC

 

[Dr Death]

Bit of a question- When using glaze like layers to build up, people talk about letting the transparancy help blend the colours and building up the layers of a single tone so areas with no shade at all have a more solid colour than those which do. How much room then on the model should this build up of a single tone take?
Enless you put the layers really close together almost to the point of impracticality for the naked eye, by the time you\'ve got to the the opaque colour i find im applying it only to the areas which would usually get the highest highlights in rougher laying.

Dr Death

 

[EricJ]

thinning paints more works well, however to avoid the slotchy look, just don\'t apply very much paint, and definately don\'t let it pool. When I do this I have barely any paint on my brush and when I go over an area, I\'m applying so little of the mix it dries almost immediately just barely tinting an area, do this a few times and you build up a blend

remember, pooling paint is bad, m\'kay?