need help with white

[sicooil]

trying to paint some white space marine armor. want to get it right first time so i dnt have to strip the model. (theres quite alot of my best green stuffing)

any tips?

later days

si

 

[frenchkid]

depending on the white you want I would say start from a base of grey or brown/cream and then move up to pure white, keeping the pure white only on the top most highlights. And obviously keep the water clean

Might want to drop a PM to Aarkham, the guy does some amazing whites on his models.

edit: And welcome to the forum. You\'ve come to the right place for advice

 

[Ritual]

Best advice is to do a test piece first! You can try different approaches on different areas on that mini and see which method works out best.

Other than that I would suggest base coating with Bleached Bone. Then do some slight shading with Graveyard Earth and then highlight liberally up to pure white.

Also, this thread would be better suited in the Painting & Conversions section of the forum.

Welcome to the site!

 

[Dragonsreach]

Have to agree with Both Frenchkid & Ritual. Either very pale grey and or Bleached Bone. as your base colour.
If you are using Vallejo try Ivory as the base, then work soft grey brown such as Graveyard Earth into the Shadowed areas.

Oh and I moved the thread as well.

 

[Legacy Account]

White undercoat/basecoat and simply shade it with glazes of grey/green/blue/bone/pink.........

Start with light shades and work down to your darkest tone. Not the quickest way to do it mind.

Edit: Here you go. The white on this had absolutely no highlighting applied to it. It was all done from a white spray paint undercoat and shaded with glazes of blue/green greys...

 

[lizcam]

There\'s a tutorial on the spanish team web site that is stunning. It give pics of real white things on a white background and then tells how to re-create them. I\'m at work so I\'ll have to post a link later and you\'ll have to translate it but even just looking at the pics should get you where you need to go. I\'ll get it posted asap

 

[lizcam]

Here\'s that link to the Spanish Team Tutorial. You\'ll need to run it through a translator but you\'ll see what I mean when I say the pics tell most of it.

http://www.spanish-team.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=2547

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by lizcam
Here\'s that link to the Spanish Team Tutorial. You\'ll need to run it through a translator but you\'ll see what I mean when I say the pics tell most of it.

http://www.spanish-team.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=2547

Or you can read the original article (before it was translated to Spanish ) here...
http://www.brushthralls.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=43

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by Ritual

Originally posted by lizcam
Here\'s that link to the Spanish Team Tutorial. You\'ll need to run it through a translator but you\'ll see what I mean when I say the pics tell most of it.

http://www.spanish-team.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=2547

Or you can read the original article (before it was translated to Spanish ) here...
http://www.brushthralls.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=43

Well nuts! lollollol Thanks for that Ritual. Now I have egg on my face. Oh well. I always do things the hard way!

 

[Ritual]

Hehe... you must have skipped the first bit in the post where it says it was a translation of that Brushthralls article. lol

Good article, though, and thanks for finding it. :beer:

 

[sicooil]

thanx so much for the help guys. i really didnt expect such a response. all these tips have been gr8.

later days

si