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[Kaple]

here: scratches tutorial

I hope it\'s usefull

 

[stef686]

Nice tutorial - good clear photos and great practical advice included as usual .

 

[Brokenblade]

This is really helpful and well laid out/written,

Thanks for sharing

 

[El Guardian]

fantastic article, simple, clear, and very useful

great work!!

 

[WurzagUdUraZahuba]

Thanks man!

I will be trying this on some Khador Warjacks post-haste.

 

[Broke n English]

Exellent tutorial...

...thanks for sharing your secrets

 

[Corvus]

although your article only covers the \"rusty\" kind of scratches, it is quite good

I did some experimenting in the past, but I will surely try it again after reading your article

 

[Drake Farstrider]

Boy you make it sound so simple. I will have to give this a try. Thanks for imparting bits of your knowledge upon us mere mortals.

 

[Corvus]

It\'s something like painting gems: it\'s relatively easy, and you get great results from it.

You only need a fine brush and a steady hand

 

[Drake Farstrider]

@ Corvus I agree it is simple once you know what the hell it is you are doing. That being said I would of never thought to go about painting scratches like that.

Now if I could find a fine brush, all I have is crap brushes. I have a fairly steady hand, what I need now is to be able to sit and paint for more than 5 minutes without my lower back spasming on me. :flame:

 

[Corvus]

another thing you can try, which probably makes it a bit easier, is to paint a black and a white line, and paint the rust in between
although it will never look as good as painting the white seperately, it\'s an easy way to achieve a thin white line

 

[Demon Hunter]

Great! It will surely can in handy some day Please tell me the recipe for the armour on that Emperor\'s Champion and the blue eyes, it\'s looking frikking awesome!

 

[Sim>on]

do you have any ideas how to achieve thin wjite line in other way than Corvus ?

 

[Avelorn]

Originally posted by Sim>on
do you have any ideas how to achieve thin wjite line in other way than Corvus ?

well diluted off-white paint. Mix in a tint of the colour you\'re doing the scratches on. And then you need a decent brush. A nylonbristle brush (use those that try to imitate kolinski sable hair) can be useful if you don\'t have one of those expensive brushes. They are harder, have more \"spring\" so you can use them more like a pencil. And finally practise...

 

[Sim>on]

I have very good vrush with natural Kolinsky sable and size 000.. but i cant do it right

 

[Ritual]

Practice is the only way to go. You can train yourself to be more steady on your hand an more precise in your movements, but it doesn\'t go over night.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Ritual
Practice is the only way to go.

Definitely. And as you say it doesn\'t come overnight.

Sim>on, are you holding the mini and the brush in either hand or is the mini fixed to the table? If you\'re hand-holding (which is how I work mostly) I try to rest the heel of my right hand against the heel of the left hand so that they move in unison, this can really help steady brushmarks but you still have to learn to hold and move the brush smoothly.

You can also either rest one elbow on an armrest of your chair if you have one (the opposite hand to the one holding the brush I find is best) or sit upright and rest both elbows against the base of your ribcage or on your belly.

Einion