painting a cannon??? fast??????

[usurpator]

I\'m about to paint a dwarf cannon (wh of course:twisted
and I\'m realising I\'ve got no idea where to start: metalic will look disco on the large surface, non metallic metal is way to long as I\'m apinting a whole army.
Would shades of grey work????
all ideas most welcome!!!

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Paint it black then drybrush with greys, brown, rust.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Shawn: It\'s a Dwarf Cannon there wouldn\'t be rust.

Thinned Boltgun Metal looks fine for Army level, Wash over with Artists Paynes Grey to get a dark shaded area.

Gues Who\'s doing the same army soon?

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Gues Who\'s doing the same army soon?

You got me there, Mike... No idea. :duh:

 

[usurpator]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Gues Who\'s doing the same army soon?

Oh Mike, fellow long beard, I salute thee! :-D
Let\'s keep in touch - I\'d love to see your dwarfs (odd sentence.....-) and show you mine (even odder sentence!)

MC

 

[Sand Rat]

Got to agree with Shawn and the Rolling Stones here -

Paint it Black.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Shawn: It\'s a Dwarf Cannon there wouldn\'t be rust.

Why would a Dwarf cannon be different?

 

[Ritual]

The canon would probably not be different. The difference is that it is operated by dwarves! And we all know dwarves like their metals...

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Shawn: It\'s a Dwarf Cannon there wouldn\'t be rust.

Why would a Dwarf cannon be different?

We all know Dwarfs love to polish their metal.

[size=-2]Shawn you do know I was being semi-sarcastic[/size]

Usurpator: Did a trade, £50 Chaos Beastmen army for Dwarves and ended up with the full Army boxed set.
Now that\'s Dwarf trading for Ya.
Just got to paint the Wee Grumpy beggars.

There are a number of us at my local store who recon that Dwarves are from Yorkshire, But Dwarf Slayers are from Glasgow.

 

[usurpator]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
There are a number of us at my local store who recon that Dwarves are from Yorkshire, But Dwarf Slayers are from Glasgow.

That would explain why I can\'t understand a word of what slayer say!!!:yes::yes:
Bravo on your deal - Grugni would be proud of you!!
I\'m speed painting long beards - fun fun!

 

[rextalon]

I\'m doing an Adeptus Mechanicus army (I know it\'s not dwarves, but hear me out) and I\'ve found, for metal surfaces, dry brushing over black doesn\'t look as good as painting it black, then a solid metal, then ink black, THEN drybrush over with your chosen metal color. It gives it far more depth.

If you want even MORE depth, repeat steps 2 and 3 a couple more times before drybrushing the final layer.

 

[usurpator]

interesting! can you show us a pic of the result? would love to see the adeptus

 

[Arma]

try dipping - works well with metallics.