painting angel wings

[Corvus]

I\'m looking for a way to paint nice looking wings, for an angel... I don\'t want any pure white wings (like white shaded with grey or light blue), but a bit beige: like the following picture I have found and would like to use as a reference. Okay, I know you can\'t really see a structure in the wings on that painting, but at least it gives me an idea of the color I want to achieve.

Any tips?

http://unit.villanova.edu/workshops/images/angel.jpg

 

[dauber22]

I\'ve never tried it, but... there is such a thing as Opalescent Medium. In theory, I\'d think it would help produce that effect seen on the wings. It\'s actually available form at least a couple of different companies, but the one I\'ve seen most often is Liquitex. I\'ve been curious about it but have never gotten a chance to try it.

 

[Corvus]

Is this some kind of transparency medium to mix in your paint?

I\'d rather stick to the regular blending/layer/inking techniques if possible, thanks

 

[finn17]

Sorry..

I think dauber 22 is right. The easiest way to achieve this, almost Mother-of- Pearl type of effect would be by ading an opalescent medium to your paints. If you want to avoid this IMO you will need the painting skills of a God.
But, as I have the painting skills of a DOG, what do I know? There might well be someone out there in CMON land who can be of more assistance.:bouncy:

 

[Corvus]

Hmmm, okay I\'m not a painting GOD either

I\'ll have to pick up a new bottle of flow enhancer as well, so why not keep my eyes open for this \"opalescent medium\"?

So what is it exactly? How do I use it and what effects can be created with it? And how will it help me creating the nice colors of those wings?

Thanks

 

[Corvus]

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[finn17]

Well done Senior Member Corvus

As long as you realise...there are no rewards, but the extra star always looks nice:bouncy:

You could IMO imiatate this effect on models larger than 28mm but it really involves careful blending of a number of diverse elements, blue, gold, yellow, green etc, with the additional requirement of a shimmery effect. I will worship at anyone\'s altar who can achieve that at 25-28mm scale. (Arjay probably goes to loft to retrieve prayer mat).

The additive has a lot of these ingredients already included so you are saved all the effort - At least that\'s what the leaflet said!!

You will really have to experiment, but why re-invent the wheel?:bouncy:

 

[Nomis]

Daler make a range of Pearlescent acrylic inks which can be mixed with other paints.

I only have the yellow but think they do a white - anyway you could mix them with any other brand white to get the effect.

They are meant for use on paper but seem ok on models.

 

[kittykat23uk]

I\'ve got that liquitex pearlescent medium. It has little mica flakes in in that act like minute prisms reflecting the light and making it sparkle in various coulors. I think if you mix it with some whites (skull white/ ivory) or a mix of that and Vallejo transparent white, might give you the effect you\'re looking for. Then maybe if you use a dilute wash of smoke and purple ink to bring out the veins in the feathers it might give it a bit of depth.

Regards

Kat

 

[Chrispy]

Okay, here\'s how I would do something like this: I would mix up some pink and light blue. Then I would try and make a transition from one to the other on the whole wing. That would be the basecoat, but it would have to be light already. Then I\'d go back the other way but with the oppostie colors (pink highlights blue and vice versa). Finally, go over is with white on the very tips of feathers.

Of course, I haven\'t actually done this but I can imagine it very well..

 

[finn17]

That would be good..

But how would you tackle the whole gold/silver/blue/flecks/irridescence/opalescent aspects of the project?

I am not sure if that what Corvus wants to do, but that is what the image posted suggests to me.:bouncy:

 

[Chrispy]

Well, see all of you are thinking of using metallic flakes or iredescent paint or something like that... I\'m thinking of something like NMM. It would be opaque, it might be a little harder, but I belive the the product would look a lot better. I don\'t know mush about this,but I do know that using the contrasting color amkes it look as a highlight akes it looks somewhat iredescent. I used this on the head of my Tyranid on my Ork Warlord. It came out loking like a beatle\'s shiny crarpce, and that along the same lines.

 

[Corvus]

Originally posted by finn17
But how would you tackle the whole gold/silver/blue/flecks/irridescence/opalescent aspects of the project?

I am not sure if that what Corvus wants to do, but that is what the image posted suggests to me.:bouncy:

hmmm, actually I would want to stick to normal paint insead of mixing in media that contain metallic flecks etc. I don\'t want to create pale white wings (shaded with grey or light blue), but something like the picture shows: a bit of light beige, pink and light blue mixed in....

Maybe something like Chrispy said could give nice results....

 

[finn17]

I am with you..

But I think I am just considering my own limitations here. What you and Chrispy suggest is, of course, perfectly possible. At 28mm however I would give it a 9 out of 10 in the difficulty stakes. Well, anyway, I certainly couldn\'t do itlol

Go on then...impress us:bouncy:

 

[Chrispy]

Another little tip: when doing NMM sometimes I take a picture of the metal mini (inking a bit helps) and you can figure out how the sheen and reflection works out.

 

[Errex]

Ok, here\'s what I\'d do.

1.-Start with a basecoat of 50/50 bubonic brown and bleached bone.

2.-GENTLY, drybrush with bleached bone.

3.- Do another gentle pass of drybrushing with skull white just to the tips of the feathers.

Now, you have a very basic looking, off-white wing. To add some extra coloration to it in spots, do very thin glazes of the chosen extra colors like blue or red. Inks are the best way to do this (at something like 60-70% water, 40-30% ink), but some people prefer to do the glazes with thinned paint. Try not to load too much glaze on your brush, or you\'ll end up washing the whole area.