Started Painting Today

[Gyrmalcyn]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">If I could take a decent picture today, I'd photograph my first effort at a skin tone.&nbsp; I don't like it - very flat and uninteresting.&nbsp; No life to it at all.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">Oh, well.&nbsp; I picked up a second mini after reading a short &quot;how-to&quot; on painting skin.&nbsp; I've got a base coat on it, and will start building up from there.&nbsp; Hopefully, I'll end up with something a little more &quot;alive&quot; even though these are the Repentia figures.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">I discovered several things&nbsp;as I painted today:</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">1.)&nbsp; I must keep a glass of clean water for drinking on my desk at all times.&nbsp; I can't tell you how many times I reached for my rinse water unintentionally.&nbsp; I didn't drink it, but it's most likely only a matter of time.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">2.)&nbsp; I dislike my Games Workshop brushes.&nbsp; I <em>really</em> like my Plaid brushes.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">3.)&nbsp; I especially like my Plaid Round 0, which already has a slight bend to the tip.&nbsp; BendyBrush^TM to the rescue!</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">4.)&nbsp; Less is definately more.&nbsp; I kept trying to get less and less paint on my bristles, until I was dipping just the barest tip in, and <em>still</em> wiping excess off.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">5.)&nbsp; I should get myself an apron, or keep a towel in my lap.&nbsp; I won't have a non-painted pair of pants otherwise.. My jeans worked so much better than the paper towelling for wiping excess rinse water off my brush. (Mainly because I'm lazy.)</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">Bah.. There's more, I'm sure, but it's after 1:00 AM.&nbsp; I have the base coats on three Repentia - I have to be up in five hours to feed the baby.&nbsp; I'm going to bed.</font></p>

 

[Dragonsreach]

"I have the base coats on three Repentia".
Painting large amounts of Flesh like the "Naughty Nuns" is hard work, for a full squad you'll find that Drybrushing, followed by Glazes & Washes is a boon. Remember that for Gaming they DON@T have to win a Golden Deamon , but it sure looks nice anyhow.