Cerridwyn1st
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I\'ve been trying to get a painting workshop started at my local gaming hang-out. Yesterday, two youngsters came in at noon (it normally starts at 3pm) and painted until about 6:30, with a few breaks in between.
They had seen me taking pictures of another guy\'s minis the week before, and wanted to try painting.
They started with bare minis, right out of the packs. They cleaned their minis, washed them, painted on primer (I gave them some Vallejo brush on primer) and got started with the clothes and armor of their figs.
One kid was showing real promise. He was teasing his friend for painting the face on his mini light brown. I took the mini and showed them how a few strokes of flesh tone (not quite drybrushing, but close) then a few more lighter highlights, and you\'ve got a face.
Anyway, I took green and showed them how to mix the highlight by adding yellow and the shadow by adding dark blue. Kenneth (Mr. Talent) took to that like a duck to water. His friend (Tyler) didn\'t do too badly, either.
Kenneth had done railroad modling with his grandfather, so he had some experience with painting model trains. But fantasy figures are quite different. There is a lot of detail on those. He also likes to draw, mostly comics, and had some understanding of highlights and shadows from that.
I just got this huge tacklebox on wheels, so I had most of my supplies with me. I gave the kids free range with the lot, so they were using a wet pallet, vallejo paints, files, lights, magnifiers, paint extender, you name it, right from the get-go. Didn\'t let them touch my Windsor Newton 7s, though. I\'m generous, but not crazy.
I had them use the extender instead of my usual Magic Wash, because it is something they could buy right off the shelf, while MW is something you have to make up yourself.
Both young men were happy with the figures they were working on, and eager to come back the next week and finish up.
It\'s amazing how well they did, starting right out with good equipment and a little instruction. I can\'t wait until they are done. I want to take pix and have the kids post them on CMON.
Now I feel guilty - I\'m going to have to go back to teaching my son how to paint.
If this keeps going, we will have a nice painting group.
They had seen me taking pictures of another guy\'s minis the week before, and wanted to try painting.
They started with bare minis, right out of the packs. They cleaned their minis, washed them, painted on primer (I gave them some Vallejo brush on primer) and got started with the clothes and armor of their figs.
One kid was showing real promise. He was teasing his friend for painting the face on his mini light brown. I took the mini and showed them how a few strokes of flesh tone (not quite drybrushing, but close) then a few more lighter highlights, and you\'ve got a face.
Anyway, I took green and showed them how to mix the highlight by adding yellow and the shadow by adding dark blue. Kenneth (Mr. Talent) took to that like a duck to water. His friend (Tyler) didn\'t do too badly, either.
Kenneth had done railroad modling with his grandfather, so he had some experience with painting model trains. But fantasy figures are quite different. There is a lot of detail on those. He also likes to draw, mostly comics, and had some understanding of highlights and shadows from that.
I just got this huge tacklebox on wheels, so I had most of my supplies with me. I gave the kids free range with the lot, so they were using a wet pallet, vallejo paints, files, lights, magnifiers, paint extender, you name it, right from the get-go. Didn\'t let them touch my Windsor Newton 7s, though. I\'m generous, but not crazy.
I had them use the extender instead of my usual Magic Wash, because it is something they could buy right off the shelf, while MW is something you have to make up yourself.Both young men were happy with the figures they were working on, and eager to come back the next week and finish up.
It\'s amazing how well they did, starting right out with good equipment and a little instruction. I can\'t wait until they are done. I want to take pix and have the kids post them on CMON.
Now I feel guilty - I\'m going to have to go back to teaching my son how to paint.
If this keeps going, we will have a nice painting group.
