Unshaven chins and sculpting hair
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with the hairthing i can help 
it depends on how you want the hair ... lying on the minis back, or flying in the wind ...
For the case of flying in the wind, drill a hole in the minis head an clue a thin wire in it. Then move the position of the wire the way you want the hair. Now you shouldsculpt a thin layer of greenstuff onto the wire. Wait until it´s hard enough to proceed (up to 2 hours) After it is hard, put a new layer on the greenstuff on it a give it the form you want. Wait some time, about 20 min and give it a structure with a needle. This should look right.
Could be possible, that you have to do this in seperate steps, cause it´s a bit problematic to do larger areas of hair like this, without ruining the texture ...
it depends on how you want the hair ... lying on the minis back, or flying in the wind ...
For the case of flying in the wind, drill a hole in the minis head an clue a thin wire in it. Then move the position of the wire the way you want the hair. Now you shouldsculpt a thin layer of greenstuff onto the wire. Wait until it´s hard enough to proceed (up to 2 hours) After it is hard, put a new layer on the greenstuff on it a give it the form you want. Wait some time, about 20 min and give it a structure with a needle. This should look right.
Could be possible, that you have to do this in seperate steps, cause it´s a bit problematic to do larger areas of hair like this, without ruining the texture ...
Mahon
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as for unshaven I can say that I use a bit of black or dark brown and mix it with the skin tone. Then I have a brush with *very* short hair that\'s been rather worn out. I use it to apply the paint - take very little paint (quite like for drybrushing) and holding the brush perpendicularly (???) to the mini I apply the paint. It creates the texture and creates quite relistic unshaven looks. Then you are able to highlight/shade it.
I made several minis this way (no, the colonel isn\'t a good example - maybe I\'ll try to shoot a photo of one of my sargeants) and an quite happy with the result.
As I\'m going to have about 2/3 of my Catachan army looking unshaven, I\'ll have yet some more practice for sure
I made several minis this way (no, the colonel isn\'t a good example - maybe I\'ll try to shoot a photo of one of my sargeants) and an quite happy with the result.
As I\'m going to have about 2/3 of my Catachan army looking unshaven, I\'ll have yet some more practice for sure
Apart from what has already been said, there is technique that I read in the old \"Heroes for Wargames\" book. A technique from John Blance - if you get a REALLY FINE permanent pen you can draw on stubble.
This won\'t win any prizes for realism, but can look great - for comic book type things etc...
This won\'t win any prizes for realism, but can look great - for comic book type things etc...
