Valkyrie WIP... need help

[Corvus]

Hey everyone, here\'s a picture of my Confrontation Valkyrie D\'Alahan:

The skin, face and blue armour is finished, I am busy with the golden rims on the armour but have a problem with that: Those details are so small and the small curves on the armour barely rise up from the surface. I tried to paint them very carefully with the finest brush I have, but still there is a lot of overpaint, ruining my shading on several occasions.

Should I paint these rims first or is there another technique I should know? I have to paint on some more layers for highlighting, so I guess there will be a lot of touch-up work later

Thanks.

 

[VLRM]

Lie the brush laterally over the raised detail, instead of using the tip. It may take some time to get used to, but it could work for you.

 

[VLRM]

Oh, she looks nice so far!

 

[Corvus]

Thanks
I have put a lot effort in trying to make the armour look shiny. I will paint the two other Valkyries of the blister in green and red, so that they form a colorful team

Lying the brush flat is something that I did on the armour edges, but it simply doesn\'t work for the small \"curls\" on the armour, because they are simply not high enough for this technique

 

[SkyDancer]

With details such as these, I will often paint the base coats of both areas because I know darn well I\'m going to have a bleed-over problem. For example, I would paint the base coat of the armor, then paint the filigree work, then go back with a fine brush and touch up all the places where the brush slipped and got filigree color on the armor. Only then would I begin to shade and highlight, but I would do the filigree first, again because I know darn well I\'ll get bleed-over or the brush will slip (I blame the brush, not my own clumsiness, you see)

SkyDancer

 

[Beelzebrush]

Hi Corvus

I had the same problem on the Fianna Special Edition. I think all you can do is paint the scrolls as best as you can and then go back and carefully paint over the overspill. I found it was useful to paint a thin wash around the scrolls too... gives a bit more definition. When I painted the wash on, I painted the area with just clean water first, then because it\'s wet, you only need to touch the wash onto the wet area and it\'ll spread to the right place by itself

 

[Crusoe the Painter]

Painting FINE detail

Even the pros goof. that fine thread-like scrolling can be a pain to paint, so you do 2 steps.

After basecoating the armor. You\'ve painted it blue here.

Paint and shade that raised ridge. If you get some on to the base blue of the armor, wait till the end to fix.

Now, your armor is blue I see. So take the finest brush you got, and spot apply some dark-blue wash/ink in the cravice where the armor meats the raised scroll work. If you get some on the raised detail, have a dry clean brush standing buy, and soak it up with that. You may need to use several thin washes, but it will totally hide any paint you slopped over when painting the raised detail. This darker wash has the added effect of making the details stand out.

Now, after applying the washes, the blue armor may be a little mottled. Sokay, the mottling can be blended back into the armor again.

So

Basecoat.
Paint ridges on armor
Touch up ridge edges with dark version of basecoat, as a wash.
Blend basecoat into washed areas.

-Daniel

 

[Corvus]

I touched up the errors with a normal dark blue mix. It looks very good, but I think the technique where you basecoat the armour first and then paint and highlight the rims is much faster.

Thanks for your help.

 

[SoulFire_pt]

quick tip...

Use a curved brush to paint that kind of detail. This article explains it quite well...

http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php?go=articlephp&aid=154&orderby=date&levels=99

:bouncy:



Cheers,

 

[-Percival-]

Just finished the Red Lioness and she has the same problem...

I have a 2 armed gator clip vise...had this hold the figure steady...then placed her under my swival magnifying glass/lamp...and slowly added detail...

I\'ve also been practicing painting with 2x Reading Glasses...and that helps also... :|~ though I have to take them off from time to time...

 

[Corvus]

here\'s the final result

http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.php?id=26039&c=All&m=All&nm=none

Please vote and comment, thanks