What sort of \'blending\' do you guys like even if you cant do it?

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imperial_guard_man

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Ok, while attempting to \'feather\' blend a cape last night and some armor for practice i got frustrated threw the brush at my wall (which has a huge paint streak on it :p). Ok, enough of my temper, while working on it I had mixed 2 shades of blue on a pallete very close to gether well it was a transition from blue to skyish blue, and it was about 1inch by 1inch on my palette. This moringin to my surprise after it had dried it was literally blended perfectly and I was extremely amazed. Now is \'wet blending\' better than feathering?

What looks better, I have seen some wet blends and they are flawless as feathering if you look very close you can see the \'feathers\' so to say.

So my question is what do you guys like better on minis, what method wins the slayer swords most of the time, what one is harder?

Also any good tutorials on \'wet blending\' cause i\'d love to see a good one.
 
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supervike

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hmmm...

I do layering mostly. I have wet blended on occasion, but cannot seem to get it to work. Here is a very good blending tutorial...

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/58
 
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EricJ

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I\'m a featherer, I won\'t lie, I like the feathering and I think that the more you do it the less \"feathery\" it turns out looking. I just suck at wet blending, can\'t figure it out! ???
 
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DennisMech

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Featherer

I find wet blending too hard to control, so I really like the feathering. To me feathering just feels like layering plus a bit, so it comes naturally.

However when I want to have more control where and how bright my highlights end up, I\'m also a fan of tweening. :)
 
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Ritual

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I use every tool in the box! :D I find different techniques suitable for different purposes. On large surfaces, like cloaks, robes or tabards, I usually use wet blending since that technique is superior when you want smooth transitions over large surfaces. Sometimes I complement this by \'feathering\' on some additional highlights over the already wet blended area. I use layering on small detail, since its quick and easy and you will not be able to see any imperfections in the blending anyway. On medium sized details I use feathering and some extra layering. I also use washes for shading sometimes and some other home-made techniques for certain effects.

I have also tried tweening, but I don\'t use it that much. There are occasions where it\'s very handy, though, so it pays to know the technique. (Plus, some painters use it all the time - a matter of preferrence.) :)

I find wet blending to give the smoothest results, but it is generally considered difficult. I have used this technique for a very long time, though, so I don\'t think about it anymore.
 
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Margo

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It\'s hard to tell definitely: I use all the techniques depending on what I\'m painting. But I think the results of both feathering and wetblending can look pretty much the same if done well.
 
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Trevor

Brushlicker and Freak!
I used to blend, but for some reason it doesn\'t seem to work for me anymore (I think its something to do with the 30+ temps we get here, paint drys almost instantly even with retarder!).

I find I can get just as good an effect by layering as blending these days. However, I would say that my current techniques involves aspects of blending, layering, wetbrushing and feathering. About the only thing I don\'t do is tweening...
 
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Ritual

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Originally posted by Margo
It\'s hard to tell definitely: I use all the techniques depending on what I\'m painting. But I think the results of both feathering and wetblending can look pretty much the same if done well.
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True, but wet blending is MUCH faster.
 
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donga666

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Originally posted by Margo
It\'s hard to tell definitely: I use all the techniques depending on what I\'m painting. But I think the results of both feathering and wetblending can look pretty much the same if done well.
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I\'m with Margo (but only in my dreams :innocent: ) .

I have read all the tutorials and lots of books onit. And I tend to do what could be described as \'layered wet feathering\' ??? Basically, I tend to do a mix of all of them, with either wet or dry base. But I dont like putting labels on techniques because there is a HUGE cross-over between all of them.

So, the secret is, find what works for you and do that ;)
 
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Minigrrrl

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The smooth kind....12 year old malt whiskey blend...hmmm.....

Sorry...;)

Yeah, well, that works for painting too. I love the richness of colour wetblending gives, but my own wonky way of blending(dubbed transparent layering), is a lot faster, so I tend to use that a lot too.
 
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Modderrhu

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Layering. It\'s the technique that comes most naturally to me, and using it I can get completely smooth transitions.

I\'ve tried feathering, but with no success at all, somehow it just turns into a strange little exercise in layering. Perhaps I\'m not quick enough, but then I\'ve never used a drying retarder before. And that also puts and end to wet blending - no drying retarder.
 
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Mosch

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What exactly is the difference between feathering and layering? I always thought it would be the same.

For the record, I can\'t wet blend. I have never got it right yet and I have lost the will to try it, especially without retarder ;) Also I am not sure how this mixing on the mini supposed to work...
 
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donga666

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Originally posted by Minigrrrl
The smooth kind....12 year old malt whiskey blend...hmmm.....
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Got a bottle of 25 year old Glen Morangie for Christmas, smoother than Cyril\'s blending. Smoother than oiled silk! MMMMMMM!

Blended Whiskey, PAH! Single malt you heathen!
 
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Modderrhu

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Laphroaig or Glenkinchie Distiller\'s Edition... There is nothing else to oil the soul, purge the scourge, dispatch the disease, sluice the excuse, minister the matter or fox the pox, ahhhh... Oh, Tammy, I DO hope you were implying the smoothness of a 12-year-old single malt, and that the blend was just a slip of finger.

Mosch, perhaps I have it wrong, but my kind of layering involves very, very thin layers of paint, varying from slightly colouring the area underneath to forming a solid colour.

I\'ve heard it called \'tweaking\' as well, but doesn\'t that involve layering with a midtone between two extremes?

Feathering is the method of painting a solid colour with very thin paint, and then using a brush to draw the still-wet paint over the area to be blended, making it thinner and thinner as it is drawn.

I layer mostly and \'tweak\' some.
 
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Mosch

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Orginal gepostet von Modderrhu
Mosch, perhaps I have it wrong, but my kind of layering involves very, very thin layers of paint, varying from slightly colouring the area underneath to forming a solid colour.
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Ah, thanks. In that case, I usually do layering.
 
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Galante

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Well, I only do layering because that\'s the only thing I can do.
I\'ve tried wetblending and ended up moving paint from one place to the other.
As for feathering, I just don\'t have enough patience :)
 
Infidel Castro

Infidel Castro

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Me too chap, though I occasionally ink wash and work paint back into ink as highlights, a little like wetblending or whatever. How queer!

Remeber chaps, bourbon and blends for mixing, single malts for sipping.
 
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