Comments on: Painting Cheat Sheet (Legion of Everblight)

By: Seeing Red – Painting Khadorans @ Wargames @ farfaraway.org

Seeing Red – Painting Khadorans @ Wargames @ farfaraway.org — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:38 +0000

[...] my painting list. Thankfully I have painting notes (the virtue of which I’ve talked about before), so at least I know what colours I used on the mounted Drakhun. Here’s that original [...]

By: owen

owen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:36 +0000

I usually collect armies slowly, in many cases over several years, and my memory isn’t good enough to remember the colour blends I used! Writing them down just made sense (after the umpteenth time of screwing up colours matches)!

Owen

By: Ryan O

Ryan O — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:08:22 +0000

Wonderful idea about keeping a notebook/journal of your paintings. I’ve never thought about that but it certainly would help in keeping consistency.

By: owen

owen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:14:32 +0000

No problem. Worth looking into is the opposite effect of adding glaze medium to a paint, effectively turning it into a (very slow drying, as glaze medium is a retardant) ink.

Owen

By: Norbert Brunhuber

Norbert Brunhuber — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:04 +0000

Thanks very much for that explanation. I’m particularly intrigued about watering down basecoat colors with an ink instead of water. I’ll try it out!

–Norbert

By: owen

owen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:56 +0000

I should also have mentioned that I often use inks to dilute a base coat without losing too much of its opacity, e.g. ‘water down’ Chaos Black with Black Ink in stead of water.

Owen

By: owen

owen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:03:03 +0000

Hi Norbert,
I’ve been using inks for years, but this project was a little different as inks and glazes were used as the main colours. Essentially I’d drybrush a black miniature with shades of gray up to almost white. I’d then glaze the different areas in order to achieve the desired colour.

I usually use inks (which I always water down slightly) to bring a bit more depth to a colour that is already there and to smooth out highlights. I’m not patient enough to wet blend in most situations, so my highlights tend to be in colour steps. Inking helps to blend the steps somewhat. Like most paints, two/three thinly watered ink coats are better than one heavy one. If an ink is applied too heavy it can leave a shiny glossy finish.

Anyway – I hope that helps.

Owen

By: Norbert Brunhuber

Norbert Brunhuber — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:28:15 +0000

I’m new to using inks. How do you decide when to use them?

–Norbert