Mr.Crimmins,
Eyes are for forces that can't afford visors or sunglasses or helmets.
And everyone knows NAC forces use the dread Eyeball, Mark II whereas most
other backward forces are stuck with the Eyeball, Mark I.
I am thinking about painting eyes on using a similar method to what you've
said, but trying this:
1) socket with darker flesh tone
2) white (cornea/iris? forget the name) with a brush or toothpick
3) after 2 has dried, black dot with fine tech pen
Eyes are a pain. But they look good.
And anyone who paints their 6mm figures with anything other than a spray
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:43:19 -0500, "Tomb" <tomb@dreammechanics.com>
wrote:
> Mr. Crimmins,
> And everyone knows NAC forces use the dread Eyeball, Mark II whereas
Whilst the Illuminati ground forces -- the dread Men In Black -- are
never seen without their dark glasses. Even at night.
> I am thinking about painting eyes on using a similar method to what
I can't get the toothpick thing to work, despite attempts. I just use a
20/0 brush these days.
> 3) after 2 has dried, black dot with fine tech pen
I'll never forget the White Dwarf article that showed 6mm Space Marines
painted as Legion of the Damned minis. Little tiny skeletons painted on the
armor of these little tiny figures. Darn near broke my mind.
> From: Tomb
<very quietly putting up brushes> A bit extreme, there, Tom. How about "
*interviewed* as a possible alien"?
Although I still haven't figured out a good way to give the impression of camo
splotches and speckles on 6mm, though
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:12:24 -0500, "laserlight@quixnet.net"
<laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> >From: Tomb
Very high contrast and a very fine brush. I've done it with a few of my DSII
infantry forces, with mixed results. Just a few dots of light colored paint
over a dark basecoat; it's more an impression of camo than a real camo
pattern, though.
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:12:24PM -0500, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
Yeah. Yeah. Interviewed. That's right. Pass me my interviewing scalpel.
> At 02:43 11/03/02 -0500, Tom wrote:
Time to retreat to the mothership.........;)
Cheers
G'day,
> Although I still haven't figured out a good way to give the
If you don't have claggy paints (the one down side to GW paints I've found in
those new bottles is they clag fast, so DO NOT use them for painting 6mm is my
recommendation) then you can get a decent camo using small "splothces" applied
with a fine brush. If it helps buy yourself a WWI German plane
(1/300th) (about 50c US I'd reckon) and practice by doing the lozenge
(or whatever they called) it pattern for the wings.
Cheers
> --- Tomb <tomb@dreammechanics.com> wrote:
Heh. The only 25mm figs I own have either helmets or visors. I hate painting
faces.
Recently bought a bunch of stuff that doesn't conform to that rule, but then
again I havn't actually painted in a dog's age. No time.
> Beth Fulton wrote:
*SNIP*
you can get a decent camo using small "splothces"
> applied with a fine brush.
Sort of like using a dry-brush technique, only with divergent colors?
2B^2
G'day,
> Sort of like using a dry-brush technique,
Kinda, your brush should have a bit more (not heaps more) paint on it than
you'd use for drybrushing.
Cheers
> Beth wrote:
> G'day,
> Kinda, your brush should have a bit more (not heaps more) paint on it
Thanks. Sounds like it'd work for 6mm vehics too. I use the same method for
adding mud to tracks etc.
2B^2
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> G'day,
I did my first batch of 15mm troops in camo basically this way; green base
coat, brown heavy drybrush, then picked out weapons, boots, and some kit in
solid colours. They look pretty good, I think. I left the brown deliberately
blotchy.
See: http://wind.prohosting.com/~warbard/sg2gallery.html
for some pics, including a couple of quite close-up shots. (Topmost set
of photos) I've also done but never photographed some 6mm troops this way,
including a squadron/platoon of horse cav! (Actually ww2 Poles, but done
with tan/green camo)
I've just finished and taken pics of my first 25mm figures, a batch of
civilian types to clutter up FMA games. I get the picks back Friday, and I
might get them scanned next week sometime, with luck. I've also got 16 of the
very cool UNSC 25mm troopers on the table right now; they're going to be done
in "Martian Flecktarn"...
> I've just finished and taken pics of my first 25mm figures, a batch of
You know you will owe us some pictures?
Greetings
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
> > I've just finished and taken pics of my first 25mm figures, a batch
I'd planned on it - I've got my camera equipment back out, and I've got
webspace for more images now, too!
The six squads of 15mm UNSC Marines that are also on my table right now are
also going to be in Martian camo, although a much simpler scheme than I'm
planning for the 25mm.
Yes, I've also got a tableful of Mars terrain nearly finished, too. Red and
orange camo looks a bit obvious against green trees...
Lots of pics in the next month, I promise!