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02-17-2013, 06:42 PM | #1 |
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Decided to get back into customizing, and wanted something to just basically practice painting, and see how the Apple Barrel paints worked. Plus the club had just announced NF as the theme for the Con, so I figured this worked.
Inspirado: Duke v12 Body: TF Duke Webgear: Pit Commando This figure made me remember my hatred for the suicide wrists, wow. Could NOT get a good pose with a gun. As for the paints, I thought they worked surprisingly well. Learned that I need to get some Testor's Dullcote to coat it after painting though as I scratched his back pretty good putting the webgear back on. |
02-17-2013, 06:48 PM | #2 |
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Looks good!
I would paint a bit better the gun (the handle on the vest), and give the pouches a slight drybrush, but that's just me being nitpicky, the colors look ok! (as a matter of fact, it looks like a 25th version of Renegades Duke! )
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02-17-2013, 06:54 PM | #3 |
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And drybrush the pouches on the vest, or the leg? I did not touch the leg, but I did dry brush (with black I think) the vest... Should I have used a lighter color? |
02-17-2013, 07:09 PM | #4 |
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Very well done Nick.
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02-17-2013, 07:15 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, i did the same, scratched the paint when setting the fig :S In any case, it's something easy to fix! Quote:
Using a darker tone makes it look like dirty. Black is useful if you're doing a wash, wich is the opposite of drybrushing. A color wash is using (usually) a dark color to get into the crevasses and details. You achieve this by putting a lot of water on the color mix, or using special inks. A drybrush is using a lighter color to highlight the "protruding" detail, but instead of using a mix with lots of water you go te inverse, put little water on it. Basically: Washover -> dark color -> more water than paint Drybrush -> light color -> little water (or not at all) This is generic of course! A washover can be used on metallic paint, say, using a brownish red, will get on crevasses and give the look of rusty metal. Is not exactly using black for shadowing ;) A Drybrush can be used to make something dirty too. Thus, you'll be using a dark color instead.
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02-18-2013, 12:38 AM | #6 |
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thanks for the info M_Ren! I dry brushed his boots with a lighter color. I think I was just dry brushing to see how it would look, and I was actually happy with the dirty look, so guess it worked out. I need to try a color wash at some point.
And I just fixed his gun, it was bothering me too much |
02-18-2013, 07:24 AM | #7 |
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nice work.
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02-18-2013, 10:55 PM | #8 |
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Thanks SW84!
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02-19-2013, 10:23 PM | #9 |
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Welcome (back), to the fold... ;)
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