tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post5506762818226309429..comments2024-03-24T12:11:52.756+01:00Comments on The Nyudrev Chronicles: PhilolleysophyPjotrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07839126310583926922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post-64106046389849130732009-11-21T07:49:06.926+01:002009-11-21T07:49:06.926+01:00Gentlemen,
thanks for visiting and commenting.
I...Gentlemen, <br /><br />thanks for visiting and commenting.<br />I'll repeat what I discussed with Keith in the second last post comments<br />I agree, don't paint what you can't see.<br />Maybe just now and then, on a special "character" or a unit of note I can let myself go.<br />On the other hand, with basic neat painting, one can allways, even in a few years time , pick up the minis and enhance them.<br />I'll certainly experiment with the pen-lining idea. Thanks for the tip.<br /><br />PjotrPjotrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839126310583926922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post-17798200876754694702009-11-21T02:01:02.282+01:002009-11-21T02:01:02.282+01:00I have used ink pens on a few things in the past -...I have used ink pens on a few things in the past - such as drawing a shield design. Look for pens with waterproof ink. As for running when applying varnish I never had any problem, but you might want to try a test piece - paint some old piece of "lead" or even the bottom of one of your minis, draw with the pen, then varnish.<br /><br />My style is probably a bit too much for tabletop games, but nowhere near "display" quality. I usually don't bother painting eyes (except for female Celtos minis and a few others, elves, and red or occasionally yellow dots for orcs and goblins and such), but I do shading and picking out some of the finer detail. I have learned to be a bit less finicky, but I do paint over mistakes. I am a pretty slow painter, too, judging by the output of many others. But I do enjoy painting as much as gaming.Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post-35362043849827626952009-11-20T21:11:44.905+01:002009-11-20T21:11:44.905+01:00Jean-Louis
do you mean those fine tipped permanen...Jean-Louis<br /><br />do you mean those fine tipped permanent markers from Steadler I think, available in several thiknesses and colours?<br />Does the ink stay on? Is it colour fast(sunlight?) and doesn't it start to run when applying varnish?<br /><br />PjotrPjotrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839126310583926922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post-65367050783037846472009-11-20T14:04:37.525+01:002009-11-20T14:04:37.525+01:00Pjotr,
in my wargaming days I was an awful ...Pjotr,<br /> in my wargaming days I was an awful painter; having painted some 1,200 minis I still was a very slow painter who got awful results! For minute details such as eyes, lips, nipples... I got, if not better, at least 'less worse' results with an ultra-fine felt pen (waterproof ink -used for overhead projections, in those pre-Powerpoint days) than with a brush. Also, finally dipping the painted minis in 'clear oak' wood varnish increased 'volume' and contrast: <a href="http://konigundkaiser.blogspot.com/2009/01/army-painting.html" rel="nofollow">"Army Painter" 'Quick shade dips'</a> are now a commercial proposal.<br />Thus I had to get some solace from the idea that my minis were not display cabinet pieces, were not intended to be observed under a magnifying glass, but on the opposite were intended to be seen 'en masse' from a distance.<br />Indeed my painting never get negative comments, while my troops get a lot of undeserved attention. But I'm not naive: they were Amazons, most of them bare-breasted, and I suspect their (quite unrealitically) bright red nipples distracted the testosterone-saturated young males that were the other players from any other painting details...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Jean-Louisabdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569339779918111050.post-55861880479518398872009-11-20T11:31:34.731+01:002009-11-20T11:31:34.731+01:00As a gamer who cannot paint I have to agree with P...As a gamer who cannot paint I have to agree with Phil's "mass effect" approach - squinting from distance my figures look the part!!Mad Carewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917237078144123139noreply@blogger.com