Practice Makes...
Not a paint job that I am particularly impressed with, but was a learning experience. I did also practice a bit of source lighting around the figure so wasn't completely wasted effort. The Hexwraith flame paint is definitely affected by the base colour more than I was expecting. This figure will probably end up in the back rank of one of the Fae units!
The high elf on the other hand has turned out well and fits in well with the developing theme of sea elves for these old vintage figures by Aly.
Rob
Thank you for sharing your experiments with this technical paint, which we haven't experienced yet (no one ever stops learning new things, thankfully!).
ReplyDeleteCould we therefore say that Hexwraith flame becomes a dull colour if the base is one of the primary colours of which green is composed? Could the same thing be assumed with a blue base? In fact, GW recommends a white base on the site, therefore as neutral as possible, for a luminous spectral effect.
Beautiful your sea elves: we've always had a hard time imagining the Teleri of the "Silmarillon" (other than standard elves on a ship), but your combination of oriental clothing and armour and blue colors makes them truly distinctive!
"SILMARILLION", of course (apologies to Tolkien)!
DeleteI've recently got a bunch of cheap figures (mostly damaged but a suprising number not) which are always good for testing out painting ideas and methods. That way you don't have to worry too much about ruining a good figure or having to do alot of fuss in striping it down again to try later.
ReplyDeleteYep, it's good to try different techniques. It has been interesting to see what can be done with the technical flame technical paint.
DeleteThanks for your comments guys
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