How do you paint danger stripes

[esinhorn]

the black and yellow stripes on bolters and chainswords,how do you get the lines to look so even.

the same with the checkers I can never get them even is there a method to doing this or just practice?

[mario]

A lot of practice and corrections. Start with a solid coverage of the lighter colour and then just paint a thin line to indicate the position of the dark line. Repeat that until the whole area is covered, this should help you with the even spacing, and only then start to expand the darker lines until you have good lines of both. You will need to correct the yellow and black again a few times.

 

For checkers again start with a solid coverage of the lighter colour and first paint all the horizontal lines (aim for even spacing) and then the vertical lines (or switch vertical and horizontal, whatever is easier for you). Again you will need corrections to get a good grid. And then you can just alternatively fill the squares.

 

After you have done all this you can finish it with highlights and shadings.

 

Alternatively you could use masking tape or fluid but I have never used these and cannot help you with that.

[StratoKhan]

Alternatively you could use masking tape or fluid but I have never used these and cannot help you with that.

 

Mario's advice is sound, all I can add is this - I tried using masking tape on several surfaces, and it's too fiddly. The checkers are very small, and the areas you're painting are also small, and it's just too much of a hassle. Perhaps for some it works, but I ended up doing mine over a light pencil outline, and I didn't miss the tape.

[surelock]

I lay down my lighter color and then use a .5 mm mechanical pencil to sketch in my division lines, then I paint in the darker lines, edges first and then fill it in, highlights usually end up just slightly (I mean just barely) off the edge of the color you are highlighting so as to stay in the correct color.

[mario]

Alternatively you could use masking tape or fluid but I have never used these and cannot help you with that.

 

Mario's advice is sound, all I can add is this - I tried using masking tape on several surfaces, and it's too fiddly. The checkers are very small, and the areas you're painting are also small, and it's just too mush of a hassle. Perhaps for some it works, but I ended up doing mine over a light pencil outline, and I didn't miss the tape.

 

Well, the masking tape idea is more for the warning stripes and not for checkers, that would probably result in more work than less.

And masking fluid would probably need something to contain it while you lay the line. If you have a solution for this (containing and directing masking fluid without going crazy) it could get useful for lines on cloth or similar surfaces where masking tape would probably be rather complicated.

 

But the basic idea is dark over light, get the proportions right, and then just colour in the details.

[anggrath the unbound]

well if yo are going to use masking tape make sure you get low tack stuff or remove some of the stickiness beacuse if your model is metal it can rip paint off as the base coat is not on well apart from that i can say no more youve had good advice ;)

[horus333]

I dunno if its been mentioned, but this is really easy, put something with a straight edge on the thing youre painting. kind of how you would use a ruler to draw straight lines.

[Warsmith Peturabo]

I use the method mentioned in WD 300, which is to put Skull White stripes over the Chaos Black, then use touch-ups with both colors to make sure they look even. Then, go over the Skull White with Bad Moon Yellow, which should "pop" with just a coat or two.

 

Any minor flaws can be covered with some nice "paint chipping" or "rusting" effects.

 

It also helps to exhale with brush strokes rather than inhaling or holding your breath, as your muscles relax as you breathe out.

[mellr0]

get some very thin strips of greenstuff, thoroughly vasaline them, then wrap them round in the pattern you want. when they are hard, they should smoothly peel off.

[Dr_m4d_skillz]

well

 

from a white basecoat I start adding thin yellow layers concentrating on the shadowy parts, then I add a tiny bit of purple and keep shading..

 

for the black stripes I start of with a mix of black and purple, and shade the area with pure black

 

and then u can add rust and so on by adding thin coats of watered down bestial brown, and blood red for highlights and highlight further with fiery orange, then shade the rust by adding i needlepoint of black to the bestial brown

[Dam13n]

I have plenty of practice of this:

 

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The way I do it is simple:

 

- Paint the offending weapon/area chaos black

- Paint roughly even lines of iyanden darksun (foundation yellow)

- Layer golden yellow over this

- Clean up edges and even up spaces between yellow with chaos black

- Highlight yellow edges with golden yellow 2:1 skull white

- Highlight black edges with chaos black 1:2 codex grey

- (for champions add further highlights of g.y. 1:1 s.w., and c.g. respectively)

- (for characters add further highlights of s.w. and fortress grey respectively)

 

This is actually extremely quick to do for rank and file, and on characters looks

properly nice.

[Dominus Ex Machina]

I too have some experience in this field:

 

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Too me it comes fairly easy, I don't have any specific method and the examples shown above are the first ones I've ever attempted. I start with a white undercoat and paint the yellow lines and then when I am happy with the yellow lines I add the black ones and touch up as necessary, I use golden yellow and chaos black. When it's finished I give it a light wash of black ink.

[zain]

the way i do it on my iron warriors is to paint the whole area a mix of golden yellow, desert yellow and a little scorched brown. Then paint your black stripes and the highlight the yellow. Any mistakes you make you can just make it look like rust or a chip.

also there propper name is chevrons

[Dominus Ex Machina]

Actually, chevrons are stripes meeting at an angle (like the rank insignia for some grades in the US military and police), so warning stripes and chevrons are not the same thing...

[Dam13n]

Essentially Chevrons are: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Whilst Stripes are: / / / / / / / /

[the missing]

Heres one top tip. Do not drink alcohol whilst doing this!

 

I have done harlequin diagonal parallellograms on my sons eldar harlequins. They look Ok and the younger attendees at our GW store have emitted admiring gasps. ( Any praise will do, thanks kids!). All done stone cold sober lol.

 

But one night through course of a bottle of wine i painted 20 IW ebay sprayed over "rescued" and damn cheap CSM shoulder pads black and yellow stripes. the contrast between first and last is amazing in its badness.

 

 

Oh yeah, chill out , good lighting , whatever music chills ya out, even if its motorhead and breeeeeeath out for the details.

[SWSandstorm]

Chaos black undercoat, and get some green painter's tape(they are not that sticky) and use a ruler to measure how width of the tape. cut out a few strips. Wrap them around the figure you wanted and space them evenly. Iyanden dark sun as base coat, and two more coats of yellow. peel off the tape, Bam, there you go fast and easy, go over the mistake with chaos black. That's the picture of what I did on my black templar. It's my first time painting warning signs, but it turn out pretty well, I really like it, so I decided to share the way I did it.

[SWSandstorm]

[SWSandstorm]

hmmm image is not showing up for some reason

[commander alexander]

Just a quick tip if you try using a pencil to sketch the lines. No.2 graphite is hard enough to cut through the primer and dig into the plastic, so be careful. Or you could buy a softer grapgite pencil at a art or craft store. I cant remember what No. i used, but a knowladgable person at the store should be able to point you to a medium softness pencil. :)