How to paint bone quickly

[Kobrakei]

Hey guys,

Afetr playing around with many different ways of painting bone over the years (something to do with too many Deathwing, not enough time) I recently stumbled on a nice quick easy way that allows people to knock out older looking bone armour without too much effort, so I thought I'd share :P

 

1 - Pick a model, and undercaot it (I did mine black, but I would assume white would work just as well)

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1461.jpg

 

Black Reach Terminators for the win!

 

2 - An all over coat of Dheneb Stone, not too watered down, ideally you want to look at getting nice coverage all over in one pass, but two can always help

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1462.jpg

 

 

THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Make sure you let the paint dry - I know this sounds slightly obvious, but foundation paints take a bit longer to dry than normal paints so I found, especially when you're going over with the washes. I'd suggest basecoat 5 models or so, then maybe go watch TV or surf the web for 45 mins. That should be plenty of time.

 

 

3 - Wash the model in Gyphonne Sepia

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1463.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1464.jpg

 

When I say wash, I mean get the biggest brush you have that isn't for tanks, and drown it! Try to make sure all the cracks have a healthy amount of wash in them, and that flat armour plates have no pooling. Of course, if it does pool then it's not too bad, it won't affect the look that much.

 

4 - GO TO BED

 

Honestly, the wash will take at least 12 hours to dry properly, so do it overnight, or at the start of the day, or before you go to work. You can always do stuff the night before, so as you're waiting one unit to dry, you can carry on painting another!

 

5 - Get a GW large brush or equivalent, cover it in Dheneb Stone, then wipe it all off

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1466.jpg

 

It should look something like this. A good way to check is to drybrush your hand. If it looks like you have foundation on it (as in the make - up) without filling the cracks in your hand then, you sir, are good to go!

 

6 - Start drybrushing!

 

The trick here is to make sure you pass over all areas of the model. Hopefully, the cracks will stay dark and brown, while everywhere else becomes a stage lighter.

 

After one pass

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1468.jpg

 

 

And a second

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1469.jpg

 

You can keep this keep til your bone is as light as you like!

 

Well I hope that helps at least someone out there, and please show me your examples! I wanna see better painters than me do this and then make me coo!

 

Kobrakei

[Steve Irwin]

Very sexy!! I will definitely use this to re-paint my Terminators, this is seriously a great way to paint Deathwing, I hope it catches on!!

Thankyou! :blink:

Steve

Edited September 29, 2008 by Steve Irwin