majorpayne327 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Hi, Every Model that I paint has a new technique or something that I fix that makes it deifferent from the next. This time around I figured its time to learn how to properly blend, Highltight and apply Extreme Highlights. Blending: How do you do it? GW's How to Paint... Blending (Dry) vs. Wet Blending Highlights and Extreme Highlights: Blending Highlights How to determine where they go? Please help. Anythings fine for me to look at (Links, Photos, Long Essays) Thanks and Hopefully this will contribute to anyone else who has similar questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanhausen Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Sorry but this post sounds a bit like "felt lazy to google"... so I don't adventure many replies... specially since many are also in this board so... But just so you can't say nobody helped: try looking up Light Source Object (that's for highlights among other things). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorpayne327 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 well i did google but i got way to many different ways to do it and the ones ive tried didnt work unless i didnt do it right. on the highlighting ill check up on tht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemal Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I blend highlights and shading - the Magmatrax tutorial is an excellent source for this (from a Demon Slayer Sword winner no less..) - searchy it in this very forum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazychib Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I always find a search on youtube gives some good results, plus you have the added bonus of watching someone doing it (Far better than reading about it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCopy Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 There are as many different techniques for blending, layering, shading and highlighting as there are miniature painters. First, STOP looking at GW's articles & tutorials as they are all extremely limited in scope. They will only get you 'so far' because all they do is push "paint by number" with pushed products, and not actually teach you the underlying techniques involved. Second, narrow down your painting terminology. Are you blending or highlighting? Blending is generally (not always) saturated mid-tones mixing to other mid-tones or darker shades as blending up to lighter shades usually ends up looking "chalky" (especially with paints that have a high concentration of Titanium White pigment). Also, wet blending is typically extremely difficult to control for beginners. Third, have a look at coolminiornot.com's article section and start reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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