Plague Dave Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 For a long time, I've painted eyes as many attempt to do, a tiny amount of white squeaked onto a tiny eyeball, finished off with an even tinier dot of black. That's just too tough for me, and often leads to goofy, manga eyes, or cross-eyed warriors. I came up with a better way that fits my ability, and gives me good results, so I thought I'd show it off. It's demonstrated below with a Long Fang from my up and coming Space Wolf army. The first step is to paint your base coat. I usually use Vallejo's Beasty Brown. Step two is to slop white over the eyes. The only thing you need to watch for is that you actually cover the eyeball without ruining detail (thin your paints if needed). Next, paint a thin line of black down the eye. This is the part that takes the most care, and as you can see, the paint got away from me a bit below the left eye. It's still okay as long as the paint on the eye itself isn't too much. Better painters might see this process as a waste of time, as the next step is all clean-up, but I find it's easier to paint around an eye than in it. A brush can be worked around the eyelids easily enough. Reapply your base coat over all the excess white and black you've left. Then you can see with the (nearly) finished product that once you get your skin tones on, you've actually got a good looking eye. I hope that helps. I know it's always disappointing to see a model with skintone eyes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnDyzZzoRe Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 brilliant Tut man! I'm alright with eyes now but I wish i had this back when i started painting Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2835837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Nice work man! Gonna have to try this method on my next bare headed dude! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2835965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrosh Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Gahh! I really hate painting eyes. Not sure how any of my bare headed marines would shoot anything as most of them are cross eyed! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2840857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Drake Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Nice Tutorial Simple but effective I normally use helmets all the time as i hate painting eyes but ill give this a go on a spare bare head. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2841055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Nice. I hate eyes, too. Used to be really bad at them, now I'm merely not very good. Hopefully this might change now. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2841083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thjis is a great simple method, Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2895113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Cool might work for helmeted heads as well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2901311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWulfen Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Excellent, i've always struggled painting eyes. This will help A LOT! And i'll try it on my Grey Slayers that i'm painting! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2904764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrenael Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I am not the greatest at painting skin tone. I am also very bad at painting eyes. Do you have a how to paint lenses with a less than steady hand. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2906016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Discord Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Great tutorial. This is how I finally figured out eyes, and many tiny details in general. If you consider the order you paint, shade, and highlight, there are a few things that should be done out-of-sequence - eyes being one of them. You need to be careful working on the skin after they are 'shaped', but it's easier than trying to add the eye after. I do the same thing with marine helmets, for the base eye color. Adding a center highlight is a breeze compared to trying to get the complete eye shape. To push it, if you have a fine enough brush, add another step. Slop white, do an eye colour, then a tick of black in the middle. It will be a very subtle detail, but you can do striking blue eyes, or nasty red eyes that way. A very thin wash carefully added to the eye socket will even add easy depth and give a dark rings under the eyes look. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235474-eyes-for-the-less-than-steady-hand/#findComment-2909937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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