War Angel Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Can any one give me some technique's I can learn and use to improve my painting? I'm recently realiseing that I've never straight up panted a vehicle of any kind before, and I'm now having issues with painting my drop pods. I figured I would have to water down the paint and apply several coats, but I wasn't happy with the way the brushes worked, so I kept playing with the water paint ratio. I'm not sure if it just took more layers than I thought or what, but I feel like I used way more paint than if I had just put the paint directly onto the model. I'm really not sure what I'm looking for here, but anything would help. I kept trying to find things on YouTube but all I got was a video on how one guy uses his air brush, and some 11 year old talking about free handing a shield onto a tank. Less "here's how", and more "I'm awesome because of this"... Self centered you tube.... Thanks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.k.i.t.t.l.e Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 You want to make sure that you're thinning your paint to milk-like consistency. It should have some transparency to it if you brushed some up the side of your pallet or whatever. For drop pods and such, you'll need quite a large brush to get the paint on faster, a smaller brush will make it far harder to get a streak free finish. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3345793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Thanks, so with my milk like consistancy, the finish isn't smooth the first time round, is that fine? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3345858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.k.i.t.t.l.e Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yeah, it'll take 2-4 layers to get it smooth. Patience is the key. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3345864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 For vehicles the best piece of advice I can give is to get either a size 6 brush or GW's Tank Brush. As S.k.i.t.t.l.e said you want your paint thinned to around the consistency of skimmed milk and if you find that it is producing a bit of a rough finish then thin it a little more and bang on another coat ;) If you are having difficulty with getting it to look good within a decent timescale then another option is to use spray primer as your basecoat, all depending on your scheme of course, and then apply shading with pin washes (applying your shading colour/wash directly to the area to be shaded and nowhere else). Hopre this helps in some way :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3345865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Thanks guys, it seems like every time I try and paint something new I start to panic that its not coming out as I expected. I think I've got about two coats on it now, some areas look better than others but I think it's coming along slowly. While we're here can I ask how people normally go about doing the bottom of pods? And how to weather it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3345890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 With mine I just sponged on Chainmail, then applied Tin Bitz leaving Chainmail at the edges. Finally I sponged Black angling out from the thruster assembly then gave the lot a black wash. the final stag was a pin wash with Sepia just to add the odd bit of corrosion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3346153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Some one should make a tutorial of that. Thanks for the help Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3346220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 If you find yourself with the paint bubbling up from surface tension, a small drop of Brush Soap (or liquid hand soap) will break the surface tension and get it to lay flatter. Yes it takes a lot of layers but if you dont then you get brush marks... There are several sponge "Chipping Tutorials" around if you want to (google) search for them, the keys are in the colors you sponge on... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/273894-general-advice/#findComment-3346248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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