Painting sunken lettering

[Benzin ninja]

Hello all

 

Does anyone have a great way of painting sunken letters, like those found en the sword of the Emperors champion or one of the shoulders from a Venerable dread, or will I just have to accept the painstaking precision work I am facing at the moment?

[Seleucus]

Simple!  Washes or inks!

 

Run some of the wash/watered down paint of your colour choice into the letters, wipe around the edges carefully, job done!

[Benzin ninja]

I did think about that, but after having painted the area, my color of choice has filled out the sunken letters, and simply vansihed. Maybe i'm using too much paint.

[Fibonacci]

Vallejo Fluorescent Yellow.  I think Tamyia makes a version they call neon colors.

 

Just like most anything else, start with the lowest layer and work you way up.

Thin it down and wash the lettering.  Wipe away the excess.  Repeat as needed.  Paint the blade as you like, just be sure to keep any washes away from the center lettering.  In fact just dry brushing from leadbelcher up to mithril silver will work just fine for tabletop miniatures.

[Fibonacci]

I did think about that, but after having painted the area, my color of choice has filled out the sunken letters, and simply vansihed. Maybe i'm using too much paint.

You paint is way to thick.  Thin it down.  Almost every paint GW makes needs to be cut 50|50 with water. 

[Gurth]

Also, a goods way to paint features like this is to paint them, let them dry for a few seconds, then rub over the letters/grooves/whatever with a moist fingertip. If you do this right it will leave the paint in the grooves but remove it from the raised parts, thereby wiping away any minor mistakes you made.

[Benzin ninja]

 

I did think about that, but after having painted the area, my color of choice has filled out the sunken letters, and simply vansihed. Maybe i'm using too much paint.

You paint is way to thick.  Thin it down.  Almost every paint GW makes needs to be cut 50|50 with water. 

Ah, well there's something I should have known about 30 models ago...

 

Thanks for the advice guys :)

[tvih]

You paint is way to thick.  Thin it down.  Almost every paint GW makes needs to be cut 50|50 with water.

Funny thing is people keep saying that, but put 50% water and absolutely nothing will stick on the model because it just runs. The trick isn't so much to water it down that much, it's more not applying so much of it at once. I think these days I use at best 20% water with most colors. Obviously I'm not a great painter but watering it down further just makes the stuff unusable.

[Xenith]

 

 

You paint is way to thick.  Thin it down.  Almost every paint GW makes needs to be cut 50|50 with water.

Funny thing is people keep saying that, but put 50% water and absolutely nothing will stick on the model because it just runs.

 

 

I agree, I usually dip my brush in water, then into the neat paint, it probably works out at about 20%.

 

If your paints are older and drying, then you may need more.

 

It also varies between new formula paints, and the individual paints themselves.