Slap Chop! Anyone tried this painting method?

[Firedrake Cordova]

That terrain is very good-looking indeed, @TrawlingCleaner 

[jaxom]

I had to get gloss varnish today, so I picked up two Liquitex inks and an example of true "slap chop." This is black base coat and dry brushed white. I did two passes of dry brushing, one at medium angle and one at high angle. 

 

 

What we're seeing is a basic zenithal highlight, created with dry brushing rather than an airbrush.  You can see the effect of the high angle pass, with a greater build up of white at the top; where the 'light' would be hitting the mini. It's a bit scratchy, and the gradation is not too fine when zoomed in. Zoom out a bit and it looks better, but there are still some scratches.

 

 

 

And at more of a table top distance:

 

I think the method has caught on because it's airbrush style results without an airbrush. Here's the thing: whether you're using an airbrush or dry brushing to make the zenithal highlight, the more passes your do at different angles (either building up the white at progressively higher angles or even transitioning from grey at medium angles to white at high angles), the finer the gradation. The finer the gradation, the better the shade blending looks. While I learned about the techniques existence Tabletop Minions, it was an excellent three part series on this from Dana Howl that blew my mind to the possibilities this presented to a mediocre-to-average painter like myself. Links the spoiler because YouTube links became big pictures and I don't know to stop it.

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[Noserenda]

You can get a good zenithal with a rattlecan too, i got really into it with my deathguard :D 

[jaxom]

I've heard the new White Scars primer is good for that.

[MithrilForge]

23 hours ago, Noserenda said:

You can get a good zenithal with a rattlecan too, i got really into it with my deathguard :D 

 

That's how I intend to do it!!  Going to try this out with my bloodletters and pink horrors for my new Killteam ! 

 

M.  

[Slave to Darkness]

Back in the 90s this was how my mate painted his minis... He had a lovely Chaos army done with nothing but inks over a pre shaded basecoat. 

[Doghouse]

Personally my take is it has it's good points as it has drawn attention to glazing and under-shading but the name is utter pure cringe. It seems to have created a misunderstanding that someone is trying to brand existing techniques which I do not think was the original intention but seems to be the general perception. 

 

The sooner the name vanishes though the better as I grimace each time I see it. 

[Slave to Darkness]

1 hour ago, Doghouse said:

Personally my take is it has it's good points as it has drawn attention to glazing and under-shading but the name is utter pure cringe. It seems to have created a misunderstanding that someone is trying to brand existing techniques which I do not think was the original intention but seems to be the general perception. 

 

The sooner the name vanishes though the better as I grimace each time I see it. 

Slap chop sounds like something chavs do to random people just to film for the lols online. 

[jaxom]

It did generate some online lols, but not intentionally 

 

 

[LameBeard]

Page 68, White Dwarf 480. Looks pretty much like this technique without the name?