lastbesthope
Mongoose
Ok,
This thread follows on from my previous one entitiled
And so it begins......
Which ended on the cliffhanger of me having basecoated my Hawkwood minis in black.
Now it's time to start the proper painting.
Apologies for the noob questions, but as anyone who knows my rep knows, I have NEVER applied paint to a mini before.
Here's my supply status:
Brushes:
Various, from cheap and nasty via GW to artists sable brushes
Paint:
GW only, 12ml pots of:
Blood Red
Sunburst Yellow
Goblin Green*
Snakebite Leather*
Bronzed Flesh* (discontinued I believe)
Chaos Black
Skull White
Mithril Silver
Enchanted Blue
Catachan Green*
Kommando Khaki
Fortress Grey
Codex Grey
Boltgun Metal
*If it has a star next to it, I'm not thinking it has a place in my colour scheme, but list it for completeness
I also have some small starter set pots of Blood Red, Sunburst Yellow, Goblin Green*, Skull White, Boltgun Metal and Ultramarine Blue (More can be bought if I decide to use this colour, I'll have time since if I can get the frey bits done this week I'll be doing better than I think.
At the moment I'm thinking the main hull colour will be Codex or Fortress Grey, I considedred Khaki but it looks a bit too green, and using ENchanted Blue for the trim lines, engines and weapons to be picked out in Boltgun Metal.
If anyone has any other GW colour suggestions for a grey/blue colour scheme please chime in, GW is pretty much my only locally available paint.
So aesthetic advice is welcome, as is advice on the technique and logistics side of it, see my questions below.
Technique questions:
1) Doing the base grey coat, from what I've read I should try and drybrush this on, or should I just paint it and see if I want to accent the hull plate lines later either with a wash or a detail brush?
2) Holding the mini: Unlike figures which have feet, do you just have to accpt that you can only paint most of the mini at a time as you have to leave a dry spot for it to stand on
3) Highlighting: Any hints, obviously flat grey won;t be too bad, but what is the knack to adding highlights, where do you do it? What colours should I use? Do you highlight each hull plate or just the hull in general? All help and hints here would be useful.
4) Paint: How much to transfer to the 'palette' at a time for use. What tool to transfer it with, I've had some advice on this in previous threads but always welcome more or even reminders
5) Thinning: How much water to add to how much paint for thinning after storage and indeed for application?
6) How long should I leave between coats, I'll be working insnide now since I'm not spraying so that's better.
7) What order to do the colours in? I'm thinking grey base first, then the blue bits blue and the metal bits metal.
Thanks to everyone for their help, advice, encouragement and support thus far, I'm hoping that while my minis won't look totally awesome first time out I'll at least be satisfied that I finally painted some myself.
Thanks
LBH
This thread follows on from my previous one entitiled
And so it begins......
Which ended on the cliffhanger of me having basecoated my Hawkwood minis in black.
Now it's time to start the proper painting.
Apologies for the noob questions, but as anyone who knows my rep knows, I have NEVER applied paint to a mini before.
Here's my supply status:
Brushes:
Various, from cheap and nasty via GW to artists sable brushes
Paint:
GW only, 12ml pots of:
Blood Red
Sunburst Yellow
Goblin Green*
Snakebite Leather*
Bronzed Flesh* (discontinued I believe)
Chaos Black
Skull White
Mithril Silver
Enchanted Blue
Catachan Green*
Kommando Khaki
Fortress Grey
Codex Grey
Boltgun Metal
*If it has a star next to it, I'm not thinking it has a place in my colour scheme, but list it for completeness
I also have some small starter set pots of Blood Red, Sunburst Yellow, Goblin Green*, Skull White, Boltgun Metal and Ultramarine Blue (More can be bought if I decide to use this colour, I'll have time since if I can get the frey bits done this week I'll be doing better than I think.
At the moment I'm thinking the main hull colour will be Codex or Fortress Grey, I considedred Khaki but it looks a bit too green, and using ENchanted Blue for the trim lines, engines and weapons to be picked out in Boltgun Metal.
If anyone has any other GW colour suggestions for a grey/blue colour scheme please chime in, GW is pretty much my only locally available paint.
So aesthetic advice is welcome, as is advice on the technique and logistics side of it, see my questions below.
Technique questions:
1) Doing the base grey coat, from what I've read I should try and drybrush this on, or should I just paint it and see if I want to accent the hull plate lines later either with a wash or a detail brush?
2) Holding the mini: Unlike figures which have feet, do you just have to accpt that you can only paint most of the mini at a time as you have to leave a dry spot for it to stand on
3) Highlighting: Any hints, obviously flat grey won;t be too bad, but what is the knack to adding highlights, where do you do it? What colours should I use? Do you highlight each hull plate or just the hull in general? All help and hints here would be useful.
4) Paint: How much to transfer to the 'palette' at a time for use. What tool to transfer it with, I've had some advice on this in previous threads but always welcome more or even reminders

5) Thinning: How much water to add to how much paint for thinning after storage and indeed for application?
6) How long should I leave between coats, I'll be working insnide now since I'm not spraying so that's better.
7) What order to do the colours in? I'm thinking grey base first, then the blue bits blue and the metal bits metal.
Thanks to everyone for their help, advice, encouragement and support thus far, I'm hoping that while my minis won't look totally awesome first time out I'll at least be satisfied that I finally painted some myself.
Thanks
LBH