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olddorg
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by olddorg » Fri May 11, 2012 11:10 am
Just started a tutorial on how I paint horses for those interested. Details on my blog at:
http://themetalmountain.blogspot.com
Form this:
to this:
to this:
Some examples:
Single horse and fig on left are Plastics.
The neck join needs filling in future - this was a quick sample to see how the plastic figs looked when painted.
Thanks for looking.
Olddorg
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j1mwallace
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by j1mwallace » Fri May 11, 2012 4:20 pm
Cheers. Tried this and am impressed!
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flick40
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by flick40 » Fri May 11, 2012 9:14 pm
Oils over acrylics, that is how I have painted my horses for as long as I can remember. Aside from the drying time it is quick and easy.
Yours look very nice as well.
Joe
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eboracomb
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by eboracomb » Sun May 13, 2012 8:11 pm
thanks for a very interesting and informative post,the horses look superb much more natural than horses with large patch's of different paint,just wanted to make sure I've got it right before I try it,do you use enamal on horses and acrylics on foot figures or enamal on both.
cheers Nick
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by EvilGinger » Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 pm
I have used something similar it uses an acrylic base coat & oil washes for the horse with the detail picked out in acrylics after that gone off. The painting time is very short but an oil wash like that can take a day or two to go off completely so you can paint acrylics over it.
I used to use poppy seed oil to thin the washes as I found it the fastest to go off & combinations of Burnt & Raw Umber & Burnt & Raw Sienna I also tended to use less colour full base coats with light to mid grey & yellowish karki being my favourites with a light chestnut brown for chestnuts. I also found base coating marines and tails differently added variety as did lightly dry brushing them with the base coat after the oil had gone off & its a trick which works on 15mm as well.
I like the look of the pictures its nice when the photo's do the painting justice
Ginger
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olddorg
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by olddorg » Mon May 14, 2012 10:33 am
Thanks for the positive comments. Much appreciated.
I use enamels for the foot and horses but I also use a wide variety of acrylics for the horses to give a range of tones!
Your other suggestions have been noted - thanks.
Olddorg