23 Jun 20, 14:26
Quite possibly! It's just so much of a faff!
It came out better than I was expecting, but it took a lot of work. When I did the first scout the purple had two highlights, and I found that after the second I had to clean up with the first highlight colour, then again with the base colour. Comparatively easy for larger areas but a nightmare in smaller ones! Plus both my paint and brushstrokes were thicker than I would have liked.
Either way, I think my biggest problem is that it just doesn't look realistic, and I'm certainly not going to start blending entire armour sections! Real light is there, so I'll use that instead!
Just need my next post of paints to come into stock - the grey for the shoulder pads/weapons is still too light, so I'm hoping that the next shade will do it.
Then I just have to figure out how to get the battle damage looking good. Nothing I have tried so far works, mainly due to the colours not showing up. Sent Duncan Rhodes an email last night to see if he has any suggestions, because I'm running out of ideas!
It came out better than I was expecting, but it took a lot of work. When I did the first scout the purple had two highlights, and I found that after the second I had to clean up with the first highlight colour, then again with the base colour. Comparatively easy for larger areas but a nightmare in smaller ones! Plus both my paint and brushstrokes were thicker than I would have liked.
Either way, I think my biggest problem is that it just doesn't look realistic, and I'm certainly not going to start blending entire armour sections! Real light is there, so I'll use that instead!
Just need my next post of paints to come into stock - the grey for the shoulder pads/weapons is still too light, so I'm hoping that the next shade will do it.
Then I just have to figure out how to get the battle damage looking good. Nothing I have tried so far works, mainly due to the colours not showing up. Sent Duncan Rhodes an email last night to see if he has any suggestions, because I'm running out of ideas!
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