Re: [GZG] Question for the painting gurus...

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sure if this would help...but are you priming first?
 
One method that I used for 1:285 miniatures is something I got from the
folks at GHQ at a convention years ago.
 
I would prime, generally using whatever the main color of the vehicle
would be (e.g., modern US would get a "forest green").
 
When I got a bunch primed, I would put them on a piece of wood (2x4, for
example), then put them in a low oven (200 degrees F) for 20 minutes.
 
The relatively low heat plus time would cause the prime coat to "suck
onto" the miniature, allowing a lot of detail to stand forth.
 
Then after allowing to cool, I would do the subsequent camo coats (if
they were to get it), weathering with the dry brush technique, etc.

F.P. Kiesche III
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--- On Thu, 9/4/08, Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk@pcisys.net> wrote:

From: Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk@pcisys.net>
Subject: Re: [GZG] Question for the painting gurus...
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 1:20 AM

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Tom B wrote:

> Alternate wet palette not involving sponge at all:
> http://www.stargrunt.ca/gallery_modeling/wet_palette/wet_palette.htm

That's what I went with for my first painting attempt.

I base coated in black then a medium grey for the first coat.
http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj62/mike_stanczyk/first%20paint/

I forgot the flash was on in the first picture.

I'm concerned that:
1) I'm losing detail.  Too thick paint?

2) Time to paint.  It took me 40 minutes to paint the GZG ship.  My
first 
attempt to paint another ship not pictured, via drybrushing (the
pictured
ships are not drybrushed.) was a disaster.

Mike

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