Re: [GZG] Painting Guide for Starships

[martin connell <mxconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> So I'm looking for ideas, hints and tips.  Pictures of other craft
> and/or painting guides would be appreciated.  Even if it's just how to
> better apply a wash.  (I have the recipe for 'magic wash' from the list,
> but I think I went bad by adding too much ink to it.)

A quick and dirty way, which definitely won't win any prizes but I think 
gets an acceptible job for play, is to use staining gels from a craft store. 
The gels are in the same 2oz bottle as the Folk Art/Delta/Americana paints. 
I've painted a color light base coat, coat with gel and wipe off. It fills 
the grooves, you can do artsy things like vary how you wipe it of to get the 
effects like having passed through atmosphere, then pick out details in 
different color paints. The gel gets thinner as it dries, so it doesn't look 
like you puttied up the engraved lines. I find the gels more controllable 
than washes. This method gets a fleet done in a couple hours to what I feel 
is an acceptible table top level.

If your looking to lavish love, then you've gotten plenty of good advice 
already.

I tend to have "show piece" fleets and "table top" fleets, depending on who 
your playing with, how many, and where.

martin 


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