| Double Ace | 09 Jun 2007 8:34 a.m. PST |
Okay, so I bought some really thin masking tape to help with this, so, is it best to remove the tape before the paint finishes completely drying, or after? Does it make a difference with acrylic vs. enamel paints? Are late medieval, and early renaissance (up to 1530, or so)lances even painted in spirals, by the various factions, e.g. English, French, Italian, German Imperial, Spanish, Swiss, etc.? Are their lances even painted at all, after a certain point? |
| John the OFM | 09 Jun 2007 8:43 a.m. PST |
I don't like masking tape. I have tried to paint spirals using a "lathe" method.
Slowly twirl the lance by the handle as you slowly move the brush up the shaft.
Sometimes it works! |
| Pictors Studio | 09 Jun 2007 8:48 a.m. PST |
The best way I have found is to paint stripes down one side then continue the stripes by turning the lance 45 degrees and so on until you match them on the other side. You might get a few that are off a bit but it looks good as a whole. |
| The Beast Rampant | 09 Jun 2007 9:46 a.m. PST |
I have tried it a few times using the lathe method. It worked out fine. I can't imagine taping off a 28mm miniature in that fashion. I only ever use masking tape to keep the spray primer off bits that are to be glued. |
Stan Johansen  | 09 Jun 2007 11:16 a.m. PST |
Take a look at these link
To do thes I took blue painters masking tape an used a steel ruler to cut a strip the width i wanted.
Wound the tape around the lance and than applied the acrylic color, waited until it throughly dried (overnite)and pealed the tape off. |
| Garrison Miniatures | 09 Jun 2007 1:07 p.m. PST |
Hope this link works. If so, rsc2 was painted by painting a short diagonal on one side of the lance and just moving along leaving a space. Finally turn figure round and join up the lines. Hope that makes sense. link |
| twodegree | 09 Jun 2007 4:53 p.m. PST |
You could use tape, pencil in the lines, remove the tape then paint. Isaias |
 Condotta  | 09 Jun 2007 7:51 p.m. PST |
I use the same technique as Stan Johansen with beautiful results. Stan, very nice work. |
| Barmy Flutterz | 09 Jun 2007 11:19 p.m. PST |
My plan is to just hit them with seperate lines coming down at an angle. No connection between the lines, but you can only ever see the figure from one angle anyway and the spiral is only exposed when you rotate the figure. So I just won't rotate the figure and I'll be happy. Of course I'm not doing 28mm's. |
| UCantBeSerious | 10 Jun 2007 7:42 a.m. PST |
Seriously…. Try painting one by hand. I think you'll be surprised by how easy it really is. Use some shading on one of the colors though, that will get more oos and ahs than the quality of the spiral itself. |
| Rich Knapton | 19 Jun 2007 4:47 p.m. PST |
Painting spirals? You guys are either nuts of talented. For those of use who are not the latter, I just use bands separated by a black line. I shudder to think of what it would look like if I tryed spirals: the angles would be too steep in some areas and too shallow in other and would look terrible. My suggestion is that we stop talking about spirals and just keep it to ourselves. Rich |
| Tomkin | 23 Jun 2007 1:07 a.m. PST |
Rich, after a comment like that I think I will have to try one for myself! Cheers |
| Empgamer | 08 Jul 2007 1:06 a.m. PST |
When I did a few last I actually locked the hand end of the lance in a pin vice, put the pin vice in a small modelling bench vice (which then meant I was able to spin the barrel of the pin vice slowly with one hand at a regular speed) then held the loaded brush and controlled its movement with the other hand. Turned out 10 VERY neat and regular spiralled lances (after a couple of practice runs). |
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