"Tartan" Topic

I am toyinh with the idea of buying some of new Victrix Highlander. The only thing puttng me off at the moment is paintng tartan which I have had a go at before and I am frankly rubbish at

So my question is Does anyone know of a tartan decal you can buy, and if not has any company ever considered making some available *hint*

Cheers

No, but I know of a few spray cans of tartan.

Unfortunately the "ogilve" tartan doesnt come in a spray can =(

If you want to try your hand with paint look here.

link

You would have difficulty applying a decal over the folds of the cloth – and in particular over the pleats at the back.

Thanks for that . I'll bookmark it and study carefully

Hi Steve
I have the same issues.
Fortunatly I have a friend who is a superalitve Artist, (so I've asked him to do them for me).
The cost will be worth the saving of scalp hair I would otherwise tear out,…
:oP

Steve,

It can be done without too much pain: link

As you can see I'm only a moderate painter. This was done with a basecote of dark blue then 'grids' of red, brown and green offset slightly. Diluting the 'grid' colours slightly works well.

The main thing is to pick your figures carefully – I went for these as the front of the kilt is nice and smooth. ROund the back is more pleated, but doing the vertical lines of the 'grids' works fine.

The key is to minimalize the pattern of the tartan down to its most noticeable colorrs. I usually choose one background color and paint window panes over that. Then I dot the intersection of the panes with either a contrasting color or a highlight color of that used for the window panes. It's the effect that you are looking for, not complete accuracy. Think in terms of "impressionist" painters.

As Midpoint and Fritz point out, it's not that hard, as long as you remember, you really want an "effect" rather than specific details – even a modest painter like me can do it – the hardest part is overcoming the mental block that "it must be hard"

Well you have convinced me to have a go again, just have to buy the figures first

try gel pens…I use white ones for writing on tanks etc, black ones for delineating between camouflage colours on EW French armour, silver for edges of swords etc.. I have a real 'yip/shake' problem as a result of a vehicle accident and struggle with fine detail work such as thin straight lines. I find that because of the way you I hold a pen its easier than trying to use a brush. Gel pens, with various nibs are quite handy, and yes they don't suit everyones "expectations" for want of a better word. A mate of mine uses them for tartans and gets a good effect. Just an option.

And no, I don't use crayons on the rest of the figures either….:)

cheers
jon.

As said above go for an impression rather than re-creating--Think about the 3 foot rule--What will the figures look like en-masse on the table at 3 foot?? If it's good enough for JWN Turner then it's good enough for me!!