"Yet more Prussians and a few Austrians" Topic
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| christot | 21 Nov 2009 7:30 a.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 21 Nov 2009 9:34 a.m. PST |
Nice work! You mention oil washes, I'm assuming oil based wash rather than water based acrylic? What kind of paint do you use? In particular the Prussian blue. I'm a acrylic guy, but just recently I've moved into the better artist acrylics, from the standard, Delta Ceramcoat and Americana. |
| christot | 21 Nov 2009 9:48 a.m. PST |
No,the blue is just thinned down vallejo. Most of what I use these days is vallejo. I don't bother buying pre-mixed washes, I tend just to water paint down a bit. I use artists oil paints thinned with white spirit for a couple of things. "Burnt Umber" for all sorts of things brown, usually on some sort of tan acrylic base (horses,backpacks, bread-bags etc) this may or may not then get highlighted with a tan acrylic. The other oil I use is burnt sienna washed over an acrylic flesh, then highlighted. |
Hydra Studios  | 21 Nov 2009 10:05 a.m. PST |
Great work! I really love the lively mixture of poses for your Prussians. Regarding oil washes:
What type of oils do you use--artist tube oils?
How long do you wait for the oil washes to dry before re-highlinghting? Do the acrylics cover easily over oils? Again, very nice work!
-Matt |
| christot | 21 Nov 2009 11:12 a.m. PST |
Yes, just artists oils in tubes. They dry pretty quickly, depending on how much thinner you use.(more thinner = quicker) Say a thin wash on a face can be highlighted within 1/2 an hour. You can see when its dry, it goes matt.
Slightly Thicker washes on horses might take a bit longer like an hour or so. The one thing one must be careful of is using a gloss or oil based varnish on them too quickly (allow a few hours, or overnight). A water based varnish is fine within an hour.
Acrylics cover perfectly well on them.
Tubes also last FOREVER. You need only a tiny squeeze before mixing with the white spirit. Often I'll just poke the brush into the end of the tube and then mix it. Also if you have a blob on your palette and there is some left over, if you come back a couple of days later, mix in more white spirit and it's re-vitalised. In 25 years I think I've got through 3 tubes of burnt umber and I use it all the time. |
| Hydra Studios | 21 Nov 2009 11:26 a.m. PST |
Great information. Thanks! |
| wrgmr1 | 21 Nov 2009 3:42 p.m. PST |
Yes, thanks for the information. |
| Rob UK | 22 Nov 2009 12:37 a.m. PST |
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| Craig Ambler | 22 Nov 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
Excellent figures there and a very interesting paint technique. I use oils for my bigger figures ie 75mm, but never for their smaller brethen. Must try it. Great stuff and an excellent website full of ideas. Cheers Craig |
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