"How to paint see through clothes?" Topic

I got a few new figs that I would like to paint sheer or see through clothes on. (i.e. stockings)

I tried to figure out how to do it, but I had NO success.

Any tips or tutorials out there on the best looking way to to that?

Thanks.

thin satin ink wash over the flesh?

Stockings (not fishnets) I think I'd just do as a different skin tone. That's what they look like in real life – almost the same as bare flesh (usually) but not quite.

Typically you paint the garment in the color you want. Then using the garment color and your flesh tone of choice slowly build up the high lights adding more flesh tone to each layer. Same concept applies to darker areas like nipples or pubic hair.

I am off to do lots and lots and lots of research on this. I'll have answer for you in a year… or two.

I have always wondered about this too. Well, this and how in the world a sculptor could make marble look transparent: picture or link

Since they can't do layering or a wash on marble, I wonder how much skill that takes…

Not saying that this is the best technique, but I have painted the legs in the flesh tone I wanted then thinned down the black with water and gently painted this over the legs. Seemed to work for me though I was not trying to win any painting competitions.

Here's a article on it on Cool Mini or Not. The writer isn't the best at it, but the concept is correct.

link

Stocking, as BWS stated use a different skin tone. Normally you just lighten or darken you base skin tone for the stockinged area and work as normal from there. You can apply the final highlight as you might when painting a fine fur over a smooth base: with short thin strokes that are only partially blended. This suggests the pattern of the stocking material and is only used on old fashioned course stockings.

For translucent clothes you really need to be very comfortable painting with translucent paints. You can paint the area by very slowly building up the proper opaque tones but it is insanely slow, and one wrong move ruins the effect.
Using translucent paints you can blend the skin tone down into the fabric and bring the tint of the fabric up over the skin by using very thin successive layers. Different methods can be used depending one look you are after. Most of this type of painting I have done has been to blend in the skin tone by mixing like shades/highlights (middle shade of flesh to middle shade of fabric, deep to deep, first highlight to first, etc…) as it is slowly built up over the fabrics base color.

Don't forget to add to the illusion of stockings that the band at the top should be a solid line that way your brain fills in the rest telling you what you see. Also you might add a seem down the back making sure they're straight of course.

That veiled virgin statue is amazing.

I know I've seen at least one tutorial for this, specifically for clothing that was near transparent when against the skin but more opaque when alone. The technique used, that I recall, was to paint the clothing in its own color, then blend toward the chosen fleshtones in spots where the clothing was obviously touching skin.

Not sure, but I think it the question requires LOTS of research ;)

Try this: link

Another one: link

As always, rely on your eyes:

1) Put on see-through clothes.

2) Stand in front of the mirror.

3) Paint what you see.

Allen

Ok. Jana is the winner. Thanks for the links.

3) Paint what you see.

Just be aware that:

4) What you see and what you need to see for this project may be very different things; this sort of thing falls victim to "what I thought I saw".

5) Spandex is a privilege not a right.

6) wanting to claw your eyes out in response is a professional risk you'll have to take into consideration.

Try throwing cold water on a white tee shirt…

…on John the OFM.

No thank you. I would rather not.

Sounds like a research trip during Spring Break is in order. For purely professional reasons, mind you.

Allen wrote…
>As always, rely on your eyes:
>
>1) Put on see-through clothes.
>2) Stand in front of the mirror.
>3) Paint what you see.

As always, Allen is right about trusting your eyes.

If I had a nickel for every request from the local Ladies Miniature Painting Auxiliary Club to help them model for various Hellenistic dioramas… well I could at least buy a nice LCD television set. In addition to the time drain, I fear being typecast in the Apollo role.

From the best painter (or should that be paintress?) I've ever seen:
coolminiornot.com/137166
Unfortunately, no "how to".

Look into her gallery, there is more of it somewhere.

"(or should that be paintress?)"

No. "Painter" is safely gender neutral. Let's leave it that way.

I have thought this to be the best see through fabric painting
TMP link

Maybe ask someone at Studio McVey how they did it.

That last link is an excellent example of "sheer", really quality work. Something I have always wanted to try but never found the courage!

hussarbob1746.webs.com