| ACW Gamer | 08 Feb 2012 5:48 a.m. PST |
Hi,
My painting style has outgrown the way I paint muskets. Anyone have a nice tutorial for a better looking 28mm musket?? |
| epturner | 08 Feb 2012 7:28 a.m. PST |
Nope. I slather on two coats of Folk Art Coffee Bean Brown and call it good. From three-four feet away, it's fine for me. BUT, that being said, TMPer ACWBill does some amazing stuff in all scales, hopefully he will tell some of his secrets. Eric |
| DeanMoto | 08 Feb 2012 7:31 a.m. PST |
No tutorial per se, but the way I've been doing them – and it's quite quick to do and leaves a decent impression – is to give it a black undercoat; followed by painting the metal parts – leaving the some of the black showing next to the wooden stock parts as well as the bands securing the barrel, then finish with an appropriate wooden color – I've used Vallejo Saddle Brown sometimes. Oh, and if there are straps, paint those white – trying to leave some of the black undercoat where there might be folds, etc. Maybe you can make out how this was done on some OG 2nd Ed. French:
Dean |
| MajorB | 08 Feb 2012 8:00 a.m. PST |
Polished wooden stock, gun metal for lock and barrel.
That's it. |
| mjkerner | 08 Feb 2012 8:23 a.m. PST |
For 20+ years I've been doing exactly what DeanMoto does. Works for me. |
| Martin Rapier | 08 Feb 2012 8:35 a.m. PST |
Black undercoat, paint woodwork leaving some black bits around the metalwork, metalwork in appropriate metal colour. A dark brown inkwash on the stock can make them look rather good. |
Frederick  | 08 Feb 2012 11:04 a.m. PST |
Same old same old – black primer, brown woodwork (right now I am using either GW Bestial Brown or Scorched Brown), metal for the barrel, bands and bayonets, quick wash with a black wash, done like dinner |
 Flashman14 | 08 Feb 2012 11:21 a.m. PST |
Those look great Dean … Saddle Brown eh? I like that better than the mohagany I've been using … |
| wehrmacht | 08 Feb 2012 3:07 p.m. PST |
Wow Dean – those look good. |
| ACW Gamer | 09 Feb 2012 6:58 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys..I will try a few of these out. |
| Karl von Hessen | 10 Feb 2012 5:19 p.m. PST |
I sort of favor Delta Ceramcoat Pewter or Vallejo's Oily Steel over black then Foundry Spearshaft for the stock. Some of the fittings are Vallejo Brass or the above "steel" Seeing a local TV program on making smoothbore muskets they showed the stock being anywhere from a light "Oak" to very dark brown. Interestingly the grains didn't always appear to run lengthwise… |
