"My first skinny "dip" 15mm Old Glory Spanish Militia" Topic

Hi Folks

I appreciate eveyone's feedback over the week on my webpage. I gave the dip a try. I actually brushed it. The results are amazing. I will have to experiment with lighting the color to compensate for the darker finish. Any thoughts on that?

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Thanks Again
Dave
ABQ

Just a note, but if you decide to add a matte finish like Dullcote to the models it tends to lighten the colors and the contrast a little.

I dip all the time (actually brush but you know what I mean) using Army Painter Strong Tone. If it comes out too dark a quick highlight can fix it but matt varnish first as this tends to lighten the figures a little so no highlighting needed. I know some people paint a shade lighter before dipping but using AP Strong Tone Tone I haven't felt the need. This is for 15mm and 28mm.
I panicked once and highlighted the dipped figures. When matt varnished they were far too bright.
Yours look great so I wouldn't bother.

Nice, I have recently, about a year go switch to the Army Painter method. Before that is used to black undercoat and dry brush everything.

I think the AP system is great, I can now paint much faster and still get a good wargames level of painting. They are not going to win any prizes but they still look good on the table.

I agree that they can look dark when the initial AP is put on but they do lighten up once Matt varnished.

Check out my blog for some WIP nd finished bases

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Nice – I liked the effect. I wish Old Glory made Spanish in 25/28mm.

Dave,
Great lookinh units. Looks as the dip kelped out.
John

Great finish Dave they came out brilliant.
If you go 1 stage further and block in the full face before brushing on the dip then highlight with the same flesh colour you should get a subtle 3 shade face similar to the style you were looking for in your earlier post as the AP takes the base flesh back a shade (same with the uniforms).
Cheers
Paul

paulalba – I will give that a try on the next batch

They look super HandL – Spanish Militia must be like buses – no pictures for ages and then two lots at once! I've just posted some pictures of the bare figures with some other makers for comparison on my blog.

I thinking of just using different greys and browns for the smocks they are wearing – what evidence do you have for the other colours?

Littlearmies, I just use whatever color I want. Spanish Militia would have any avaliable clothing possible. A poor country, poorly supplied and what uniforms they did get, I am sure probably quickly faded and turned to rags.