Tango01 | 23 Nov 2014 11:07 p.m. PST |
"But Austrians are white! Yes I know. I have also seen some nice examples of Austrians base coated white and washed with things like Army Painter Quick Shade, and nearly did this myself. But after careful consideration I decided to go with the usual black undercoat. Why? Well I gave some careful examination to how much white is actually involved on these figures and realised that it's not quite as much as first appears to be the case. I also figured that this approach would better suit what I described as an 'operatic style' of bright colours and strong definition in a previous post on painting. Madness? Perhaps… as might be beginning with 150 figures at a time…"
More here chasseuracheval.blogspot.co.nz Amicalement Armand |
wrgmr1 | 23 Nov 2014 11:33 p.m. PST |
He's painting a lot of figures at once. I usually only paint 36 or so at a time. I also do the same method as he does, works well. |
langobard | 24 Nov 2014 3:08 a.m. PST |
This was pretty much what I thought for 15's, but interesting to see that he is using the same technique on Perry miniatures. Like all good obsessives, I'll be doing Austrians in 28mm next year as well as my current 15mm army, so interesting to learn that there isn't all that much difference required to step up in scale… |
KTravlos | 24 Nov 2014 3:22 a.m. PST |
I too prefer a black undercoat, and raised colors for my figures. This is a must at lower scales. |
79thPA | 24 Nov 2014 8:22 a.m. PST |
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Frederick | 24 Nov 2014 10:12 a.m. PST |
I have come to the wisdom of undercoating Austrians with black with experience – bad experience when I used a white prime! |
Tango01 | 24 Nov 2014 11:03 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article boys. Amicalement Armand |
BelgianRay | 24 Nov 2014 1:19 p.m. PST |
I seldom use black primer. For Austrians : definetly white, and then a wash of dark sand. |
kehanubaal | 25 Nov 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
Before Army Painter and dipping, I painted my 15mm austrians, quite a lot of them in a relatively short time. I primed them black, then I spray painted them white, spraying them from above at a high, steep angle, so to leave some gray areas in the bottom of the figures and in the recesses of the sculpts. I then hand picked the lights with the brush and some white paint. So I only had faces, hats, rifles, cuffs and collars, and backpacks left to be painted. Contrary on what you might think, I managed to get a very clean result in a reasonable time. Later, when I got the Army painter, I tried the light shade on some of those same Austrians and the final look was even cleaner. |
heavyhorse | 28 Nov 2014 5:40 p.m. PST |
use a dark gray car primer myself instead of the black on Austrians but for the same reasons |
mysteron | 02 Dec 2014 7:04 a.m. PST |
Horses for courses really. I prefer to use GW White "primer". Because its not really a very good primer IMO it gives a very smooth coat. The Army Painter white primer I did try but its too "gritty" because it is a good primer and not really want I want here. Once all the other base colours are done then a diluted( white spirit) coat of army Painter Dark tone is used. After varnishing in Matt ,the white straps are repainted making them pop. I then highlighted some parts which I felt needed it in the normal way I found this quite a quick method ( for me:)) as I am not a fast painter. But as the other saying goes there are many ways to skin a cat and as long as you are happy with the result it doesn't matter which method is used getting there :) |