"Tutorial for painting linen banners" Topic
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TwinCities Gamer | 29 Dec 2015 6:26 a.m. PST |
This year, I started painting linen banners for my SAGA warbands. Linen can be a trial to paint but worth it, I think. I posted a tutorial on my blog here. I'd love any tips, tricks or feedback as I've just scratched the surface.
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skipper John | 29 Dec 2015 6:36 a.m. PST |
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Xintao | 29 Dec 2015 7:20 a.m. PST |
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steamingdave47 | 29 Dec 2015 10:16 a.m. PST |
Tried this once for my Saxons. Looks OK, but I think the threads on my linen were a bit too coarse for 28mm figures. I see that someone on your blog suggested bandage gauze, which will have much finer threads, so I may try that. Yours look great. |
Condotta | 29 Dec 2015 11:58 a.m. PST |
Those are little works of art. I wonder if the coarseness of the linen could be muted with a thin wash of white glue before priming and painting. Gesso may work if not too thick, but enough to fill in the weave somewhat and give a nice surface to paint on. |
Waco Joe | 29 Dec 2015 12:08 p.m. PST |
If you don't mind going high tech instead of high touch you can get a printable fabric sheet. link But I think I like yours better for premodern periods. |
Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 29 Dec 2015 12:51 p.m. PST |
Very interesting and useful tutorial – many thanks for doing it. I love your description of it as "seat of the pants painting". Sometime I think all my painting is like that! |
TwinCities Gamer | 29 Dec 2015 3:36 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys for the feedback! Condotta, good suggestion…I mixed a small amount of white glue into my base coat color today. We'll see how it goes. I don't want to lose the translucent quality of linen so I have to go light. Dave, I agree linen is a compromise. You get texture but you lose the ability to paint fine detail. That's why I've been going more stylistic. I used dot painting for the Christ banner because it just didn't look right otherwise. Frothers, I often wish I had an arts background. It would make much of this easier. Without it, I'm reduced to trial and error, and error, and error. ;-) |
rampantlion | 29 Dec 2015 6:11 p.m. PST |
I really like the look. I am going to give this a try for my medievals. Thanks for sharing! |
VicCina | 26 Jan 2016 11:41 a.m. PST |
Amazing work! I wish I could draw free hand as well as you do. |
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