"Smaller figures and shading" Topic

I have two flavors of Army Painter Quickshade.

Soft and Dark (budget limits keeping it to two) and I have been experience eating with 25mm+ figures.

Now I am looking at 15mm/18mm figures and I wonder if there is a rule of thumb that suggests using a lighter shading tone for smaller figures?

Edit: Bill, before you go link breaking frenzied these three cross posted boards are where I have my main 15mm/18mm figures.

I do not know the Army Painter line too well, but some of their product is similar to the classic "Majic Wash" (or majic dip, as it is sometimes called).

Here is how that worked out on some 18mm figures (using Min-Wax):
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The smaller the figures, the brighter you generally want to go, unless you are very careful, as small figures can tend to turn a dark or muted paintjob into a muddled mess.

Sometimes you can do that through shading, sometimes, just by using paints just a tad brighter than you normally would.

I use the darkest and the middle tone on 15mm without issue. For smaller I'd probably use the mid or the light. If I only had (as you have stated) the light and dark, I'd privly try mixing a small batch of the two I had to achieve a mid tone and try that as well.

John T

I have used the dark tones for 15s with no issues. A bit too much for 10s though. You just have to make sure you brush off the excess.

I found the Strong Tone too dark for my taste, so I suspect Dark tone would be more so.

I found Soft Tone to work well if I didn't overdo it. Unfortunately, I always seem to overdo it, which I why I've gone back to traditional shading.

You can see some of my miniatures at link Hopefully, they might give you some insight.

Regards,

Scott Chisholm