"Tartan decals in 15-20mms?" Topic
7 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please don't call someone a Nazi unless they really are a Nazi.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Napoleonic Painting Guides Message Board
Areas of InterestNapoleonic
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Recent Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article
Featured Profile Article For the time being, the last in our series of articles on the gates of Old Jerusalem.
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
 Milhouse  | 02 Jun 2016 10:07 a.m. PST |
Is there anyone that does Scottish tartan decals in 15-20mm ? |
| Winston Smith | 02 Jun 2016 10:17 a.m. PST |
Can one really tell McKensie from Black Watch in 15mm?
Suck it up, Man! Paint it yourself and be a show off! |
| Timmo uk | 02 Jun 2016 10:26 a.m. PST |
Just paint an impression of it – don't try to paint the exact detail. It's impossible to do so in scale on such small figures. You often see tartan painted where the thinnest line in the real pattern becomes the thickest painted line so the thing is painted round the wrong way. For example, the pattern the Black Watch wear – when you look at the real thing the black disappears first as you increase the viewing distance so don't paint it – the impression you get is the overall green/blue. Focus on that. When I did them in 28mm I left out the black altogether and doing so enabled me the space on the model to get the blue and the green relationship and impression right to my eyes. |
| John Armatys | 02 Jun 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Not that I know of! This is a handy site for painting tartan
link For small scales as Timmo says, just do an impression of it – I normally start with a dark blue base, a green crossed patter and possibly a thin stripe of another colour. If the figures are Napoleonic or earlier bear in mind that natural dyes give subdued colours when compared with modern chemical dyes. |
 deadhead | 02 Jun 2016 12:21 p.m. PST |
Trust me. I have never worked in 15m until I did that coach for Boney. I now have massive respect for folk who work in your scale! They are all correct. I have the decals for Victrix Highlanders' kilts. Brilliant for 71st Lights so must get round to trying them. They are in my lead/plastic mountain. But you must consider scale effect…for 15mm. I learnt this for 1/600 and 1/700 ships. If someone could get me a tin of paint fresh off HMS Hood (APC summat as I recall) I could not use it on a model that small. The smaller stripes are like the whites of the eyes. They could not be seen. I suspect you will ruin the effect if you try |
| spontoon | 02 Jun 2016 3:13 p.m. PST |
Gasp! Sputter! Choke! Not put in all the stripes? " Can anyone really tell MacKensie (sic) from Black Watch in 15mm"? Where's my defibrillator? |
| Toronto48 | 02 Jun 2016 9:49 p.m. PST |
|
|
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
