"Painting fingers" Topic
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| Chgowiz | 12 Oct 2016 11:29 a.m. PST |
I've been learning a lot with painting by the Foundry/Dallimore method, but fingers/digits were giving me fits. With my eyes and the "tremble" in my hands, I just could not get them to look right. Then I thought about a stupid/simple way of doing them and now my troops/tabletop quality figures look a lot better! Drybrush the little  s. I know… stupid and simple and one of those "Why didn't I think of that earlier" moments. Anyway, here's the blog post with pics so you can see for yourself: link |
| Chgowiz | 12 Oct 2016 12:59 p.m. PST |
The Bobbies are examples of Kevin doing it right, which I am nowhere near as talented. |
| Vigilant | 12 Oct 2016 1:38 p.m. PST |
I have no problem painting fingers. When I paint mine are always covered! |
| MajorB | 12 Oct 2016 2:19 p.m. PST |
I try not to paint my fingers… |
| Kropotkin303 | 12 Oct 2016 2:55 p.m. PST |
I use a wash now on faces and hands. Dark umbar over flesh, followed by a lighter flesh shade dry brush. Wash works for me. |
| Wargamer Blue | 12 Oct 2016 4:04 p.m. PST |
Just turn your paint brush on its side and sweep it over the fingers. Only the top of the fingers receive the paint and the black primer remains in the crevices. Easy and it works. |
| wrgmr1 | 12 Oct 2016 5:10 p.m. PST |
You can also do a dry brush and wash combo, it will fill in any extra paint in between the fingers from the dry brush. |
| Chgowiz | 13 Oct 2016 7:25 a.m. PST |
@Wargamer Blue – I had a feeling everyone had their own technique, but it's one of those little things I hadn't heard anyone talk about. I will try that as well as the dry brushing. |
| Wargamer Blue | 13 Oct 2016 4:27 p.m. PST |
@Chgowig I saw a guy do it on YouTube and I thought to myself, that's so simple. So I tried it and it's so easy. |
| tkdguy | 14 Oct 2016 4:17 p.m. PST |
I sometimes use a finely honed toothpick to apint fingers. I usually use that to paint eyes as well. |
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