| Project Vehemence | 19 Dec 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
Howdy folks, I've wrote a brief article on the 10 colours I would recommend every painter needs, with my reasons why, and a couple of tips. The full article is on my blog here – link Obviously a lot depends on what period you are starting out in, but I dont think you could go far wrong with these 10 – 1 White
2 Black
3 Silver
4 Flesh
5 Brown
6 Green
7 Blue
8 Red
9 Yellow Brown
10 Leather Thoughts? |
Random Die Roll  | 19 Dec 2016 12:32 p.m. PST |
I agree with every color except #3 Silver is often way too shiny, I would go more with gunmetal than a pure silver |
| HidaSeku | 19 Dec 2016 1:06 p.m. PST |
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| Rich Bliss | 19 Dec 2016 1:35 p.m. PST |
Yes, Steel or gun metal is far more useful. Also, I'm not a big fan of pre-mixed flesh. Here's my 10: White
Black
Unbleached Titanium
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Yellow
Cobalt Blue
Red
Steel
Chromium Green |
| Zephyr1 | 19 Dec 2016 3:14 p.m. PST |
You can mix Black & Silver to get Gunmetal. |
| warwell | 19 Dec 2016 7:00 p.m. PST |
I use silver on smaller scale figs (6mm and below). Gunmetal is just too dark at those scales. |
| Martin Rapier | 20 Dec 2016 12:13 a.m. PST |
Agree on silver, you can always dull it down. Personally I'd switch blue for a pale tan, but that only really applies for post 1900. Add to all, a pot of Windsor and Newton peat Brown ink for washing. |
| ced1106 | 20 Dec 2016 3:45 p.m. PST |
My two bits is that a new painter should get a Reaper Learn to Paint Kit. Pretty safe to assume new painters don't know how to paint, and you can't just give a newbie a set of paints and expect him to learn how to paint. |
| tkdguy | 05 Jan 2017 10:03 p.m. PST |
Good choices. I'd include gold instead of leather, but I'm mainly into fantasy rpg, so I've used gold more than leather in my miniatures. One of my friends used gunmetal to paint mail armor. I haven't used it myself. Interesting choice of yellow-brown instead of pure yellow. It's probably better for painting blond hair. |
| Marc the plastics fan | 06 Jan 2017 10:32 a.m. PST |
Uh ced? That's what I did years back. I started, practiced, made mistakes and leant |
| tkdguy | 06 Jan 2017 4:05 p.m. PST |
A good color wheel is quite useful for both beginners and seasoned painters. |
| Griveton | 28 Feb 2017 10:18 a.m. PST |
Rich Bliss, what brand of paints are those colours? Martin? Does the W&N peat brown ink work the same way as a vallejo or GW wash? Cheers. |
| PistolPete | 15 Mar 2017 2:05 p.m. PST |
not pure white – i'd go with valejo deck tan or off-white |
