| Wargamer57 | 03 Jul 2005 5:36 a.m. PST |
Hi, I'm finishing some Copplestone bikers for ATZ and am quite happy with the black leather I paint.
But any advice on painting faded jeans (as seen in many pics after a thorough search on Google)
I use Vallejo model colour, GW paint and yes… still Humbrol and oils (Winsor& Newton)
Thanks for some fashion advice.
Wargamer57 |
| Andrew May1 | 03 Jul 2005 6:04 a.m. PST |
Right then, this is what you do. You get your minis, put them in the pockets of your Levi's, walk down the launderette, put on a Sam Cooke tune, take of all of your clothes, pull the latest ruleset you are reading out of your back pocket, stick your clothes (with minis) in the machine, and sit down. At the end of the wash, your mini's 'll have stonewashed jeans… But seriously, Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue (899) as a base coat, highlighting first with Vallejo field blue (964) and then final highlights with white should do the job. Paint a very thin black stripe down the sides of each leg, and then using your finest brush, paint on an even thinner strip of any deep orange colour you have. When this is dry, paint the thinnest most watered down line of yellow over the orange. Hey presto, you have jeans with golden stitching down the sides. If you want to paint on turn ups, do a 50/50 white black mix and add you basecoat/highlight colours to it and paint it on as usual. Works for me, hope it works for you. As for fashion advice, never, and I repeat, NEVER, iron creases into your jeans: You'll end up looking like your best friends embarrassing dad! Viv |
| manatic | 03 Jul 2005 6:07 a.m. PST |
For a simple faded jeans look: Paint with a fairly deep blue, highlight with a lighter blue, drybrush with very light blue or gray. Works wonders for me. |
| Coyoteh | 03 Jul 2005 6:38 a.m. PST |
make sure you give the knees a good old drybrush of white or very light blue. |
| Rattlehead | 03 Jul 2005 8:20 a.m. PST |
And the seat of the pants! Hmmm… I wonder how you do that little ring where rednecks keep their Skoal cans in their back pockets? Brandon
rattleheadgames.com |
Lee Brilleaux  | 03 Jul 2005 8:32 a.m. PST |
Painting jeans is one of those places where the 'overly keen drybrush' look works well. Paint jeans an indigo blue. Add more white to the palette than you;d normally use for a highlight. Dip brush and wipe 95% of it off on a rag. Scrub the rest maniacally on the legs. Looks like denim. |
 Condotta  | 03 Jul 2005 10:53 a.m. PST |
Little bit of trivia on the centuries-old Italian influence on fashion. Jeans comes from the French word Genes (various spellings based upon the medieval Latin word Janua), which is the name of the Italian port Genoa (Genova) where the coarse broad cloth material came from. The loads of cloth would have "Genes" labled to note the origin, and over time became Jeans, blue, green, black or faded. |
| Swampster | 03 Jul 2005 1:24 p.m. PST |
… and Denim is 'de Nimes' – the southern French City. |
| Mrs Pumblechook | 04 Jul 2005 4:40 a.m. PST |
I've painted denim jeans 2 ways, depending on the surface. With a smooth surface, I went with the dry brush effect, but when the fig had lots of folds I did blending. |
| dasfrpsl | 04 Jul 2005 5:22 a.m. PST |
Hmmm, my jeans sometimes get painted accidentally when I'm painting something else. |
| GuyT 2gp | 04 Jul 2005 7:24 a.m. PST |
Undercoat white then water down the blue colour you want to
and apply with a 'O' brush,then if necessary reapply various colour wash shades.
For 'stonewash' use a darker wash for stage 1 and dry brush. |
| Broadsword | 05 Jul 2005 6:54 a.m. PST |
Keep in mind that I prime white: paint light blue, then paint with dark blue ink, drybrush the original light blue, then drybrush with white – especially knees & seat. Detail with white for seams and cuffs. Use copper for rivets. Al | rivetsandsteam.com |
| Lord Hypnogogue | 05 Jul 2005 1:52 p.m. PST |
I paint jeans all the time…accidentally…while I'm wearing them… |
