Hi there, I wanted to start a separate thread for this so I hope that's okay. I've started my Skink Priest but I am looking for some tips on how to blend the colours on the Plumes. I'm wanting stay with the typical colour change of red-Orange-yellow-green-blue What's the best way to go about it Cheers guys Pete
When your blending add a retarder to your paint to slow it's drying time. Use 2 brushes, paint both colours and have a damp brush ready, as soon as the 2 colours are on get the damp brush and move the edge were the paint meets until you get a smooth transition of colour, the trick is to keep a wet edge hence the retarder.
Never had a lot of luck with that method. I prefer just mixing the paint as I go along the surface. (like the first video)
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Depending on what your doing, base coat 5/1, first layer 5/1 second layer 4/1, highlight 2/1. If you want to give blending a go try 3/1 and keep the mini away from any heat source. There is another technique called feathering were you apply your layer on to dry paint and just feather the edge of the wet paint into the dry coat, it takes some practice but another technique in your cap, just tried edge highlighting for the first time last night on my steggy!
Sorry, @Crowsfoot, but can you expand on that a bit? I don't really understand what you mean by feather the paint.
Ok say your doing layer one over the base. Base coat is dry and usually you do layer one and you just leave the edge of the layer close to the base coat (as I do on all my models), you could take your brush wash it and then right at the edge just wiggle the paint thinning it were it meets the base, doing this without a retarder could and usually does leave a line were the paint sat before you started to move it around, the technique could be called something else now. I used to do this for models I wanted to show off.
Ok, I just tried that technique, but it was called 2 brush blending, as you use one brush for painting and other clean, damp brush for pushing into the paint front and then wiggling it away from it, dragging some now diluted paint with you and creating blending. It's difficult, I can't really do it for small surfaces.
Yeah it is hard but can create a lovely blended model but again probably going to far for rank and file models. I've obviously got confused over the years as both techniques I've mentioned are basically the same
Many techniques have multiple names that are used interchangeably, so it's no wonder people are confused. For example, I thought feathering is something completely different... We need a standard naming system!