Outlining figure detail.

Kalmbach has a really good book on painting figures. It is worth picking up.

This is where a wash works really well, especially with artists' high quality oils. Make a mixture that will draw itself alonf a thin engraved line on a junk model or figure. Touch a brushful at the edges of equipment after it's been painted. The wash will draw itself alonmg hte edge by capilary action. FOr older figures with softer detail, run a dental pick along these edges to acentuate them.

As I stated somewhere else I don't like to work with oils (toxic fumes and shiny finish), so using a small (5/0) and very sharp brush with acrylics thinned with water will do the work , too.

I manage to do seam lines on 54mm figures as well as the web look of scottish tartans with this technique.

Thanks to all the responses, I'll look for that book and try those techniques.

Cheers

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As I stated somewhere else I don't like to work with oils (toxic fumes and shiny finish), so using a small (5/0) and very sharp brush with acrylics thinned with water will do the work , too. I manage to do seam lines on 54mm figures as well as the web look of scottish tartans with this technique.

You can seal it with dull coat when it dries. And if you use small quantities and spread it as far as you can, it dries to a nice satin finish and dries fairly quickly, usually overnight, and also without brush strokes. It almost looks airbrushed. I never have a problem with it being shiney.

 The odor, I can't help you with though. I just love the smell of oils, so it doesn't bother me, but the turpenoid can be bad. Nothing near as bad as standard model enamal thinners though.

Hi,
I had the same query on another site while trying to detail some old Tamiya figures.The advice that i was given  has worked out well!While the figure is in the building process  use a worn hobby knife to gently scribe out some depth along the shoulder straps and other details.Using this method allows the capillary action to really bring extra detail out.
Gino Poppe,a great figure painter gave  me some advice with  another method and that is using  a fine 5/0 brush with thinned down indian ink to carefully paint around webbings,straps etc.
Hope these tips can help you out,we are all on some type of learning curve!
Cheers,Shay

Remember though  if you are going to slosh the wash all around you might want a coat or two of Future(mandatory when using oils). I do this even with acrylics as i find they tend to not stay in the creases without a gloss coat.

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First paint the web gear in black or dark brown then paint it the normal color...

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I'm glad they did, those figures look really good, although kind of like transvestites, a little too much makeup...

BigDaddyBluesman

I'm glad they did, those figures look really good, although kind of like transvestites, a little too much makeup...

Sorta like the fig in your avatar...

The figure in my avatar is me, no makeup I am naturally beautiful in a manly sort of way.....ha ha.

BigDaddyBluesman

The figure in my avatar is me, no makeup I am naturally beautiful in a manly sort of way.....ha ha.

For a minute there I thought you said in a Manny sort of way.