When waiting on various stages of the Robotech Missile Phalanx Destroid to cure or dry I've been working on these minis.
The photos is after they've been primed with Vallejo black primer. I decided to try out the method suggested in the Snapshot Finescale posted about painting miniatures.
https://finescale.com/how-to/articles/2022/09/how-to-paint-military-figures-with-glaze-medium
I'll be honest and say I didn't follow it exactly so the look of the final product is on me more than the method. I'll probably give it another try following it more closely but for now this is what I did.
After priming black the next step was the zenithal highlights.
My first attempt at glazing covered all the shadows so the first one was stripped back to primer.
For the next go around I tried two different mixes. The one in the middle was done using the recommeded ratio of paint, glaze meidum, and water. It came out a heavier than expected so the flanking ones were painted after thinning with additional water. They turned out more like I expected.
They were still darker than I liked so I went over them a couple more times with the glaze but now I'd lost more of the shadow than I liked.
But I liked the saturation of the color and decided to hit them with a gloss coat and then do some washes with a dark grey to bring back the shadows.
oddly enough that hid the shadows even more, but I was undaunted by it. Time to hit them with the wash and then smack them with a matte clear coat afterwards.
Looking better. Next up was highlights. Took the original red and started adding white to it. Then proceeded to drybrush it on to all of the highest parts.
Added more white to it and then dry brushed the topmost parts of them.
Next up was brush painting the cloaks with Satin clear coat and the helmets with gloss. Unfortunately haven't been able to get a decent picture of them at this stage.
Not quite done with them. Still need to paint their staves, visors and bases. Will post final pics once thats done.