December 2, 2011 by elromanozo
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Here's the second part of Romain's series of painting a Cygnar Ironclad.
If you missed the first part, you can catch it here.
Painting a Cygnar Ironclad... Part 1
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good to see pt2. eagerly awaiting pt3 and prob. 4
Lovely effects on the metals mate
Thanks ! I think it works.
BoW Romain
Ooooh, fade ins on the paint palette. Fancy Now all you need is background music. Flower scented warjacks? Maybe if they were painted in pastels. On your paint based washes to you recommend using distilled water for thinning the paints? I find that undistilled water will dry in hard lines at the edges due to the mineralization, which can reverse the intended effect. So for quick and dirty shadows on metals you layer up a black wash. For your heroes / high detail models, would you do the same, or would you actually blend deeper shades of the metal paint?… Read more »
Thank you for your interest and questions, @ubiquanon ! I use tap water for all my miniature needs, but do check the hardness of your local water supply… In some areas, you may get a water that has unintended effects on your painting. In such a case, use bottled water (distilled if you prefer, but it doesn’t really matter). Also, sometimes, when you use too much water and when you leave droplets on your surfaces, it dries and leaves little circles as the surface tension of the water makes the pigment particles accumulate on the edges of the droplet. The… Read more »
Thanks very much for these detailed comments. I appreciate your clear answers. Have you guys thought about using stills & graphics interspersed with the live action shots.? I agree that once you get the idea of a technique, and demonstrate it in both a flat surface and a detailed (heavy relief) area of the model, you pretty much have 99% of the technique covered. I know the real challenge with these is not really the video capture, but rather the editing. Iv’e just picked up a ton of Protectorate, so I might send you guys some vids of the stuff,… Read more »
Do send anything you want, I’m sure the guys at the studio will be thrilled ! I’m also eager to see more of your work. As for the editing… Time prevents us from doing something exceedingly elaborate and fancy (well, fancier than what is already being done… And I can tell you, the job is very well done indeed !)… Our fearless editing team does add stills and 360° shots when it’s called for. It also has become apparent that many people want to see the whole process. For quicker videos of particular techniques (as opposed to longer ones of… Read more »
This might not be the place to ask this, but are you going to any oxidized copper? You know that greenish look.
It is the place to ask !
The greenish look is actually called verdigris, and is the common way to describe oxydation on copper and its alloys.
I’ve done it on this very miniature, it’ll be in a future part of this tutorial. You can see some of it in the 360° view, actually.
Stay tuned !
BoW Romain
Romain,
Can you tell me who makes the Royal Navy Brown that you are using for the gold tone wash?
Thanx
My detective work finds that Royal Navy Brown is Prince August colour 985. Prince August is now Vallejo and colour 985 is called Hull Red. I can’t tell if the colours are the same on my monitor.