3 Colours Up: Freehand Wood Technique
January 1, 2017 by elromanozo
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fantastic tutorial
…he said wood!
*Giggles*
@elromanozo, your wood looks amazing. It’s got a real depth and weighty look to it.
Thanks, I get that a lot.
Oh good lord Romain … that is astounding, but sadly something this mere mortal won’t be able to replicate anytime soon ………….sigh (maybe if I did a really big piece, like 20 cm by 10 cm) …….deeper sigh
Nonsense ! Don’t knock it til you tried it ! I only used a regular-sized brush. All you’ve got to be able to do is a vaguely straight line, and never try and trace it from the side. I’m sure you’re just depreciating yourself. Go ahead and experiment on some plasticard, and limit yourself to three or four colours to start with, you’ll feel better about it ! 🙂
Thank you I will certainly try it, my straight line ability is what has me worried. cheers
Straight is overrated. Trust me on this one…
LOL ….. I’ll take your word for it mate =)
You certainly have mighty wood @elromanozo
Thanks ! And you see, it doesn’t need such a delicate touch to come out nicely. All it takes is a few strokes. Even you can manage it, I’m sure ! 🙂
Love the wood affect Romain the shoulder pad would be perfect for chariots.
One of the few times painting models comes in handy many moons ago at college was when we had to hide cigarette burns on furniture repairs had to turn it into a knot had half of the class watching.
Excellent tutorial, so thank you.
I vaguely remember that there was an epic scale titan entered into the Golden Demon awards many, many years ago where the artist had painted all the armour as wood. I seem to recall that they had used a very fine designers pen to get the grain. The whole piece looked fantastic.
Thanks for the compliment !
The issue with designer pen is that it doesn’t age well under ammbient light, and fades quickly while paint does not. In a year, perhaps two, I’m sure the piece looked faded and blue (unless the lad found some sort of magical anti-UV varnish, of course). Anyway, a brush is always more precise than a pen, as you don’t have to press it.
Thank you one and all for your kind words ! I really like that one, because you get excellent results in a very easy way.
thank you. really great results. this will certainly be my go to wood technique, so much texture from what looks like a relatively straight forward method.
WOW, again you make something simple that others find more hard to do.
lovely job.
………… after having watched Outakes Vol 3. the title of this segment seems hysterically funny (Still is a super tutorial by the way)
Huehue
Amazing tutorial, you are a great inspiration for us monsieur Romain 🙂
Awesome tutorial. great effect!
Well @elromanozo that just made wood look like the easiest thing in the world to paint! Not sure what I could use it on, but this makes me wanna try it.
Think I gotta sort out a wet palette too. Like I said on another of your videos, until I started watching these, I had no idea what they were about, but your videos have made me think that it does two things in particular.
1. Paint lasts longer.
2. Your control over the paint and how much you want to thin it at any given time seems considerably more precise.