CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS! PT 2

Before i tackle the slightly more complex Dr Strange i thought i’d get Wong sorted.

Now prepare yourselves, im going to attempt this one without my beloved Brainmatter Beige. (shocker, i know!)

Whilst i think it would be simple enough i’m keen to see if i can get anywhere with inks. Recently i picked up some Liquitex Acrylic inks and i thought seeing as this model is pretty fuss free detail wise it might be fun to have a crack. Full disclosure i have no idea what im doing, im going to make it up as i go. Strap in!

Now i know the initial green is way to light but my cunning plan is to use this as a base for my darker ink. My theory is that the darker ink will gather in the recesses leaving the lighter colour on the raised areas.

First thing i should mention is that i have no green ink, i do have a blue, a yellow and enough memory of primary school science to remember that blue and yellow will make green! i went with a 3-1 yellow to blue mix with a bit of wash medium added to stop it breaking up on the model.

Here goes!

Now at this point i definitely felt i’d ballsed it up as the model was looking patchy and uneven.

I knew i’d need a few more layers so i added a little more wash medium for reasons and ploughed on 2 more coats.

Thankfully this settled the issues down and i decided that would be enough, i was concerned that too much more would end up with just a flat green.

after i had done a few more steps i still wasnt happy and i was contemplating resorting to adding a layer of traditional paint but i thought if its wrong now might as well try one more thing before abandoning it so i added a yellow dry brush over the aised areas to see what would happen and by a miracle it really helped tie the colours together.

So, disaster averted it was back to finishing him off.

So after a quick tarting up of the base and a matt coat Wong is ready, now for the Doctor…