Egyptian Mythology Display - Spring Clean 2024
A recipe that works
I had another go with a single model and I’ve come up with a scheme that I’m happy with.
The model was undercoated wraithbone. Then I used contrast paints to paint in the key colours: iyanden yellow for the gold, terradon turqoise for the fabrics, black templar for the black, and apothecary white for the rest.
I then applied a satin varnish to the entire model to protect the paintwork before applying gold leaf to the gold areas. Its very hot in the UK right now so I found the leaf had to be applied almost immediately after the glue, otherwise the glue would dry to much. It took two applications of gold leaf to get adequate coverage. The odd bit missing only reveals the yellow paint beneath so it’s not a big problem.
Once the glue is dry I need to blow off the little bits of leaf that are stuck to the model in the wrong places, then the model needs varnishing again.
This hole process took about an hour for the painting and half an hour for the gold leaf application.
Now I have an approach I’m happy with I can crack on a paint the rest the same way.
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