Not another Burrows & Badgers project
Tartan (F***ing Tartan)
I decided to paint the clan ferret wearing tartan loosely based on the Black Watch tartan. So I started with a bit of youtube research and devised a plan!
Time to test the plan on paper:
1 Lay out a grid of AP Crystal Blue.
2 Paint in alternate horizontal and vertical stripes in AP Crystal Blue.
3 Paint the other horizontal and vertical stripes in AP Goblin Green, a nice thin coat so that the blue still shows through.
4 Paint a thin line of AP Deep Blue down the outside and centre of each horizontal and vertical blue stripe.
Paint a thin line of AP Greenskin down the centre of each horizontal and vertical green stripe.
Now time to see how this translates onto the miniature. I started with a base of white washed with soft tone in a hope that this shading may show through but that didn’t work out.
I’ll admit part way through I was wondering what I had let myself in for! On the mini the squares painted blue with the green over the top didn’t come out as well as on the paper and if I did it again I’d probably paint those squares in separately. Once I started the lining it didn’t turn out as bad as I thought it was going to and I still have most of my marbles!
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