For Whom the Bell Tolls (and some wood!)
Crafting with a Cat (and painting grim dark)
Painting Grimdark
A tip for painting grimdark: don’t go too dark as it will only read as a dark brown mess from a tabletop perspective.
Instead, it can be pretty dark, but with some lighter highlights. The lighter highlight helps to differentiate the different elements in the piece.
The base was overbrushed with two coats of ivory.
The trees were carefully highlighted with a water-down ivory color (pro-acryl).
Highlighting the trees with a brush is a bit more time consuming than plain old drybrush, but I wanted more control. And drybrush can leave a sort of a dusty look.
And the cat is just chilling in the background..
A few touches and I should be able to finish the wood by Monday (and take some proper pictures..)
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