posted by roman, jarhead, kong

Sometimes i wish i could say to my colours: Hey, let's save tonight and this great mood for painting forever... but that is my misery, a fire that burns and can take me away, hold me tonight, i do know i have to go away, so take this colour and paint with me, save tonight, it ain't easy to say goodbye, muse, my darling don't start to cry, i someday i got to go, lord i wish it wasn't so, but i will paint with you til dawn - to save tonight!

Ok now this is just some blablubb i've written while i listen to this fabolous track again after some years... Eagle Eye Cherry - Save tonight

When i fall in love with colours its always the same :) - i know it is not very poetic simply linking up a music video to describe how it is always the same when i fall ... its becaue music keeps me holding on to my brushes so often, there is nothing i can do with this joy in colours my heart won't break in the future...

Still WIP, still painting, still a saved night ahead, tomorrow i won't be gone... Experiments, BLAH!!


Tutorial ahead, still got to update the article section, lalalalalalala...


Work in Progress:

Desireless while I keep on happy painting!
Try it! Paint it! Enjoy it!
Regards
Roman

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

Nun with gun, tralalalalala... WIP, tralalalala...


Keep on happy painting!
Regards
Roman

posted by roman, jarhead, kong



... to have the chance to win! Celebrating the 300!!

Tell your friends about it, so they can take part too and if you are good in convincing they maybe won't win the miniature for themselves, so you got a bigger chance... :)

Check the few rules this little contest got in the upper link! Closing time for Emails is August 29th, midnight. Winners will be announced soon after that!

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

This seems to get a WIP Newsblog, haha... click to enlarge if you like. Those who are reading carefully and constantly in here would see some relationship from the work i do on the Dschingis Cow at the moment - some might remember one of the latest artilcle on how i start painting...


Keep on happy painting!

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

"A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet."

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

Also the Nun with gun is soon ready for some colours :) - still some tiny clean up and detail work... Dschingis Cow screams for colour...





Painting Music... this is a voice! I would buy her music right away... 

Wow this voice!!!

posted by roman, jarhead, kong

This time it is about working with pigments on a base.
What exactly are Pigments?

What is really great about working with pigments is that they are dusty and bring in a dusty effect to your bases. You can even apply them as a glaze with water and they will dry out dusty again. This little article will bring you an insight on how you can work with Pigments. You can get Pigments from different manufacturers from our hobby or you can buy them in an art store in a much higher amount... You can even make your own pigments from stuff like rust or charcoal...

There are many colours of Pigments to get - pick your own choices and learn what you like by using them...  Here is a small amount of those i use regularly:


Now how you can use them? I'll give this little example on the latest painted miniature by me, Weglaf of Arnholdt's Hill by Red Box Games. The pictures shown here are out from the constant progress on the miniature so painting is nowhere at an end while you are looking on these WIP-shots. This was the base colour of the base, something really bright, no idea what it was, haha:


I then glazed the base with a lot of brown, greenish inks and washes to get some depth and direct the colour to which it'll go in the end. I've also highligheted parts which are hit be the zenithal light, also i have attached some MiniNatur grass pieces to it.



Now it was time to use the pigments. I choose to use some brigher orange ones first. To add them in a dusty look there is nothing to it. Just pick up an old big brush, bring some of them on a tissue to get them from, take care not to have too much on your brush and now simply tip them at the places you want them to have. Some kind of dustbrushing, somehow equal to drybrushing but more tippy, tippy... yeah, no one gets what i mean i guess... dabbing is the word I was searching for.


Next i choose some darker red/orange ones to bring them on - same way... to intense areas i want to intense.


I still wanted more and took a mix of the so far used pigments mixed with black pigments - yeah, you caneasily mix them. Dabby, dabby, dabby... i mean dabbing :)


I still rework some areas after such a procdure, bring out a light here and there, hit some brighter edges and so on. The final result can look like this! Here are some other examples on where pigments have been used - you can also sometimes hit the legs, cloak of a miniature if you want to show that the dust is not only at the base - less is more, i always have this problem that i not often have the control to listen to this voice in my head... already mentioned above, you can hit them at your base as a glaze, thinned with water, they will dry out dusty again. For sure your pigment work always influances the overall colour scheme, always keep this in your mind...


Final words

I often use pigments, often in the middle of the process as this is a fast way to get things done or see some progress in time. As told i do rework areas often when pigment work went out of control to get some details back. Very intresting is that you you can remove them with a high amount of water if you really did something totally wrong.

When you have an accident with pigments at your home, don't try to clean it with a wet rag. you will do scream and increase the accident even more - take your vaccuum cleaner!!

When using them on display miniatures there is not really the need to fix them as the models should only be touched on the socket. Know that they don't fall off easily, you got to use force to bring them away. If you use pigments on your gaming models i recommand to you that you use a Pigment fixer (for example the product by MIG).

Hope this article helps and was fun to read... try it to increase your fun while painting!

Keep on happy painting!
Regards
Roman