kheferen
Skirmisher
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 | | 03/16/2006 7:28 AM |
| Anyone have a tutorial for painting skeletons?
When I paint skeletons I paint them white and add a brown wash to them. They look so plain. Has anyone found of a tutorial that list the paints and shows pictures how to do it? | |
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Sean-Khan
Commander
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 10:52 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kheferen
Anyone have a tutorial for painting skeletons?
When I paint skeletons I paint them white and add a brown wash to them. They look so plain. Has anyone found of a tutorial that list the paints and shows pictures how to do it?
This is a quick and simple way to paint bone:
1) Basecoat the mini with a dark brown
2) Add a layer of bone over top, leaving the brown in the recesses
3) Add a layer of bleached bone over top, hitting just the high points
4) Drybrush very lighlty with pure white.
To take it further do a very thin brown wash and then repeat the last two stages very, very lightly. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 10:56 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
This is a quick and simple way to paint bone:
1) Basecoat the mini with a dark brown
2) Add a layer of bone over top, leaving the brown in the recesses
3) Add a layer of bleached bone over top, hitting just the high points
4) Drybrush very lighlty with pure white.
To take it further do a very thin brown wash and then repeat the last two stages very, very lightly.
Was that the process for the Bullette? [:D] are those citadel or vallejo paints? | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 11:17 AM |
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Originally posted by glumag
Was that the process for the Bullette? [:D] are those citadel or vallejo paints?
Pretty much. It is a combo of Citadel and Partha paints. I'm only just now getting into Vallejo paints (and I love them). | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 1:07 PM |
| | I've never really put much detail into painting skeletons. I'll probably try it out like what is said in this thread and see if they come out better, would be a lot better than just plain white heh | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 3:27 PM |
| Do a search for old bones in Google images. It brings up some intereseting photos that can be used for inspiration.
That being said, unless you are going for a bleached skeleton a basic tutorial could be:
Start with a dark brown.
Mix in a cool tan color (warm tans, bordering on the peach side don't look as good) for the next layer.
Mix in some more tan for a third layer.
Mix in pure white over the next 2-3 layers.
Highlight the very edges with nearly pure white.
For that bleached look, just sub in navy blue for dark brown, light grey for tan, and add your pure white starting in the third step.
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 03/16/2006 6:52 PM |
| I always started with a basecoat of flat black.
After that, I did a heavy drybrushing with a medium to dark brown.
I finished with white. I guess ivory or some such would be pretty decent, too. But look out for whites that are too "blue".
It gives a pretty decent look, and the skellies are all fresh-out-of-the-ground dirty.
That was a "quick & easy" way from Dragon some 15 years ago (or so). A good Halloween issue as I recall. | |
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