Painting questions

[evilsteve]

I've been playing BB for 10 years but never had the patience to paint up my teams. I thought as I'm older (and wiser? - maybe not). I'd ask for some advce...

I've got the new Elf team and have decided on painting them up like Bruce Lee from GAME OF DEATH (or Uma Thurman from KILL BILL for you youngsters). Anyway, as I'm using yellow and black I have no idea what colour to paint their hair and the hockey style masks some of them have... I would appreciate any suggestions.

I was thinking of making the masks bone, but don't htink would be much of a contrast.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
Steve

Oh yeah, anyone know an easy way to paint flesh convincingly?

[Phreedh]

Anyway, as I'm using yellow and black I have no idea what colour to paint their hair and the hockey style masks some of them have... I would appreciate any suggestions.

When in doubt, go metal. =) Which means I really don't have a good suggestion, boltgun metal will work but might look a little dull.

Oh yeah, anyone know an easy way to paint flesh convincingly?

Easy semi-convincing flesh = basecoat of the flesh tone you want, a brown wash over that - like flesh wash or brown wash if you want darker shades. Then work up with light coats of flesh tone, gradually getting smaller. This works best for faces and hands, where you just have to basecoat, wash and then basically you can just drybrush carefully... more smooth areas doesn't really agree with the whole wash thing.

/Phreedh

[juck101]

to begin paint a thin white undercoat on figs - note after you have done 16 figs you will have some idea how the paints conistancy feels.

Ok then paint the flesh area with whatever colour you got. Paint any other details now before basic coat - reason being if you are not a master it will be easy to cover up any mistakes....

Silver may be nice- so one coat of boltgun metal if you have it for mask. Hair do latter black will match.

Paint again white over what you plan to be yellow. (Must be neat white cover or will effect the shade of yellow next) Paint yellow, without prior experience you may be shocked how rubbish most yellow pigments are. If over nice undercoat should be semi-decent yellow. After first coat probably wise to do a thin second yellow as its probably patchy.

Nearly there; paint now the black coat. Reason last as its a bitch to paint over black yellow - promise you dont want that. Paint the black with more care than even the previose steps as it will make or break the quality. Might as well do the hair black will make the yellow look more like a flash of colour.

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Cool painted figs! on fumbbl they dont tell you painted teams are better than unpainted

[evilsteve]

Many thanks, I'll give these suggestions a go. Hopefully I can put some pics up at a later date.

Steve