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Hey folks,

I've been told 'feathering' is a great way to highlight/blend minis - does anyone have a good tutorial on this technique?
I'll keep searching the forum but if anyone has one bookmarked that would be spot on!

Ta

NC.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1273

Jackal wrote:http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1273

Digging that source, bookmarked.

Here's my rubbish attempt tonight lol...into the paint stripper it goes!!
(Thanks for the article btw, I'll have a read).

As my results below show it takes practice! Where did I go wrong...I think I know. But I would like your opinion.

I apologise for the photo quality...mobile phone at work.

The mini below was painted as follows:

Primed: Chaos Black
Base: Vallejo Dark Green
Wash (all over): Vallejo Green Ink
First blend: Vallejo Sick Green
Highlight: Vallejo Escorpena Green
Wash (all over): Vallejo Green Ink

All the paints were thinned with a 1:1 paint and flow aid mix (the flow aid itself a mix of 10:1 Water & Flow Aid).

Right here's where I think I went wrong...

1. Too much paint on my brush for the Sick Green blend. That's obvious. But I was practically dry-brushing(!), I had taken a lot of the paint off! Should I be thinning my paints more? It was def the 'milk' consistency.

2. Should my first blend have been the basecoat again on top of my shade/wash? Was Sick Green too big a jump from the Dark Green basecoat?

Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm not far off achieving the effect I want for decent tabletop standard but I'd rather nail it on a few test marines first

P.S. I know it looks dead rough, I was just trying to practice the technique rather than go for neatness!

Thanks!!

Edit: First two pics, blended, highlighted but no wash.
Second two, as above but with a final wash.

Quick and easy tip mate.

Paint an old marine model mithril silver (or any light silver)
Put the model in a dark room.
Take a pic of it with the flash on.

This will show you which areas take to the light the best and give you a true colour depth, rather than random light falling.

Then simply do the same as you have done now, but keep the blocks of colour in the lighter areas and keep the black in the shaded section.

People do it for painting up non-metallic metal, but works well for picking out shading and true light sourcing.