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hey guys.

i have a question, on the box of the kasrkin box, the sergeant has hair painted on his bald head.
How did they do that? because i have tried to do it aswell, but failed

here is an example:
http://kofler.dot.at/40k/units/Imperial_Guard_Cadian_Kasrkin_Sergeant.gif

anyone got a good tip for me to get the right hair
thanks in advance

What it looks like is a very watery wash of fortress or codex grey over the painted scalp.

Make sure it is watery and make sure it on;y goes on the head are.

mask off the rest of the head with tape or masking paint, then find a air brush attachment that puts out a fine mist over a large area. If you are poor and don't have access to an air brush you could try to use a hair spray bottle (no pun intended) or some other fine misting pump action bottle.

Try stippling.

If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, then I might as well spell it out for you. Stippling is extremely similar to drybrushing (as in, you wipe almost all the paint off of your brush), except for that you replace actual strokes with simply 'poking' at the model repeatedly. Try more than one color for the best effect, with the lightest color on the outer edges of the 'hair'.

Chrysaor686 wrote:Try stippling.

If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, then I might as well spell it out for you. Stippling is extremely similar to drybrushing (as in, you wipe almost all the paint off of your brush), except for that you replace actual strokes with simply 'poking' at the model repeatedly. Try more than one color for the best effect, with the lightest color on the outer edges of the 'hair'.

Agreed, stippling...I'd still mask off the hairline, though not necessary if you've got a really good brush to stipple with.

If you have any skill with clay and have very good eyesight, you could model him some hair, even long hair. Tricky work, though.

Or just do the easiest, mix grey with palid flesh.

What they have done is used a very watered down grey and painted it over an already higlighted skin colour. If your not up to that you could always mix a small bit of grey with your skintone and layer it up from there.

Clthomps wrote:If you are poor and don't have access to an air brush

lol... thats classic. i dont have an airbrush so i must be poor. can anyone help me out... will assemble miniatures for food...

If you were truly poor...

I don't think you'd be worried about wargaming in the first place.

its easy, you use armor wash (or any dark wash( to paint over the flesh, do the same thing to give the guys a five o clock shadow.

sometimes add water to avoid the dark lines that form around the edge of the wash area.

I would just take a pin and prick the head all over in the area you want, then use a black wash (or even greyish if you want him to be more salt and pepper looking)and highlight/drybrush with flesh tones until you get the desired effect. Make sure not to make the divots too big or deep or it won't look realistic.

usernamesareannoying wrote:

Clthomps wrote:If you are poor and don't have access to an air brush

lol... thats classic. i dont have an airbrush so i must be poor. can anyone help me out... will assemble miniatures for food...

you just have other priorities.

It has been done with blue gray, probably shadow gray, wash.

It is easy effect to achieve, just highlight the flesh as usual and then paint some normal strength gray wash to the desired location. Make sure you don't flood the area just paint the wash in to place. You probably need a couple of coats to achieve desired strength of coat. I have a poor pic of my GMCA for whom I have applied shade to jaw using this technique.

usernamesareannoying wrote:

Clthomps wrote:If you are poor and don't have access to an air brush

lol... thats classic. i dont have an airbrush so i must be poor. can anyone help me out... will assemble miniatures for food...

Most art stores sell "ye' olde air brushes" i forget whatthey are called but you blow throught them I htink its called a "mouth blown atomizer" they are for poor people.

Chrysaor686 wrote:If you were truly poor...

I don't think you'd be worried about wargaming in the first place.

I think he means after wargaming he's poor... I know I am.

thanks for the reply's. i will try several of these techniques, and i will see which one will look best

Always remember, however, that you must be bolder than even your model to acheive these techniques!

*ahem*