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Can anyone give a suggestion or tips on how they do scroll work.
Since I started painting minatures only a few weeks ago, I was using a fine brush with white paint but someone said it looked more like scratches. Just wondering what you guys recomend... also if you include pics that would be helpful.

Heres an examle of my scroll/ armour writing :


Thanks in advance

I think it "reads" better as text if you can put more up and down strokes in there. I also tend to start the text with a larger legible letter, vaguely emulating illuminated manuscripts.

Perhaps a denser, more regular block of "text" would help it look like... well, text. Personally, I would assume those white squiggles were text before I assumed scratches, but maybe some people require either a frame (like a purity seal) or an identifiable column to make the connection.

Also try not to use a pure white, it will contrast too much. For such things as you are talking about I use Vallejo "Sky Grey" it is the lightest grey I have ever found, and when placed next to another color it looks white with out looking light it has been bleached.

Ashton