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Hey commander I think the style should hold up - I paint almost everything except skin fairly quickly - washes are very quick to use and batch painting will allow time for drying. For black I have P3 armour wash (very similar to the old GW one. I like to apply it in layers and occasionally tint it slightly with a colour depending on the look I want. I think of it as like painting with watercolours - you use the underlying white primer as your highlight and move the wash around to where you need it don't just let it stay where it will. You need a steady hand. Sometimes I apply it over grey primer instead of white. Gives a less stark highlight.

I got a Micron pen from the shops today! Hooray and it it is only 0.05mm!

Ahh, that makes sense! Shame all my guys are basecoated black so I will have to stick to my old ways for now.

Come to think of it I have never tried to paint anything with a white primer, this opens up a lot of possibilities...

Weety... I blame you... its all your damned fault...

Yes thats right, you heard me, its your fault.



I decided to revamp my ogre army, and more specifically my gnoblar units Weety style... I'm going to collect classic Warhammer Fantasy models come new year for slaves instead of gnoblars... and DAMNIT ITS YOUR FAULT!!!

I'm happy to be at fault in this! Are you using a drybrush? I will pop over your plog and have a look

I'll blame you more often for then for things

Its all part of my dastardly plot. Mooohahahaha

My dastardly plot is to do all these things, but not get blamed for them.

Hurrah for micron pens!

Micron pens are useful for eyes.

The face is down.

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Exquisite work weety. Really.

Fine work indeed...looks great against the monochrome as is

Hope you're doing ok down your way..more floods and storms this weekend I see.....

Gorgeous skin tones! It seems that you and Iffy are painting the same model, 'twill be interesting to compare the two!

I'm sure she will pull something impressive out of the hat! I'm interested in what she will do with the geisha - I must get more hasslefree they are well cool.

Don't worry bout me monkeytroll I live quite high above sea level! We are battening down the hatches and have stocked up on candles.

Heres my micron pen smiley face - this photo is fairly low resolution - She is so small its hard to focus. I need to sort out my camera skills

Well, yeah I know you're in the penthouse, but still....

The scenes on the news are pretty scary! We are not leaving the house though - cooking le rosbif a la yorkshire puddings and making home-made marzipan. The wind is low so we are safe up here.

Wow, the skin tones and "makeup" on that first pic are great!

So weety... exactly how are you using your micron pens to do some of the face details??

I think she means the smiley face badge Gits

Smiley face is great! I gotta get me one of those pens..

But also gitsplitta I used them for space queens pupils. Using the power of interlocking hands to get really steady I just very slowly pushed it against her eyes. Also have now wiped gloss varnish over the top of the eyes and lips to give glistening effect. Good stuff now Ijust have to try and decide what colour her clothes and hair are. Really hard decisions need to be made now..

Thanks vallhalla I used lip gloss and blusher and tons of mascara.

However you want about it weets... it's stunning. Far better than anything I've ever done with skin or faces.

That may be so gits but you've done some beautiful things with Armour plates.

But I am really into doing skin atm and I think its my best thing. I hope I can make the rest of her look good.

Thankyou for inspiring me dakka-peeps

Wow... I remember when I first started following your blog, your work was brilliant, but now, it's just a whole new level of beauty. You improve your skills quicker than most people paint their miniatures!

I can say, without doubt, that in my opinion, this is looking to be your best so far. I can't wait to see her finished.

So Iffy is painting the same model right now? I'd like to follow that in parallel, could someone throw me a link please? That's the Irish, commission painter lassie, yeh?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/3630/307516.page#5104985

You have the right of it ...

Thanks, bud!

Yowser. Amazing, and great tip about interlocking hands. Going to try that.

Great skin tones weety , hope you get plenty of of oop presents fro crimbo ;-)

always interlock the hands graven! When learning to throw pots on the wheel they teach you to interlock the hands to get really steady as its essential for symmetrical pottery - for just everyday painting resting one hand against the other is enough - you may find that you've been doing it anyway subconsciously. But to get a really steady brush or pen fully lock those hands together.

Thanks Neil I hope so.

I shall ask my mum to demonstrate she used to pot. Thanks for the tip, as I say!

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
I didn't know either till I saw this - I bet it takes a while to play though (just like the real thing!)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/downloadAttach/131678.page
Freshly minted new-look squat. I've got a few squats left to paint - heavy weapons and bike. They will be painted like this. I may strip some of the other painted squats and re-do them.

This is the squat I just received in the mail from ebay. I couldn't find it on Stuff of Legends, so I had to searcht thru your thread to find the right one. It may be a while before it's painted. All my stuff was stored in the closet while my daughter is here so she has a place to do her homework.