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Hi.

The last time i painted a model was way back when the first vampire counts army book was released. Back then models (in white dwarf at least) tended to be painted pristinely, lined with black and shaded with darker versions of the chosen colour. Im not seeing much of that on models posted here, they seem to be well painted but in a more realistic style and ts been quite interesting to see some of the newer techniques. Im really liking the look of the airbrushed stuff and the weathering shown on some of the models is fantastic. Can anyone point me in the direction of modern painting and advanced techniques guide and also could you let me know if the vallejo paint range is any good.

vallejo are great paints, airbrushing is a good technique as are ink washes and weathering compounds but probably best to remaster the basics first. Youtube has many many painting videos. Just search on it.

Vallejo is great imo. They come in dripper bottles and are already pretty thin which is great for fast painting.
I have no experience of painting in the "ancient times" but by the look of it they used less washes then people do today. I always recommend Nuln Oil, Agrax earthshade and Seraphim Sepia from GW as a nice start-up on washes. They give you the basic colors needed to just pour some "skill out of the bottle" over your model.

Just my 2 cents, here you´ll find people who know way more about painting then me

Vallejo paints are generally good. Better in general than GW paints IMO, but like anything some ranges do some things right and it's never black and white so to speak.

As for general guides, there's really been a proliferation of technique over the last 10 years or so, so there's no single source as it were.

Buzzwords to google though:
'Zenithal highlight' 'Nadir Shading'
Washes
Glazing / Juicing
Edge highlighting

Thanks for the quick replies.

Winterdyne. I looked up both zenithal and nadir techniques but all i seemed to come up with was photograhy references to point of light. Am i right in thinking that these techniques are about how light falls on things naturally?

About the time i gave up painting (mid ninties) washes, glazes and line edging were things i used to do, sometimes with some success.

Vmw1971 wrote:


Winterdyne. I looked up both zenithal and nadir techniques but all i seemed to come up with was photograhy references to point of light. Am i right in thinking that these techniques are about how light falls on things naturally?

Partly correct. It's about establishing where the light source is, then painting the mini as the light would fall on it from your established source. Zenithal means the light is directly overhead, like at noon. As was already stated, work on the fundamentals, then spread out into things like zenithal, osl, weathering, etc.

Thanks ultra grey, i thought that was kind of what it was, i was just unsure. Im thinking that i may get some paints and something to paint.

Off to ebay to find a bargain....

Welcome back to the hobby!

I've been making a bunch of videos for beginners and people looking to push their skills, so if you're interested check our my Youtube Channel.

I would also highly recommend Awesomepaintjob, Warboss Tae, GirlPainting, and WGconsortium for other videos on the same subject on Youtube.

You came back at the perfect time... There are so many great places to find tutorials nowadays that it's hard not find something. Here are some good ones:

Massive Voodoo
SchnauzerFaceMinis
BuyPainted
Zenithal Highlighting from FearGFX
The Brush Brothers
Tale of Painters

Good luck!

Wow, thanks for all the info. This will be really usefull. I looked into it last night and the last time i painted anything was in 1999. Im expecting my skills to be beyond rusty and im going to need to take awhile easing myself back in. Thanks one and all

 UselesswizarD wrote:
Welcome back to the hobby!

I've been making a bunch of videos for beginners and people looking to push their skills, so if you're interested check our my Youtube Channel.

I would also highly recommend Awesomepaintjob, Warboss Tae, GirlPainting, and WGconsortium for other videos on the same subject on Youtube.

Your vids are great btw