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I just finished some fire warriors the other day (well, kind of). Now I'm new to the hobby, so these are the first models I've ever done. I know right now they do like quite boring and, to be honest, not all that good .
Now I did want to paint the crevaces and lines in the armor, but don't know how to go about it. My brother suggested I could use black wash and wipe it off so it's only left in the crevaces, or I could take my 18/0 brush with a dab of black and paint them in, how should I do this
Also to make them just look better I could also add some wash all over, however I want my warriors to look clean and crisp, not dirty and battle-worn. I could also use a varnish too, but I'm not sure how that would affect my models. What does dakka think I should do

If there is anything else you would suggest for me to improve on my painting, please state it in the thread, if you would. I appreciate your comments .

P.S. There is more photos in my galllery.

They look great - espeically considering that they're your first minis! Yellow is hard to paint right.

A light brown wash might do them good though.

Phototoxin wrote:They look great - espeically considering that they're your first minis! Yellow is hard to paint right.

A light brown wash might do them good though.

I do have some devlan mud on hand, should I use that.

Thinning your paints/loading less paint on the brush/applying less pressure with the brush would make a drastic positive change in your painting. Not to say it's bad, it's better than my first minis for sure!

CrashUSAR wrote:Thinning your paints/loading less paint on the brush/applying less pressure with the brush would make a drastic positive change in your painting. Not to say it's bad, it's better than my first minis for sure!

Okay I'll keep that in mind (though I probably won't redo these guys, at least not for a while). I apperciate any tips you can give me, as I started with pretty much no idea what I was doing . Thanks anyways

For your first minis those are excellent, you show good controland attention to detail, and the suggestions for a wash of devlan mud, or chaos black wash would would not hurt.

One technique I use alot on my tau is dry brushing which involves putting a little paint on the bristles of a square-ish brush and wiping most of it off on a paper towel, when you apply it to the mini it will highlight the raised areas and can be slowly built up in color. just a tip

I think if you continue along your route here your painting will be stellar in no time.

Thanks again for all your comments and suggestions. I think I will try applying a wash to one of my guys (to see how it will look), hopefully quite soon, and if I like it then I'll do that with the rest. Thanks for all your other suggestions and complements, it means a lot.

Try to wash with devlan mud, then re-layer on the base color and highlight, leaving the mud in the recesses.