Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I guess the most obvious is "just copy a real plaid pattern and paint it". But maybe people have neat tricks for getting all those squares and lines and crosshatches correct. My other concern is actually having the result LOOK like plaid and not just checkers, which might be hard at the 28mm scale.

This would be painted onto a minis jacket, so not exactly an even surface.

Generally thinking something like this:

Hopefully this will be of some help:

Tartan! That's the world that will infinitely help my searches.

Thanks for the video!

Painting tartan nice work