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Ok, I've made some progress on my first couple of minis, and feel like I'm started to get to grips with it. I got some citadel washes and I can see how these can be used to produce some quite simple goodlooking finishes.

A Malifaux fig below, and a couple of questions:





1. What's the basic order of doing something - basecoat -> wash -> highlight? Or do you basecoat --> build up highlight -> final wash?
2. When I do my first highlight over the wash, so I go back and block out againt the majority of the surface? On this figure I did basecoat snakebite leather, then washed with devlan mud liberally, and then tried some highlights. I think the highlights are far too bright and 'finelined'.
3... Once you've done some highlighting, would you wash again?
4. I reckon I put far too much wash on this, on the picture of his back it makes it look really muddy and patchey. Would you agree?
5. I think the face is a bit crappy, and the arms and gun. I'm tempted to put a highlight on these, and wash the guns? Any thoughts?

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937145.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937145.page GMT soft material eg. clothing do a base coat then a mid highlight and a edge highlight then a couple of coats of thined wash as it stops it being patchey and blends better.

for hard material eg armour etc then i base coat then wash then highlight as it gives a better feeling of shadows.
if your highlighting over a wash on a large area where you want a smooth finish then mix the wash and the highlight colour for the first ones.

for the face try a 2nd wash then block out the main bits with your flesh colour then start highlighting ..]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937163.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937163.page GMT
The coat was snakebite leather, the *heavy* wash was devlan mud - and then the highlight which I just tried on the edge was snakebit mixed with a light fleshy tone... not surprising that it doesn't look very natural. I think I will go over the majority of it with snakebit tonight, just leave the really obvious shadows in, and then do a mid-highlight as you suggest.

I also think I need to get a decent lamp, this stuff looks ok at night then when I wake up I notice all the faults.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937264.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937264.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937572.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1937572.page GMT




I might do another layer with better light to tidy it up, then maybe a highlight which is a touch lighter than the snakebite leater... then another wash but a bit more controlled this time.

Does that sound right, any thoughts on what next?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938358.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938358.page GMT ot waterd down washes it will give it that nice shinney leather texture..]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938432.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938432.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938456.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/317520/1938456.page GMT