<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "smooth gradient shading help"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net smooth gradient shading help a site with some pretty awesomely painted miniatures and the ones that stood out the most to me seem to have this smooth gradient shading thing in common.
here are some examples:








so any suggestions on how I can achieve this? use more layers?get a paintgun/airbrush?
are there any good tutorials out there?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010258.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010258.page GMT smooth gradient shading help
Use thinner paint (water it down more)
Paint more layers
Use washes

or

Use wet blending

Or

Two brush painting method.

And to really achieve the effects, you'll probably have to do all 3.

Or cheap out, get a good photo editing program and go to town on any painted miniature LOL.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010427.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010427.page GMT smooth gradient shading help http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010465.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4010465.page GMT smooth gradient shading help
For brush painting, your main methods are going to be wet blending and very dilute paint/lots of layers. Washes give a nice gradient, as well, but the size of that transition is somewhat limited.

Personally, I use the "cheater" version of the layering method - I use relatively dilute paint to get reasonably smooth transitions between layers, then apply a glaze of dilute ink or premixed wash to further soften the steps. This method ups the color saturation and darkens the underlying colors, somewhat, so you may have to bump your initial palette a notch lighter to get the intended effect.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4011667.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4011667.page GMT smooth gradient shading help http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4011708.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4011708.page GMT smooth gradient shading help It's good to know that it's possible to get this effect without getting an airbrush (might be easier with one but oh well), damn things are too pricey.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4012568.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/435386/4012568.page GMT