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"Painting with Giovanni: Acrylics"

gioazz

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Hy Guys,

Here I'm to give my contribute on how to paint with acrylics, we are continuing with our friend the US tanker.

Before getting to the business, first think to do is paint the base colour, I can not stress enough suggesting to give everal coat of really diliuted colours instead of fer, or even worse, one thick coat.

This will help us to mantain the details and have a nice even coat.

Have a look at the figure, the trousers have 6 or 7 coats of Andrea Khaki.

Stay tuned!

Giovanni

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I see one of my problems then. I was trying 2 coats of thin and then doing a slightly thinned coat. Bummer too as I just did my guys pants in oil. Will keep watching and try cape in acrylic.
James
 
Hi guys,

With this article I will try to explain how I do paint with acrylics.

In the previous post, I said I used the Andrea Khaki, well, I decided to modify the tone adding a little bit of green and ochre.

I proceed mixing a fairly large quantity of the base colour and placing it in a small plastic container with a lid, in order to keep the colour from drying.

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Place the base colour in a clean pot and add a small quantity of sunny skintone and diliuite the mix around 20/30% colour and 80/70% water, basically like a wash you use to weather your tank or plane.
You can barely see the differences at this stage, but after 2 or 3 coats of the first highlight you'll start to see something.
You can also simulate wrinkles and creases with paint (see the red arrows).
Remember always paint with a really diluited colour, and clean up the paint excess from the brush on a piece of paper, you need to be able to control the paint flow.


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Keep on adding the sunny skintones colour to the base colour to make lighter highlights and paint smaller areas, going towards the top of the wrinkles.

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Have a look at the following two pictures, you'll see that the difference is now visible. Remember, the trick is always a really diluited colour.

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Is now time to add the shadows.
I did mess up many figures at the beginning, but I've learned a couple of tricks.
First trick, diluite the shadows even more, I'm talking like 10% colour and 90% water, like a filter. The difference again will be the ability to control the paint flow, cleaning uo the excess paint on a piece of paper.

I forgot to take pictures of the first shadows, but here you can see the two tones, lighter shadow (red arrow) and darker one (white shadow) close to each other. Also use the shadow colour to make the wrinkles, adding the dark line above the light one (yellow arrow)

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Simulate the stitching as well.

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Once you have finished with the shadows probably (happen all the time to me) the transition between shadows and highlights looks to hard, don't worry.
Here's the second trick, diluite the base colour as a filter 90-10 ratio and apply it to the all figure.
You ca also apply a filter to selected areas that needs a more subtle transition.
If you want to give the fabrics a more used tone, use a dark, almost black tone and give a further general wash.

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In this picture, you can see the weathering as well (inside the circles) using the same colour used for the mud stains painted at the botom of the trousers, still pigments to add.

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Hope this make sense, let me know what you think and if I can give more suggestions.

Ciao

Gioanni
 
Okay I've looked and looked and looked and its too easy. I'm not sure why I I cant do this at all. Will have to play around some more and see if I can get the hang of it. What kit number is that one Giovanni? I think I'll see if I can get one or 2 and try following sbs with that figure a couple of times.
Thanks.
James
 
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jknaus wrote:
Okay I've looked and looked and looked and its too easy. I'm not sure why I I cant do this at all. Will have to play around some more and see if I can get the hang of it. What kit number is that one Giovanni? I think I'll see if I can get one or 2 and try following sbs with that figure a couple of times.
Thanks.
James

Hi James,

Is all about peactice, you have done amazing progress so far, be patient, keep painting and just enjoy, results will came.

The kit reference is 35010,

I do have several more on myworkbench at the moment,

If you want to paint a sligthly larger figure, we cqn arrange to paint togheter a 54 or 75mm.

I have plenty in my stash!

I can tell you the one I have and you can pick one.

Ciao

Giovanni
 
Thanks Giovanni. It ould be awesome to paint the same figure with you. Most of mine are 75mm,90mm and ancients. Is that your period of interest? I also have a couple of Napoleonics.
James
 
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jknaus wrote:
Thanks Giovanni. It ould be awesome to paint the same figure with you. Most of mine are 75mm,90mm and ancients. Is that your period of interest? I also have a couple of Napoleonics.
James

Hi James,

Most of my 75 or very few 90 are from old brands not anymore in commerce, such as Poste Militaire or Grieve.

I do have 4 figures, I'm afraid not ancient, are from Elite miniatures, and references are 70-01, 70-13, 70-15, 70-20, 70-30

All splendid figures, brobably not so colorful, and almost all blue, escept the highlander.

I do have the splendid Napoleon at fointenbleu from Andrea, in 90 mm, but will take me years to paint it!!!!!

Have a look and tell me what you think.

Ciao

Giovanni
 
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gioazz wrote:
jknaus wrote:
Thanks Giovanni. It ould be awesome to paint the same figure with you. Most of mine are 75mm,90mm and ancients. Is that your period of interest? I also have a couple of Napoleonics.
James

Hi James,

Most of my 75 or very few 90 are from old brands not anymore in commerce, such as Poste Militaire or Grieve.

I do have 4 figures, I'm afraid not ancient, are from Elite miniatures, and references are 70-01, 70-13, 70-15, 70-20, 70-30

All splendid figures, brobably not so colorful, and almost all blue, escept the highlander.

I do have the splendid Napoleon at fointenbleu from Andrea, in 90 mm, but will take me years to paint it!!!!!

Have a look and tell me what you think.

Ciao

Giovanni

I like 13, 15,30. I dont think I'm capable of 1. Do you have a preference? It looks like Colorado Miniatures has them.
James
 
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1is by far one of my favourite, but maybe not the easiest for our first joint project.

I really toughgt you liked the 20, but I was wrong, just pick the one you like the most.

Ciao

Giovanni
 
Giovanni,
Excellent SBS and great photo's to back it up. Thanks for the mix ratio's as that always helps. Thanks for taking the time.
Cheers
John
 
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johnbowery wrote:
Giovanni,
Excellent SBS and great photo's to back it up. Thanks for the mix ratio's as that always helps. Thanks for taking the time.
Cheers
John

Hi John,

My pleasure, I'm happy to help, and if you want to join me an James painting session will be great.

Ciao

Giovanni
 
Giovanni,

Very nice SBS! Your work speaks for itself, but your attention to detail and the use of graphics makes for a very interesting read.

Congratulations,

Bob
 
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bob letterman wrote:
Giovanni,

Very nice SBS! Your work speaks for itself, but your attention to detail and the use of graphics makes for a very interesting read.

Congratulations,

Bob

Hi Bob,

I completely missed your comment, sorry.

Thanks so much for your comment, one question, what you mean by "use of graphics"?

Ciao

Giovanni
 
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