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Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

TitaniasWing@... — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:32 GMT

I am with Katie - I use eithera kolinsky sable size 0 or a 1 (Raphael 8404 or Winsor Newton Series 7 – I heartmy 8404) with a 3/0 for detail work – but I

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Joe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:10 GMT

I use red sable brushes sizes 0 thru 10/0 mostly. I also have a few of those cheap white Testor's brushes I use for priming and clear coating. If you take

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Ron — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:03 GMT

... I also use mostly a 1 and 0 for most of my painting, reserving the 3/0 for eyes and really small details. I use the 0 for the eyes as well most of the

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Katie Gonzalez — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:18 GMT

I use a 0 for 90 percent of my work and a 3/0 for eyes, faces and small details. The key is having a high quality brush (I use Rafael 8404s) that come to a

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Chris Moran — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:38 GMT

... Did you switch both the paint and the brushes at the same time? I can say that my biggest issues have mostly been to do with the brushes. I take care of

Re: Goblin Spider Rider

Gurth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:07:13 GMT

According to TitaniasWing@..., on 19-11-2009 22:40 the word on the street was... ... Unfortunately, most people brought up in the GW tradition don't seem

Re: Shadows

RoninKelt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Look at this as a good opportunity to learn color mixing. Red and Blue can be mixed with a tiny bit of green to make a decent black. Warm blacks with more

Re: Shadows

TitaniasWing@... — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:50 GMT

What colors do you have? Heather ... From: abethemad To: mini-painter@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 11:03 am Subject:

Re: Goblin Spider Rider

TitaniasWing@... — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:48 GMT

For game quality figs, you might try dry brushing white over the black primer on the areas you are trying to get green. It will save you some frustration

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Jeff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:41 GMT

Welcome Erik, *beware: long spiel* Craft paints tend to have less pigment per volume, larger pigment particles and filler material added when compared to

Shadows

abethemad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:28 GMT

I have a limited amount of paints (6 to exact) I base coated the figure (a troll axer from hordes) with the dark blue basecoat, unfortunately it is also my

Goblin Spider Rider

KD8JSQ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:01 GMT

Hello all. This is my first post here. I bought Warhammer Skull Pass some weeks ago and the painting is coming along. Right now I'm painting the Spider

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Joe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:19:46 GMT

I have to agree with you. I've been painting for about 30 years (mainly the mass production armies for gaming). I've done somewhere between 3000 and 4000

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Mutt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:51 GMT

I have used the Plaid folk art paints with some great success, be it that they can be a little thicker than Citedel or Reaper master series. If you add a drop

Re: Opinions on Plaid's Apple Barrel and Folk Art paint lines?

Paul — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:36 GMT

I know some people are able to achieve great results with craft paint (all the miniatures featured on Steve's website are far better than anything I could do),