Ye Olde Inn

by **Count Von Bruno** » July 23rd, 2014, 10:36 pm

If only there was some kind of easy fix for eyes :lol:

I don't know how people use pins, it sounds like a swell idea but I can't get a result...just a super fine brush for me.

Pins (like needles) or pens (writing instrument)? I'll ask a dumb question to make sure I'm not assuming anything stupid. I do use fine bristle brushes for the eyes, just every time I did them on this one they were terrible. Maybe a day or 2 away from it will be the trick. If not he'll be googly forever.

by **Count Von Bruno** » July 23rd, 2014, 11:25 pm

Yeah, I meant pins ( as in pins and needles )...sometimes a break is needed, I'll hit a bump and abandon a mini for a while till the muse returns.

by **IvenBach** » July 23rd, 2014, 11:36 pm

How do they even get enough paint on to do anything? I think I tried that really early one and no ink would be on the point so I abandoned that real fast. Maybe now I could get it to work to fix up captain googlie.

by **Count Von Bruno** » July 24th, 2014, 2:51 am

Same here, I couldn't actually get any paint on either...it sounds brilliant in theory but I failed abysmally when putting the pin into practise.

Yet I often hear/read of people painting minis with pins :shock:

by **Schmidt** » July 24th, 2014, 10:31 am

Paint an eye patch. If that doesn't solve the problem, paint two.

by **IvenBach** » July 24th, 2014, 10:09 pm

Count Von Bruno wrote:it sounds brilliant in theory but I failed abysmally when putting [any activity] into practise.

The story of my life it seems. Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way (with a slight modification, naturally)

Schmidt wrote:Paint an eye patch. If that doesn't solve the problem, paint two.

Wouldn't that just be sunglasses 8-)

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When I get back to painting I'll update and post photos. Thanks for the tips so far.

by **IvenBach** » July 29th, 2014, 1:20 am

Please tell me to stop before I hurt myself. I'm getting more eager to try and paint a fire effect. Simple but effective like thus: http://www.whizzbang.be/images/sonniaa.jpg. The extra greenstuff I had a while backwent onto some Chaos Warriors and they've been steadily calling my name. Fire effects are beyond what I can do right now and I know that. Since I'm a terribly slow painter I wanted to get a few peoples input or tips for painting fire as well as object lighting before I attempt this... I think it was GK that had some good fire effects I saw before but can't find again.

As an update I finished my cleric. I still have a lot of small nitpicky things I don't like but it is progress. I was able to reduce the googly by about 90% too.

by **wolfie907** » July 29th, 2014, 2:41 am

fire base it white then paint 98% yellow I use two oranges and sort of blend them for the top 75% of the flame leave alittle yellow peeking through then I brush the tips red that's my way im not an expert but im happy with how it looks