As I stated before, I am trying to paint the model that will
become Bobby Elvis in a white jumpsuit.
I have read and been told a million times white is an extremely
difficult color to paint. So here is my
try.
I started all my DoA characters with an undercoat of black
primer. I decided to add some green
stuff to the bottom of Bobby’s leg before priming to look like
bellbottoms (learning process). I decided before painting
to go with a warm white, brown versus blue, but not too brown. The first layer of paint was a 1:1 mix of
VOW and VBG. The next layer I added a drop of VOW. For the third layer I added another
drop. Each layer was thinner than the
last. When I finished this I used a wash
of CAE thinned down 5:1 with water. After this dried I did another later of VOW with
VBG at a 5:1 ratio. At this point I decided
to finish up the rest of the base coats before moving on.
Putting these pictures on here helps with seeing what is working and what's not.
White pants and sleeves coming along.
White probably can use another coat. But I want to finish basing the remainder of the model first. Just to see how it looks.
At this point the miniature looks quite messy but as detail and more highlighting/shading happen it should clean up. Any comments and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Ack painting white!!
ReplyDeleteMy advice outside what you have already done is to use a light white or grey primer on the model and not black. It's hard to cover up all that black.
Also save the pure white for highlights only and use the white and wash mixtures for the other coats. Good luck!! I painted that dang Nun team black and white and that was such a pain...