consolas Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hey guys! I've come across another thread (from 2010) here, regarding painting denim, where someone showed this. http://www.coolminiornot.com/241104 This is brilliant and I know that I won't be able to replicate it on my short painting experience. That said, I do want to get as close as possible and I painted the pants (lenny, for that matter and some space marine figure that will serve as test, the poor guy) as close as possible to this. Now, I used regal blue and I think I should have used some white that would "fade" the blue. The pants are painted now with a strong blue - how can I get this blue to be less "vibrant" ? Hope this makes sense. Let me try to show you some pictures Here I tested out with white, I think. I should pay more attention instead of just experimenting. Anyway, the color is less shiny and I think better for the wear out effect. But alas, Lenny boy has a brand new shiny new pants. How can I wear out this? Should I just draw lines of white and with a wet brush spread it like the other tutorial stated? Thanks for your help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I think it's easier to mix paint on the palette than blending it directly on the miniature. So after base coating with blue, mix a little light grey into the blue and paint the raised parts, then mix in some more and paint smaller parts of the raised parts with that. Rinse and repeat as much as you have patience for. In general lightening a colour with white makes the end result a bit more pastelly/cartoony than if you lighten them with grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I find a final highlight of yellow on the knees and edges makes for really worn looking jeans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymie_the_Pooh Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Most jeans use a weave of blue and a warm offwhite with gold thread for some of the trimming. Anywhere that is worn will probably have more of the warm offwhite showing than other areas. I find it helps to use a white with a slight yellow tinge for highlighting rather than a light blue or white because it represents the blend of fibers rather than just making the blue lighter. Texture is something that always trips me up. I am still trying to learn how to paint realistic denim. Most miniature artists seem to use hatching. I have yet to make it look correct, but I feel I am getting better about colour selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolas Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Thanks for the help guys! Nymie, I will look into "hatching". Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymie_the_Pooh Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Hatching is an art term. It basically means a bunch of tiny lines running in parallel. The thighs in particular for the picture you linked has fine lines running across them from left to right. The darker areas are a little more blended and the texture is not quite as pronounced in the shadows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin839 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I think this is the guy who did that version of Perdita. He made a youtube tutorial series on it. Part one is found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIVU63HIJsw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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