Meat Puppet Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 I used colors I still have from the old line of GW paints, although the brand doesn't really matter, as long as it's varying shades of red and brown. The colors I used were Blood Red, Gore Red, Scab Red and Scorched Earth, so basically three different shades of red and a dark reddish brown. I used a glaze medium to thin the paint a bit, so it's not thick and chunky. Good for soup, less good for paint. I had all the colors out on my pallet at the same time so I could go from one to the other immediately. I also used a pretty simple technique that someone else showed me, which is taking a brush with stiff bristles, like for drybrushing, and putting my thumb over the bristles as if I were trying to light a Bic lighter, spattering the paint onto the figure. I tried this first on just paper so I could practice it a bit before trying it on the mini, which I'm so glad I did. Once I got the feel for it, I did it on the mini. Then I went back with my brush and made some more droplets, smears and arterial sprays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 I made the comment to Tekdekay last week after seeing the Colette in person that the thing that annoys me most about Meat Puppet's painting is that the CLOSER I look at it the BETTER it looks because you see even MORE great detail rather than flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Puppet Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Thanks Gruesome! The rest of the girls are about 2/3 done and I even slapped some paint on the Doves the other day. The Coryphee are still bare metal and the arms aren't even attached yet, so plenty of work to do yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orki Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 My GF has the Collette crew, so i'll have to show her these later. Very nice work, Meat Puppet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassylady Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 She's gorgeous! Wish I had confidence to try something like that! Very different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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