Painting Techniques: By Kenneth Taba, Revised April 2000
Painting Certain types of DETAILS.
There are several recommended ways to do eyes, "this is my way. "
1) First I paint the whole eye area white, not just the eye (so it looks like a Raccoon).
2) Then I paint black around the shape of the eye to define the eye shape (looks even more like a Raccoon).
3) Then I dot the eye for the cornea in the direction that the miniature will be looking.
4) And the last step is to paint over the black surrounding the eye with your flesh tone, leaving just a fine line of black to surround the eye.
( I think my method is much easier than other methods I've seen described in other articles which involve trying to paint a really fine black line all around the eye, or trying to paint white eyeballs over black )
1) Base coat the nail bed with brown or black paint
2) Then I paint over the base coat leaving a fine, fine line to outline the shape of the nail using either white or an off white paint color.
3) Paint the front edge of the nail with a lighter color.
1) Base coat with brown or black paint
2) Using progressively lighter Washes, lighten the claw, fang or tooth with the lightest color at the tip (sharp pointy end), the darkest color should be near the skin/gum line.
That’s it
. Those are all the techniques I use. Everything else is just combinations of any or all of those techniques, and many, many applications of each technique on a specific detail. I once did a green cloak that had about 17 applications of washes to shade and highlight it. Some of the last washes were a yellowish-green for highlights and a bluish-green for shading topped off with a green ink wash applied to the whole cloak and a blue ink wash applied to the recesses/shading. It produced a very rich and deep shading and highlight. I wish I could provide a picture, but someone bought it for $30.00 before I was set up to take pictures of my miniatures.So, just use your imagination, experiment with these techniques and others that you may learn from other people and have fun painting.
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