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Post by tim on Jun 25, 2014 12:07:47 GMT
I am going to put up a tutorial on painting buildings for your wagames table. My philosophy is that the battlefield should look as good as those figures you have slaved over for hours This project may take a few days and I will do it in stages. The subject will be a rather nice Spanish Monastery by Total Battle Miniatures As you can see this a 2 part casting, it would be impossible to paint the cloister area if it was one piece, do not glue it together until painting is finished!! This has been spray undercoated with Citadel Skull White. I will start on the roof for this first step (you can only go downhill from here .. groan). First step is the base coat, I use a nice darkish terracotta, it is a B&Q tester pot which I can't remember the name of, sorry. First rule:, try not to get any of the terracotta anywhere but the roof. Resin is very porous, the paint will soak in and is a right bugger to cover up with a lighter colour later. If you do make a slip (and you will, believe me) and get it on the walls for instance, let it dry, coat with 50/50 PVA mix to seal it, let that dry then cover with white acrylic. Paint the roof carefully with base coat. You will find that the way the tiles have been cast there are many small holes under each tile, use your brush in an upward stroke towards to ridge of the roof to try and fill these, some wil need a poke into the holes to cure. Another rule:, Don't use your expensive figure brushes in these roofs, they are very sharp in places and will muck your brushes up. Base coat done. Next stage is the wash. Winsor and Newton 'Nut Brown' ink your your best friend, well I think so anyway. Put a nice even wash over the roof and the edges, again being careful not to get it on the walls, washes soak in even better than normal paint! The result should look something like this depending on your painting style: Last stage for the roof is the highlight. I use Vallejo flat flesh for this but any pinky terracotta variation would probably do. Lightly dry brush the roof to your taste. I use an Army Painter small drybrush for this (one of their better brushes), use the side of the brush, not the tip, or it will wear it quite a lot. Don't forget to do the edges of the roof. You can put a bit more on the ridge tiles to make then stick out a bit. Thats the roof done. To be continued.
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Post by Richard on Jun 25, 2014 12:31:11 GMT
I share the same philosophy everything from figures to terrain should look the best you can achieve, or afford!! This is the start of what's going to be a great tutorial Tim . thankyou for posting it, the roof tiles look fantastic and I can't wait to see the rest of building develope.
Richard
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Post by tim on Jun 26, 2014 12:39:50 GMT
Next session. Not done too much today, real life got in the way. Next I will concentrate on any recessed areas like windows and doors ect. Also the Bell tower dome which is lead covered, something I have never tried to do before so should be an interesting experiment. Firstly blank out any glazed windows in black and I have put a mid grey base coat on the dome. You will note there is a window in the right hand window not done, this is because it is shuttered as are several more. I shall finish the dome next. A watered down W&N Indian Black Ink wash was put on first (this stuff used neat is pure black so if you use it, experiment a bit with dilution). I then applied a light grey dry brush to highlight it. I appologise for this picture, it got a bit of camera shake which was not spotted untill too late and I had run out of time to re-do it. Next the doors and shuttered windows. Doors were given a base coat of either wood colour or painted the same colour as the shutters, an olive green in this case, which was quite a common colour so I have read. These were then given an nut brown ink wash. The door on the left was given a bit of biege highlight to make the panels stand out a bit and you can see how the ink wash sits in the grooves on the other door. So this is how far we have got to date: Thats it for today unless I get some time this evening. To be continued.
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Post by tim on Jun 27, 2014 12:19:34 GMT
Today I will concentrate on the natural stone work mainly on the bell tower. Firsty I gave the areas of natural stone a base coat of Vallejo London Grey which is a nice mid grey. I also did the same to the paved area arount the cloisters. Next was a diluted inkwash with W&N Black Indian Ink. As stated before be very careful of dilution with this stuff and try not to get it on the white, it takes no prisoners. I forgot to take a picture at this stage sorry Next a drybrush with light grey to finish it off. Hopefully tomorrow the main walls. Is it my eyesight is is that tower leaning to the left by half a degree? Tim
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Post by tim on Jun 28, 2014 11:58:58 GMT
Time to get those pristine white walls looking a bit more realistic. I try to imagine what a building would look like set in its own climate, this one is in Spain of couse, a country of extemes of climate from roasting hot in summer to freezing cold in winter (central Spain). This would have an effect on any painted surface and the pure white walls of the Monestery would not look anything like this after a year. So, next step is to apply a very diluted wash of black ink over all the white. The result should be something like this: It should be subtle enough to show but not tooo dirty, but that of couse is up to you and the look you want. You may have noticed that I have painted what will be the grass and borders inside the cloisters. this will be flocked etc. later. Also I have painted the stained glass windows which may not look too good close up but looks ok from a foot or two away. More soon
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Post by tim on Jun 29, 2014 19:43:19 GMT
The final stage.
The next step is a drybrush of white to bring out the highlights, like corners of walls etc. Didn't take a photo of this stage as its pretty subtle. I have decorated the cloisters before gluing the two parts together. The two parts were then glued with superduper glue and given a matt varnish spray. Final result: Well thats about it apart from putting on its own base which I have some ideas for, maybe a small graveyard on the North side (all monesteries, like churches have a set alignment) and perhaps a perimeter wall with another gate for defence. Point to note, most continental monesteries are on hills for defence, most British ones are in fertile river valleys, they had no need of defence and concentrated on the good things in life..... until that Henry VIII bloke came along that is. Anyway, I hope this has been some help to anyone looking in. Cheers, Tim
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Post by Richard on Jun 29, 2014 20:02:48 GMT
This has been a brilliant tutorial Tim, the end result looks fantastic I particularly like the stained glass windows and the courtyard, thankyou for posting this tutorial
Kind regards
Richard
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Post by tim on Jun 29, 2014 21:00:00 GMT
My pleasure Richard, I might do some simple stuff like vines next time (I need to make more anyway).
Tim
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Post by marcost on Jul 13, 2014 9:40:22 GMT
Looks great Tim and thanks for taking the time to document.
+1 on W&N Nut Brown as a wonder wash, I use it on figures too
Regards,
Martin
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Post by jambo1 on Jul 13, 2014 11:52:31 GMT
very good tutorial, nice wee model too, really looks cracking all painted up.
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Post by tim on Jul 13, 2014 13:31:36 GMT
Thanks for the compliments guys
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Post by tim on Sept 16, 2014 20:27:21 GMT
An idea I'm working on for the monastery grounds. The main gate you may recogognise as being very similar to the main gate at Mont St. Jean, thanks Mick I will update this at a slow pace because I must paint more figures!
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Post by Richard on Sept 16, 2014 20:31:17 GMT
Looks really nice Tim, ever thought of getting a painting service to help with your figures, there must be a good one out there somewhere (me me me) lol
Looking forward to the updates
Richard
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Post by ian on Sept 17, 2014 17:05:39 GMT
Looks a great addition to the Monastery, I know what you mean about getting some painting done LOL
Ian
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Post by tim on Sept 22, 2014 8:26:16 GMT
I could not resist, just had to get this finished off and out the way. How's that? Monastery by Total Battle Miniatures, gate house by Leven, walls by Timecast. All the rest scratch built by me. Hope you like
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Post by Richard on Sept 22, 2014 8:30:31 GMT
Beautiful work Tim love all of it,
Richard
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Post by ian on Sept 22, 2014 17:40:57 GMT
That is great the two buildings work really well together
Ian
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Post by tim on Sept 22, 2014 19:15:12 GMT
Thanks chaps! Right back to the half done horse battery
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Post by njt236 on Sept 22, 2014 19:38:03 GMT
Love the finished item with it's walled gardens. And yes, I think you do have a slight lean on the tower. Dodgy foundations probably or the same builder that did the one in Pisa.
Nigel
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Post by levenminiatures on Sept 22, 2014 19:52:28 GMT
Nice Tim, and great paintwork too. I do like that monastery.
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Post by nickthelemming on Sept 23, 2014 2:14:23 GMT
Great work!
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Post by tim on Sept 23, 2014 6:58:58 GMT
Thanks for the kind comments!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 20:14:43 GMT
That is an excellent finish and a fine looking addition for the table
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Post by hansvonzieten on Nov 4, 2014 17:45:55 GMT
great tutorial and wonderful results , thank you for sharing !
when you use the W&N Nut Brown ink , how much do you dilute it to make the wash ?
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Post by tim on Nov 4, 2014 18:37:23 GMT
Hi hansvonzieten, welcome to the forum and thanks for the compliment. The Nut Brown ink I dilute no more than about 10% with distilled water it dosn't really need any more. When it come to using the W&N black or white then they need a fair bit more dillution, they are basically opaque and you need to experiment to get the effect you need.
Tim
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Post by hansvonzieten on Nov 5, 2014 14:59:15 GMT
thanks ! i've been using the GW 'shades' but i' always interested in new techniques .
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Post by nickthelemming on Nov 6, 2014 1:20:37 GMT
thanks ! i've been using the GW 'shades' but i' always interested in new techniques . Oh no, Ernie's found this place, now we're done for. Ernie, you should post pics of the bases you've done so far in the gallery here too.
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Post by hansvonzieten on Nov 6, 2014 15:44:23 GMT
hi Nick ! i've been here a while , just lurking until now only 1 base so far , i'll see if i can figure out posting pics here .
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Post by ney73 on Dec 3, 2014 20:22:35 GMT
salve a tutti, e 'la prima volta Che scrivo su this forum.il monastero e' veramente spettacolare. ciao a tutti ney73.
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Post by levenminiatures on Dec 3, 2014 20:26:54 GMT
Ciao Ney, benvenuti nel forum (I think)
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