Tuesday, November 24, 2015

[Video] Painting Skin and Tattoo

Painting human skin in a realistic way is one of the hardest thing to do in miniature painting. This is mostly due to the fact that most beginner techniques are not suited for this. There is also a gazilion colors dubbed as «  flesh » and picking the right one(s) can get tricky.

As if skin was not hard enough, adding realistic tattoos can make even the bravest of us cry. But fear not, for I bring you today a video detailing a simple method of doing skin and incorporating tattoos.



And if that wasn't enough, below is all that you want to know that couldn't be covered in a 10 minutes video.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

[Video] Painting Scrolls, Seals and Books


Scrolls, seals and books are everywhere on our miniatures; spellbooks and scrolls of powerful wizards, purity seals on space marines or the various prophecies of fanatics and zealots. The problem with this is that you could fill pages upon pages of ways to paint them. Get it? Pages...Scrolls... Please don't kick me off the internet...




So what's a wargamer to do?

The video showcases two standard ways to do scrolls, using desert brown and bone tones to get the worn look in no time.  If you're looking for something different or to master your technique, read on!