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Post by hardlec on Nov 19, 2017 23:19:13 GMT
After doing some research on color selection, I have begun painting my fleeing civilians.
The figures are very detailed. The men have suits, vests and ties evident. The women have frilly dresses, the little girl has a doll.
I am almost finished painting the set, and I will post a pic when done. However:
I am not going to hyper-detail these figs. No eyes, just a dot. Minimal effort on hair. on 25mm figs I do a base coat, a wash of a darker color, and a dry brush of a lighter color. this usually takes a short time. on a 15mm fig, this seems pointless.
I started painting the figures using my magnifying lens. I have a lamp on a flexible arm with the light around a magnifying lens. Works really well. Then I wondered if it was worth it for figs that will never be seen from closer than a foot away. I decided to save my eyes and spend more time to do more figures.
I guess I got somewhat of a bad attitude when I looked at my infantry and realized the detail all washes away when view at table distance. My next batch I will use much lighter brown for the knapsacks etc.
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Post by Quendil on Nov 20, 2017 10:23:25 GMT
Yes I started being less fussy a while ago. I would sooner get more painted and just be happy with a tabletop standard rather than spending hours on a figure and it not being that much better
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Post by boxholder on Nov 20, 2017 12:56:54 GMT
Even the automobile modelers acknowledge that not every model has to have a museum grade finish. At a recent contest that I attended, they had an entry class for "stand-off" models: Appearance was judged from 3 feet away, so superdetailed models were not needed. There were classes for them.
Arm's length viewing lets us simplify much. Just suggesting a feature can let the viewer's mind fill in the blanks.
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