General Painting Technique

I usually complete 6 figures/horses at a single session mounted on coke bottle tops with Blue Tac. For riders I drill a small hole underneath and attach to a cocktail stick and glue, easily removed later.

Undercoat:- Dark uniforms = Chaos Black / Light Uniforms = Gunship Grey (Dark)

Brushes:- I usually use sable brushes from http://www.premierbrush.co.uk/
Sizes , 0, 2/0, 3/0

1. Eyes – GW Rotten flesh (not white). Paint in the solid shape of the eye on all figures. Horses have all dark eye with light spot. Then tidy up the eyes using the flesh undercoat colour making sure the shapes are the same. Dot in the pupils.


2. Undercoat the flesh (face, hands) – Tallarn Flesh. Take time around the eyes. Get as close as possible leaving a little black around the edges.


3. Undercoat Fur – Pale Sand and wash with brown. Highlight when wash has dried with Pale Sand.


4. Horses – Paint the horse flesh, paint should be very thin to see detail when dry. Leave manes and tails black. Try not to paint leather straps.


5. Uniform – Select colour Jacket - Napoleonic Blue I usually use Revell Blue (56). Blues dry darker. Do a test area and let it dry and see if you need to darken or lighten the colour. Try other Blues on their own if too light. Also depends on what contracts between colours you want.
   Highlight with lighter blues. For creases leave the undercoat showing, highlight following any contours.
   Collars and Cuffs are Red –Undercoat in GW Scab Red
   This can also be used for British Napoleon jackets.
   Sash/Plume if red complete as well, leave top of plume black.


6. Hair – Blonde undercoat with Scorched Brown, complete all hair and beards Highlight with Bestial brown and Bleached Bone.


7. Undercoat any Gold with Grey
   
8. Undercoat Silver with Black


9. Apply dark wash


10. Highlight cloth again Grey Blue


11. 2nd highlight to hair Rotten Flesh


12. Highlight horse flesh – thinner paint feathers more at edges and blends easier. Add white spots as you like them. Also paint socks if necessary.


13. White straps – waterdown white very thin. White edges leave undercoat in middle. When painting whites don’t leave too much undercoat generally best to cover most of it up.


14. Piping – White – can be tidied up with main colour or actually put on first


15. Jacket lacing – (could use dark grey undercoat) pain white directly on to black. Don’t let paint get too dry and not too watery so it flows into creases.


16. Silver for swords etc is BoltGun Metal


17. Gold


18. Highlight Black – 1st highlight of black grey then 2nd dark grey


19. Finish highlights – Ensure metallics are dry before adding wash.


20. Devlan mud wash on Gold


21. Black wash on silver

As I do more I will update this