Black and white!
Added 2024-07-20 15:11:50 +0000 UTCMy friends, the pre-shading is finished. This is the so-called Black and White Technique developed by Jose Luis Lopez.
It has quite a lot of applications, and it's basically the same method as figure painting, just adapted to armor.
I'd say it's excellent for single color base coats and for people who are not very confident with mixing their own colors for post-shading. Here you're just working with black and white, so the process is very straightforward.
There are some additional steps that can be employed such as a black pin wash, stains of dirt painted with black acrylic, light chips painted with white, etc. but I find these a bit redundant as some of them would've been repeated twice, such as the wash.
Anyway, I'll let the paints cure for a few hours and then apply the oxide primer!
Comments
Na tohle jsem nemel nikdy odvahu, udelat vse BW, I ty streaking effects atd. Ale vypada to paradne
Jan Skácelík
2024-08-05 09:53:26 +0000 UTCVery nicely done
Charlie phillips
2024-07-24 01:25:30 +0000 UTCBlack and white tends to push the oxide primer towards the desaturated/pinkish spectrum, but I actually like that! If I was going to post-shade the oxide red, I'd use Buff or Deck Tan for the highlights, which would lead to a similar result. Luckily, if it's too much, you can adjust it with orange and red oil paints later!
Night Shift
2024-07-20 22:49:12 +0000 UTCYou can play around with additional effects on this pre-shaded surface, but I'd rather add them on the painted model :)
Night Shift
2024-07-20 22:48:00 +0000 UTCYup, I picked out all the tiny details with a brush.
Night Shift
2024-07-20 22:47:13 +0000 UTCThat's why I've been enjoying this method on figures since I first tried it :)
Night Shift
2024-07-20 22:46:51 +0000 UTCThis is a very interesting approach, Martin. I’m looking forward to seeing how your initial application of Oxide Red responds to this B&W “Zeno” primer/undercoat. It will be a perfect example, of just how color theory works. Cheers 🍻
Robert Burnside - Red Beach One Studios
2024-07-20 21:24:32 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to see the finished video
mike caulder
2024-07-20 20:47:52 +0000 UTCVery nice work so far! 👍🏻
David Frantsev Gunko
2024-07-20 17:01:50 +0000 UTCLooks amazing. I guess you won't need much top coat to cover this? I've never seen such meticulous pre-shading.
Cushionbelly
2024-07-20 15:54:20 +0000 UTCLooks good. I always tend to think that if your project looks good at every stage of the finishing process (good as in I could stop and although it wouldn't be finished, its pleasing to look at) then its going to look great when everything is done. Doesn't always go like that mind you!
David Sutton
2024-07-20 15:43:26 +0000 UTCLooks awesome; can’t wait for the oxide primer!
Quintin Paparella
2024-07-20 15:42:46 +0000 UTCLooks fantastic sir!
Bob Yack
2024-07-20 15:33:10 +0000 UTCI’d love to know how you get those bolts painted so accurately. Brush?
Den Howlett
2024-07-20 15:33:05 +0000 UTCIt looks ghostly and eerie looking. Diffently has a mood to it.
mike garcia
2024-07-20 15:31:41 +0000 UTCIt would be so cool if you left it like that, in the black and white paint job!
Solomon Hollowell
2024-07-20 15:31:35 +0000 UTCIt almost looks like winter Camo. Its very convincing. In figure painting its referred to as Zenithal Priming if people wish to search it on Google. Is a lot of information out there on the subject. One advantage in figure painting is you can use very thin glazes of paint over it to build up colors. Many companies have entire ranges of these glaze like paints often referred to as Contrast paint.
Jeff Wilhelm
2024-07-20 15:20:03 +0000 UTC
