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Chronopia => Painting & Terrain => Topic started by: Mr_Wayne on February 21, 2007, 05:09:29 AM
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Hello.
I´m new to Chronopia and have just bought my first army of Firstborn. I have been mezmerized by the awesome chess-pattern on the clothes of the Knights, but I´m scared ****less to try and paint it for fear of ruining my minis.
Does anyone of you guys have any advice on painting the pattern?
Best wishes/
Mr_Wayne
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Keep the paint thin and do many thin layers instead of one thick layer. Also a nice winsor newton series 7 could also help.
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I'll add to Morfdoggs' comment and reccomend practising on a old mini you may have, preferably with flat areas.
Start with your lighter cheque colour as a base coat. When dry, use a small brush to paint vertical and horizontal lines. Be patient, don't rush it (you can also use a fine tip artist pen as well to do the linework). When done, paint your dark cheque colour in an alternating pattern. If you botch it you can paint over and start again. It's all practice.
Jase
PS. Welcome to the board.
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Welcome,
I've got a buddy who painted his FB in checkered pattern, I'll ask him and see if he has any advise.
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If it is too intimdating you could always use a solid color. ;) I have seen several very nice Firstborn armies painted with solid colors on the cloth. Look around at the various websites and you can get lots of ideas for color schemes. Good luck! ;D
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I'd like to see stripes myself.
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What's wrong with polka dots people?
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What's wrong with polka dots people?
Pink or yellow? Bikini or one piece?
wmeredith.
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Thank's for the replys. I will piant my army now and photograph it and post it here. I have decided on a technique thats not too advanced, yet leaves a satisfying result. Stay tuned.
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I can't remember whose site I saw it on, but their FB had red tabards and cloaks with white piping on the outer. I thought it looked good.
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I did my loincloths half-half with a checkered border. It looks pretty nice and is a whole lot easier than doing checkers over the entire area.