Painting White

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"Mark" <stock4069@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have some Roman figures with white tunics. I am looking for a
> weathered look but I am not happy with the results so far. Can anyone
> suggest a technique to paint a dramatic weathered white?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

White then a browish ink or wask?

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It sometimes takes a bit of doing -- I start with a medium brown primer
or base coat -- avoid painting any high points. Then, while the paint
is still wet, come back with a lighter brown and feather this from the
high points down -- if you are quick (work on one fig at a time, you
should be able to get a blended look going from light brown to medium
brown. Then take a off white or Armory "Old Linen" color and "semi-dry
brush going from high to low -- avoid using a lot of paint as it ruins
the effect. Finally decide how the sun will hit the figure and finish
with a off white highlight (dry brushed) for those surfaces hit by the
light.

Do I paint units this way? No way. Individual figs -- yeah -- looks
pretty good.

mjc

Mark wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have some Roman figures with white tunics. I am looking for a
> weathered look but I am not happy with the results so far. Can anyone
> suggest a technique to paint a dramatic weathered white?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

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"Mark" <stock4069@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have some Roman figures with white tunics. I am looking for a
> weathered look but I am not happy with the results so far. Can anyone
> suggest a technique to paint a dramatic weathered white?

For Roman (or Carthaginian or Greek or whatever) white tunics nowadays I
just:

block paint them white
give them a brown ink wash - this usually stains the whole thing as well as
providing shading
wait for the ink to dry and go over the highlights in white again

this gives a pretty weathered look but still looks like white.

I used to muck around with various shade colours, highlights etc but the ink
wash is easier, quicker and looks just as good.

Cheers
Martin

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Start with a off white base coat and then dry brush on more white versions.

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Justin Taylor
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Mark wrote:

Thanks everyone.

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Mark,

Make a very thin wash of a tan or reddish brown color and then wash it over
your figures white areas. This helps to create a nice, dramatic effect.
Probably too late for this advice, but instead of using white use a linen color
which is not a true white, usually crates a much more realistic white.

Greg