With my Austrians pretty much done I had a go at doing some French with dip (AP Strong Shade) especially as I wanted to see if blue remained blue. So here are some 1805 Legere Carabiniers in campaign dress (well actually Victrix Guard Chasseurs):
Chasseurs in campaign gear next.
They look great, nice job
They look nice Doc T! I'm personally not a great fan of the dipping method but you've actually achieved some great looking figures here - did you do the highlights before or after dipping (the step I think most miss out on when dipping)
There is no highlighting on any of the figs apart from a bit on the faces and hands done after dipping. I use washes over a white undercoat so no further highlighting is necessary. The only other painting is the gun metal on the muskets done after the dip.
Looking good .....well done Doc T
Paul
Exactly the way I do it, washed over white gives 2 levels of colour, the third level and the outlining is supplied by the dip. Look at the belts and straps.......light years ahead of blacklining.
Look forward to seeing more
You use only washes instead for "painting" over the white untercoat... and after then you dip the miniatures ???
That is generally how I do it. I used thinned paints (50:50), GW washes and occasionally inks over white and then apply the AP black pigment (the darkest one) with a brush. About 50% of the time, I may apply a light dry brush after the AP has been matted. Usually whites, red, and yellows. By using washes the recesses get the most pigment with the elevated areas less, thus are lighter as the white undercoat comes through.
I am not sure how Doc T does it, but I suspect from looking at his figures, which look great, it is something similar.
John
Yep, something very similar. I tend to use Vallejo paints (from my FoW days) but heavily watered down to at least 50:50. The greatcoats were done with Green Brown, Khaki, German Camo Pale Brown, US Tan Earth and GW Codex Grey. Muskets are done with Beige Brown. All my "black" is actually P3 Paints Umbral Umber (a very dark brown). The main difference is I use the Strong Tone Dip (dark brown) again applied with a soft brush.
If, after dip and varnish, any of the colours look a little too pale I darken things up with either GW Badab Black, Devlan Mud or Ogryn Flesh. Highlights are rarely needed.
All this may sound complicated but is in fact an extremely fast way to paint figs. It took just 6 weeks to paint 150 Austrians! I would never go back to panting over a black undercoat.
PS: I started using dip exactly a year ago when I was painting up a Skorne army:
http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=82713
It was seeing the effect of dip directly on to white that gave me the idea to paint Austrians.
Here are some of my Prussian Landwehr.
I agree with Doc T that this is an effective and speedy method to paint up armies and get them on the table.
Like Doc T, I avoid using black, my substitute is GW Foundation Granite or if I want it darker Vallejo Black-Grey.
John
One final thing, I've also stopped using white (other than the undercoat). If I need to lighten/highlight the "white" on my figures I now use P3 Paints Menoth White Highlight - it is a pale cream colour that actually looks white without having the glare of Titanium Oxide White. It blends in beautifully over the brownish hue of dipped white.
Those Prussians are fantastic too!!!
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