Painting for Competition / Intermediate and Advanced Techniques II
Description:
Award-winning mini painter, Zach Lanier, helps push you to the next level! We'll do a refresher on choosing paint schemes, creating contrast with color, get in-depth with painting using ceramic wells and/or a wet palette. Special techniques: thinning paint for smooth basecoats and blending your highlights and shades, painting faces, weathering, realistic NMM and metallics. Finish off with fine details and freehand to help your mini get noticed.
Painting for Competition / Intermediate and Advanced Techniques II
Description:
Award-winning mini painter, Zach Lanier, helps push you to the next level! We'll do a refresher on choosing paint schemes, creating contrast with color, get in-depth with painting using ceramic wells and/or a wet palette. Special techniques: thinning paint for smooth basecoats and blending your highlights and shades, painting faces, weathering, realistic NMM and metallics. Finish off with fine details and freehand to help your mini get noticed.
Color theory, dessaturation versus saturation, contrast, complimentary colors, which color to use for shadows and highlights⦠Come demystify these concepts in order to make your miniature stand out. This class will mainly focus on theory with a little practice to illustrate the various examples.
Color theory, dessaturation versus saturation, contrast, complimentary colors, which color to use for shadows and highlights⦠Come demystify these concepts in order to make your miniature stand out. This class will mainly focus on theory with a little practice to illustrate the various examples.
Give vehicles and scenery pieces realistic rust effects! From a little spot, to "eaten through the metal" rust, this class will cover it through discussion and example. Handout provided. Feel free to bring your own work to ask questions about.
Give vehicles and scenery pieces realistic rust effects! From a little spot, to "eaten through the metal" rust, this class will cover it through discussion and example. Handout provided. Feel free to bring your own work to ask questions about.
A solitary figure says only so much; enhance its base or compose multiple figures together and you can tell more interesting stories. Veteran painter Derek Schubert -- whose diorama won Best in Show in the 2007 Gen Con painting contest -- presents some insights on making scenic bases and dioramas. Techniques include choosing a concept, composing figures and props, converting figures, sculpting the base, and deciding what to paint when.
Learn to sculpt miniatures from the armature up with Tom Mason using Kraftmark's revolutionary sculpting medium ProCreate. Using precast armatures, students will learn about posing and bullking the figure, handling ProCreate, as well as tricks and tips for sculpting details. Students will receive instruction, precast armatures, sculpting base, and ProCreate putty. All materials will be provided for use.
This class will teach you some color recipes for realistic human skin tones, and will also teach how to adjust those recipes to add an ambiance or feel to your models. For example, how do you paint skin to look like it is in the shade, or in a forest? Supplied in the class will be a Demorgan from Dark Sword miniatures and a handout to help you remember once you are home. Please bring your own brushes.
Whether you are painting an orc or a pretty lady the skin and face are crucial aspects of your mini. Come and learn how to make sure these elements receive the proper care they need. Where to place your light and shadow, how to define the muscles, how should you approach a face, how to make an unshaved beard and such. This class will use a one on one approach.