I've just finished up with this set of walkers, all but the bases. I am still sorting out how I feel about Minwax dipping. I used the "English Walnut" variety. I was told to just dip the mini into the pot, pull it out and shake it off. I did my first one, and it was *MUCH* darker than I wanted. I wiped off quite a bit, and it's still dark. Thinking that once was an accident, I tried again. Still to dark. I was unwilling to try a third time (and thereby prove it was enemy action). I looked up a couple of tutorials on youtube, and tried out the brush it on method. Worked okay, still a little dark. Perhaps I should have used another color? All in all, I think they turned out pretty good for my painting level. The first pics are the ones my friends down at the store did.
These are the Zeds I painted, and then dipped.
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| The one on the left is the first one I dipped, and now he is quite dark skinned. |
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| I like the Eminim zed on the left. He needs some bling. |
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| The zed on the left is the second dip experiment. Again, darker than I liked. |
Not bad at all.
ReplyDeleteThe brush on method is highly recommendable. I used the dipandshake first as well.....Not amuzed...
I will be doing that from now on, I think. Thanks for the input.
DeleteThey look good. My advise is don't dip, you have far more control with a brush.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I will be using the brush from now on. I might try another color. Any suggestions?
DeleteI don't dip personally so can offer no experience. They look fine to me as for them being zeds I don't suppose it matters really they are just fodder :D
ReplyDeleteI have seen people using drills and paint tins with holes in and then attaching the figure to the drill, dip then spin it inside the paint tin
Honestly, I never thought of that. Sounds like it would work, but I sure shook the hell out of it.
DeleteAs to your first point, yep, they are fodder, and I have a BUNCH to paint. Thanks for stopping by.