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Battleground Games & Hobbies => Painting & Modeling => Topic started by: King of the Elves on February 22, 2012, 11:11:07 PM

Title: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: King of the Elves on February 22, 2012, 11:11:07 PM: Ok so i just got done with my Space Marine tatical squad and i wanted to paint it the white scars, (i'm going the fluffish route) and i was just wondering if anyone really knows how to paint white scars, google is no help so here i am! Do you go from grey and work your way up or go from white and try not to screw up too much? Also has anyone had any experence with Secret Weapon Washes, i heard that for making white looking darker it's better than devlan mud. Thanks- the king
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: Loranus on February 22, 2012, 11:56:43 PM: http://whitescars-army.blogspot.com/2012/01/guest-article-white-scars-and-how-to.html

best article I could find on it.
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: JakeM on February 23, 2012, 10:23:10 AM: Great tutorial on painting white. Thanks for posting it.

If you buy the secret weapon wash then pick up some of their weathering powder while your at it. It's great stuff!
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: Ed on February 23, 2012, 01:46:59 PM: I start with bleached bone and work my way to white.
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: King of the Elves on February 23, 2012, 02:24:56 PM: Thanks, i think i'm going to pick up a thing of soft body. I got the squad for cheap so i'll try a couple of diffrent ways. Thanks guys.
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: Henry R on February 24, 2012, 10:59:25 AM: White is difficult to paint because it hardly allows a painter to make a mistake, i.e. messing up the red pattern on a White Scars Marine. Since white is so light anything darker than it will show through. This makes me want to paint white now, I'll fool around with a few marines, see what happens, and post my results.
Title: Re: Tips on how to paint white scars.
Post by: Rhys on February 24, 2012, 01:19:41 PM: I encourage beginning painters to undercoat with white for the same reason. Makes you keep your technique tight.