Steve Ski
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Kimmo, this is outstanding work, Bro, outstanding!
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KenBoyle
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Great WIP Kimmo! Beautiful work. 
Cheers,
Ken
Cheers,
Ken
Briggsy
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That's really looking the business now, great job.
Cheers Simon
Cheers Simon
Kimmo
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Cheers Ski, Ken and Simon!
It was time for inks to enter the fray. I love working with inks, especially on metal, wood and leather objects. They just do something that paints alone won't. I used a bunch of the new Game Color Inks and was pleasantly surprised to see the formulation has changed a bit. They are now more satin, tending towards matte rather than the almost semi-gloss of the previous range. The range itself has been expanded as well and am very happy to see white included. These seem to flow better, stay wet longer on the palette and have a finer pigmentation. Lovely stuff. The figures have had the skin tones worked on as well as the seemingly never ending touches to details. I wasn't terribly happy with the colours of the basic skin set I'm using so decided to give the Skin ink a bash. It brought in a nice orangey brown tone which also gave the skin some more life. I continued monkeying around with a mix of paints and inks and I think we're headed in the right direction. This is the first time I'm using inks mixed in with paint for skin tones, and I have to say I like the way they complement each other. I had to switch to a smaller brush to get at the eyes. As good as the #3 brush is, it is just too big to get in there with the helmets in the way. All the leather bits got a light touch of inks, they look nice and smooth now. I had to redo some of the edge highlights just to make them stand out again.
Here's the #3 right up against the figure
And a comparison with what I used for the eyes and clean up on the faces.
That's a pretty sharp point, wouldn't you say? And it is holding up nicely after this many sessions.
The base got more work done as well. Vegetation and individual stones/gravel were picked out, the tracks and idler got more work done as well. Inks were used to smooth out the transitions and add tones to the metal.
Still a lot of fussy stuff left to do, but it is coming along nicely.
Kimmo
It was time for inks to enter the fray. I love working with inks, especially on metal, wood and leather objects. They just do something that paints alone won't. I used a bunch of the new Game Color Inks and was pleasantly surprised to see the formulation has changed a bit. They are now more satin, tending towards matte rather than the almost semi-gloss of the previous range. The range itself has been expanded as well and am very happy to see white included. These seem to flow better, stay wet longer on the palette and have a finer pigmentation. Lovely stuff. The figures have had the skin tones worked on as well as the seemingly never ending touches to details. I wasn't terribly happy with the colours of the basic skin set I'm using so decided to give the Skin ink a bash. It brought in a nice orangey brown tone which also gave the skin some more life. I continued monkeying around with a mix of paints and inks and I think we're headed in the right direction. This is the first time I'm using inks mixed in with paint for skin tones, and I have to say I like the way they complement each other. I had to switch to a smaller brush to get at the eyes. As good as the #3 brush is, it is just too big to get in there with the helmets in the way. All the leather bits got a light touch of inks, they look nice and smooth now. I had to redo some of the edge highlights just to make them stand out again.
Here's the #3 right up against the figure
And a comparison with what I used for the eyes and clean up on the faces.
That's a pretty sharp point, wouldn't you say? And it is holding up nicely after this many sessions.
The base got more work done as well. Vegetation and individual stones/gravel were picked out, the tracks and idler got more work done as well. Inks were used to smooth out the transitions and add tones to the metal.
Still a lot of fussy stuff left to do, but it is coming along nicely.
Kimmo
Briggsy
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I quite enjoy the little bits when a project is almost complete, and if you have more to do it's going to look great.
Cheers Simon
Cheers Simon
Steve Ski
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Kimmo, all looks great, but that huge brush is scarin me, Bro, HA! Ya, I personally use a 000 Windsor & Newton for my eye work, and hopefully a steady hand,
HA! Ya, I personally use a 000 Windsor & Newton for my eye work, and hopefully a steady hand, 
Hi Kimmo
You’ve been so busy since my last visit , it’s all coming along together really well
Always enjoy your threads , great explanation and pics
Looking forward to seeing more of the fussy stuff
Happy benchtime
Nap
Happy
You’ve been so busy since my last visit , it’s all coming along together really well
Always enjoy your threads , great explanation and pics
Looking forward to seeing more of the fussy stuff
Happy benchtime
Nap
Happy
Kimmo
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Cheers Simon, Ski, Nigel and Nap!
Ski, I was more than a little intimidated by the brush at first, much to my surprise it worked a treat. Some of the painters I follow use a #2 for table top minis (28-35mm) and do just fine so this isn't that much of a leap. It would be ideal for 75mm and up but can be used to good effect for smaller stuff.
Nigel, if I used oils I'd probably do something similar.
Most of the fussy stuff is now done, a few touch ups remain but let's have a look at the final dress rehearsal.
Hopefully I'll get this wrapped up over the weekend and get some final photos taken.
Kimmo
Ski, I was more than a little intimidated by the brush at first, much to my surprise it worked a treat. Some of the painters I follow use a #2 for table top minis (28-35mm) and do just fine so this isn't that much of a leap. It would be ideal for 75mm and up but can be used to good effect for smaller stuff.
Nigel, if I used oils I'd probably do something similar.
Most of the fussy stuff is now done, a few touch ups remain but let's have a look at the final dress rehearsal.
Hopefully I'll get this wrapped up over the weekend and get some final photos taken.
Kimmo
NigelR
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Looking really good, very nice tight composition and the wedgie is working well. Awaiting those final touches....
I used to paint my figures in oils, now I use acrylics. I just use oils for the pupils!
Briggsy
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This is a really nice little vignette concerning an often not understood but vital role on the battlefield and so very well done.
Cheers Simon
Cheers Simon
Kimmo
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Cheers Nigel and Simon!
That's not a bad idea Nigel, might investigate that myself. I gave up on oils and enamels as this place is so small that the odours would never disappear.
Right, finally calling this done. Photos taken, edited and a gallery is up here, and a teaser below
Some final thoughts and observations on the new Game Color range and brush(es) can be summed up nicely with me gusta. The paints are for all intents brand new, the inks have been tweaked a fair bit and behave slightly differently, in a very positive way. The revamped brushes are well worth looking into if you are in need of new ones based on a very small sample size and one project. I have found larger brushes to be difficult to keep pointed, not so with this one. I'll be trying out the #2 and a small detail brush on the next project and will of course pass on my findings. I'd wholeheartedly recommend giving any of these new products a go.
Thanks to everyone who followed along and commented.
Kimmo
That's not a bad idea Nigel, might investigate that myself. I gave up on oils and enamels as this place is so small that the odours would never disappear.
Right, finally calling this done. Photos taken, edited and a gallery is up here, and a teaser below
Some final thoughts and observations on the new Game Color range and brush(es) can be summed up nicely with me gusta. The paints are for all intents brand new, the inks have been tweaked a fair bit and behave slightly differently, in a very positive way. The revamped brushes are well worth looking into if you are in need of new ones based on a very small sample size and one project. I have found larger brushes to be difficult to keep pointed, not so with this one. I'll be trying out the #2 and a small detail brush on the next project and will of course pass on my findings. I'd wholeheartedly recommend giving any of these new products a go.
Thanks to everyone who followed along and commented.
Kimmo
VisjeMar
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Great work, very cool little vignet
