Maybe its been explained before, but?

[The Norwegian]

Hello all!

Maybe its been explained before, but does anyone have some good tip
on how to paint the red crosses on shields and chests on crusader knights.

I feel this is the point where its more questions, then answers!

Dry transfers or an sharp pencil before and even sharper brush?
Anyone?

Roy

 

[Viking Bob]

I have just painted a diced cap band on a Scottish soldier, and you have hit the nail on the head.
Use a sharp pencil to draw the outline and a brush that is loaded with the paint, using too smaller brush will result in the paint drying before you even touch the figure.
Practice on a square of paper first.
Bob

 

[megroot]

I use stencils from Tommi Warton.

marc

 

[mick3272]

You could use Tamiya masking tape. Great if you use an air brush but have to be careful with a paint brush.
Mick

 

[The Norwegian]

I use stencils from Tommi Warton.

marc

Hi
Tommi Warton ! Are they on an webshop maybe?
Anyway, thanks for the answers all!

Roy

 

[kagemusha]

There is no better masking tape for delicate surfaces than this.....http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Masking-Tape/30-8821

The trick with using any masking tape when brush painting......is to 'stipple' and not brush it on....by keeping the brush at the 'vertical' when applying the colour.....you avoid going under the edges

 

[Uruk-Hai]

They got Clas Ohlson in the UK???? Or Clas i sjön(Clas in the lake) as we put it.

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[kagemusha]

Sure have Janne.....great shop....and only ten minutes from where I live

 

[megroot]

Hi
Tommi Warton ! Are they on an webshop maybe?
Anyway, thanks for the answers all!

Roy

He is here on PF, as Administrator. Don't know if he made them these days.

marc

 

[Mark S]

If it's just crosses you wish to paint have a go at freehand first, you may surprise yourself.
Mark out the cross and paint it in a number of thin washes don't try to get a perfect result with one application.
You will no doubt have some points where you've gone out side the lines you began with. So use the background colour to fix those mistakes.
Continue in that way with a number of washes until you get it the way you like.
Otherwise you can use plumbers tape to give you a sharp line to paint over, then remove the tape which will not upset your base paint at all.
That's the Teflon tape used to seal gas and water connections as seen below......cheers.

 

[kansas kid]

I agree with what Mark has written above. However, I hope
you realize that when you're using a small brush in your hand
to paint on a figure, you need to have the hand with the brush,
supported, so it is resting on something solid. I use 2 X 4's in
a stack, four of them about 12 inches long, glued together
with 5 minute apoxy glue. I hold the figure in my opposite
hand against the side of the stack of 2 X 4's, so that it won't
move. Then I put the brush in my dominant hand and rest
that hand on the top of the stack of 2 X 4's. That way nothing
moves, or wavers as I'm applying the various applications of
thinned paint over the penciled in shape. Gee, I hope I've
made myself clear, here. The painting hand must always
be supported on something that will not move. Good luck,
and remember we learn by doing. Practice on something
that doesn't matter. We do have to put the time in, to
improve our skill level. Jayhawker

 

[kansas kid]

Ok, I was wrong. Old age came creeping in . . . the stack
of 2 X 4's is a stack of three, not four. Sorry. . . Jaybird

 

[Alex]

For any regular pattern, cross, etc.. Just paint directly on your canvas.

a few tips I can give you :

Use at a first a color not that different from the background color. For example if you want to paint a white cross on a red background, do not use pure white. Instead use a mix of white and red, or a grey.. Something that will not pop out.

Then use full body paint : yes full body liquid paint like vallejo directly out of the bottle.


Once you are satisfied with the drawing, you can go over it with the real white color you want.

By using full body paint, you will be able to paint long strokes of paint without having to go over it thousand times.

Then shade and highlight as usual with fairly diluted paint.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

I use stencils from Tommi Warton.

marc

I think, Tommi has given-up the ghost, on his 'Stencils'. Unless, Tommi can correct me on this.

Which to my mind is a damn shame. ... It was the best kit on the market for such things.

Regards,

Mark

 

[The Norwegian]

Thanks for many good tip!

Roy