painting silver

[megroot]

Hello Guys,

In my opinion silver and metallic are different colors.
I'm at the moment painting the Prussian guard officer 1871 from Elite and i have to paint silver on the collar and the cuff's from the tunic.
But i have no idea how to start with silver clothing.
So if anybody could help it is apreciate.

Marc.

 

[Kisifer]

Marc my friend, PM me your email address and I will see what I can do

Xenofon

 

[Roc]

Marc, rthis is how I would paint it:

1- undercoat with dark green acrylic.
2- Liquitex silver oil + a small amount of Viridian green to which you add a little
bit of Liquin.
3- shadow = Base + charcoal black and a little more Viridian green.
4- highlight= Liquitex silver right out of the tube and a little Liquin.
5-- extreme highlights= highlight + Flake white.
The reason why I had a touch of Viridian is because silver lacing has a tendency to tarnish a bit.


Cheers
Roc

 

[PJ Deluhery]

I think of silver on clothing as a light gray with a little sheen. Do the area in gray, then drybrush the very high places with a little silver and watch them pop out.

 

[megroot]

Rocco,

Thanks for the info but i have no clue what Liquitex silver oil is. The Liquitex silver out of the tube; can that be done with W&N silver??
I must buy it anyway.

Thanks Marc

 

[megroot]

Thanks for the advice Pat.
Thinking of that to.

Marc.

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Marc

I use a slightly different method, I use a silver printers ink with humbrol matt varnish and a touch of matt black in it, this is the base colour then add slight touches of black to give you the shadows. it stays matt and doesn’t give the bright glaring glow of silver on its own

Hope this helps

Dave

 

[megroot]

Thanks Dave,

Apreciate your help.

Marc

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by megroot@Dec 4 2005, 09:39 PM
I'm at the moment painting the Prussian guard officer 1871 from Elite and i have to paint silver on the collar and the cuff's from the tunic.
But i have no idea how to start with silver clothing.

Silver lace varied in how bright it was depending on how old it was and other reasons, which could also affect the colour. I would pick how you want it to look and paint accordingly - some people go blueish, some very slightly green. I generally prefer a fairly neutral colour myself so I might mix in a very small amount of brown in addition to the black for the shadows.

The silver available in some artists' paint lines are made from mica usually, I think these replicate the subtle reflection of silver lace quite well but any silver paint could be used as a base, just mix in some other colours if you want to dull them down (they will tend to make it dry more matt as well which helps).

If you want a clean, parade-ground look use the silver almost straight. If you're using a very silver paint like enamel or printer's ink you might try adding a little white to it, just to take the edge off the shine.

Roc, Liquitex discontinued their oil line a little while ago :lol:

Einion

 

[megroot]

Thanks Einion.

Where wouldt the oilpainters be without your help.

Marc.

 

[Roc]

Einion, you are right, luckily I still have a tube.

Marc, you can probably substitute it with Windsor Newton silver, by adding Liquin to the oil paint it flatens it a little bit by still allows a little sheen.


Cheers
Roc.

 

[megroot]

Thanks Rocco,

I gonna get me a tube of W&N and a bottle of Liquin.
Maybe i'm wrong but i thought that Liquin makes the paint shiny.

Marc

 

[Major_Goose]

Hi Marc i have both gold and silver W& N oils and i am afraid that theyre a bit fat pigmented and may cause an out of scale effect . But just try it might be my idea. Just test before u touch figure

Costas