Promising new figure website

[Jason Martin (Redrum)]

Thanks again! Yes there will be plenty of historical stuff too!!

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I have never read so much rubbish about using oil paints ever . If you are new to this medium go to Metal models and use there colour mixes .
The secret to oils is less is more .keep away from additives ; use the paint pure , apply thinly and it will dry to a nice sheen which cant be surpassed .
as with all paints ; quality brushes are a must ,in fact acrylics destroy brushes quicker than any other paint

 

[Jason Martin (Redrum)]

That's an interesting view to the article, though I can only assume that the way Dmitry uses them works for him as he's one of the finest figure painters around

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

It is an interesting view Jason ! there are many fine oil painters in this hobby ; Massimo Passquli . Eddy Vanderstine David Mitchell , Brian snadden , to name but a few .
Pro-belly got all the spelling wrong re the names but they are all great oil artists .
If you are going to write about oils then know the medium , it is a simple paint totally unarguably totally unsuitable for the use of painting miniature figurines and a credit to all who have developed a technique to make it suitable .
This doesn't mean I don't like acrylics painters it is just not my medium

 

[Jason Martin (Redrum)]

Hey Ron. I didn't write the piece, Dmitry Fesechko wrote it and he uses oil paints! Hence why he wrote the article about oil paints and how he lays out his palette. Unless I'm totally mistaken by the article you refer to :/ I have toyed with the idea of using oils myself but that's a whole new ball game for me

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Probably a bit over the top by me after a few beers as you can see by the spelling mistakes Jason " Saturday night fever"
There are some interesting points in this article worth noting , but I would not lay out expensive Cad reds , vermillion or cad orange unless I was going to use them ; some which would set you back 68 dollars a tube in Vasari land or about 55 earth pounds in the UK for Old Holland .
The cassette Idea is interesting as it will keep dust from settling on the paint if you have to stop for a couple of hours , but maybe better for storing mixes as it is going to be a bit small for actual mixing .
Had a look at his suggestion for NMM mix of Cobalt blue and burnt umber + white mix and it certainly looks like it would do the job; certainly for flats .
Hope you do get into using oils .

 

[brian]

I found the article by Dimitry very interesting with his use of oils.As an oil painter for many,many years,i'm always interested in other painters techniques in oils, which is a very versatile medium.
I understand where Ron was coming from as he paints in the classical style of oil painting,but there is more ways that painters use oils,especially wet on dry for enhancing contrasts,leather work and weathering etc, I like all types of well painted figures no matter, what medium is used,it's just the fact that i'm more comfortable painting in oils.
The wet on dry technique i mention is much like painting with acrylics but a whole lot slower
To each his own
Brian