If you're terrible at hand painting then you should probably hand paint more often. Personally, I think you do pretty well with hand painting. This is a nice looking miniature paint. It's not ultra-vibrant and over-saturated, but that makes it a bit more realistic, and I like that. My favorite part is the yellow hand painted lines on the cloak. It really adds a lot.
That's such a great paint job, I'm a fan of restricted use of colour for when its done well like in this instance it demonstrates good balance of composition ie a bit of fore thought goes a long way. Thanks for the vid Doc.
Some time soon I will be playing in a light hearted and silly game, and I wanted to paint my PC to match the game. Any tips on how to paint a light hearted, and a little bit Cartoonish character without it looking bad.
When you give 2 colors for the shade you are painting, is that a 50/50 mix or just an unknown ratio of the 2 paints you used to get that particular shade?
I think it's generally 50/50, though playing around with the described recipes is good. The thing to notice about painting tutorials is that the brand/type of paint doesn't really matter; as long as you understand how that paint is effective and you have effective technique.
The ratios are whatever is needed at the time. It all depends on the colors being used and the quality desired. I do it by eye most of the time. Just add some of the lighter color so it's obviously a bit lighter. If it's too stark go back and add a bit of the darker color in the mix.
