![]() The basecoat on the base usually takes quite a while to dry.Īgain, you have to wait until it's really dry because the moisture of the new paint tends to weaken the PVA layer again. Then I applied the basecoat for the base.įor grey bases, I like using VMC German Grey mixed with a little black. Nothing worse than drybrushing over the base and having 50% of all the sand on your brush. I prefer to have bases primed as well after applying rubble/sand/etc.īecause it makes the sandy surface much harder and you need that when you drybrush it. Step 2 - Basecoats: It looks like quite a lot happened here but it's all pretty basic stuff. This takes a while and you don't want to paint or prime the base while the PVA is still wet. I basecoated the face with Foundation Dheneb Stone while the PVA glue dried. Even your unglamorous PVA-applying brush will take damage when the bristles are clogged up with super glue so wait until the superglue underneath the pebble is totally dry. Not too thin because I prefer the stuff not to be runny so I go for a mix of about 70%glue 30% water) and sand. No big deal.), applied a little drop of superglue and a pebble, then applied PVA glue (mixed with water. As you can see, the primed miniature is put onto the slotta base (I had to cut the base a little to fit the metal tab into the slot. I usually don't do that but this thing was rather unplanned so bear with me. In this example, I primed the miniature before glueing it to the base and sanding the base. For the most of you, this is old stuff but I still want to mention it.Ĭlean the miniature of any 'flash', mold lines etc. ![]() Step 1 - Building, Basing: Clean the miniature with soapy water and a toothbrush, clean of ANY soap residue. Some people asked me how I paint Dark Elves so I got some blank DE mini (a Blackguard Musician) from an old box, painted it up and documented the procedure as closely as possible. Hope that you find it interesting and for myself it's an interesting look back. So buckle up, this is an in-depth article in which I also go rambling into painting philosophies and why I paint something the way I do in this tutorial and such. ![]() This one was written in 2010 actually but except for a few paint names, it still all holds true. ![]() ![]() With the release of a new Dark Elves army book looming ahead, we at Tale of Painters got a request for a Druchii painting tutorial so here we go. ![]()
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