ref stripes

malki · Post by **malki** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:30 am

just about to finish the human ref mini, everything done nice and dandy apart from the stripes!

Are there any tips to getting the stripes good apart from holding the brush steady as possible and taking a deap breath!

thanks,

KLK · Post by **KLK** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:11 am

is easier paint black stripes over a black surface.

KLK · Post by **KLK** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:13 am

sorry. I mean black stripes over a white surface...

sineater40k · Post by **sineater40k** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:02 am

KLK wrote:sorry. I mean black stripes over a white surface...

Well painting black over black WOULD be easier, not to mention it would hide any niggling little mistakes

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 5:36 am

Expect to have to go back and touch up spots, or cheat and use a pen.

squiggoth · Post by **squiggoth** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:12 am

I always do white stripes over a black basecoat, and after that touch up the black and highlight it.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:57 am

I do black on white, much easier to get the paint to cover. Its extremely important to get the paint to the right consistency. Thin as ink, but still covering well. Don't make the stripes too thin. if you are painting stripes around something (arms, bodies) it might be useful to add some marks with a pencil for orientation, so that you don't end up with a too narrow space for the last stripe.

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Oh, and the stripes don'T have to be too regular if the shirt has some wrinkles, that's OK. If the shirt is stretched (arounf the belly for example), you might wanna try to have thicker stripes at that part as well.

Anthony_TBBF · Post by **Anthony_TBBF** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:42 pm

I also find it easier to paint a thinner rough stripe first, then make it the right width after. It's a bit easier than trying to get one uniform stripe on the first go.

malki · Post by **malki** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:38 pm

thanks, all tips are helping, i'll be taking a deap breath, with paint bush in hand, later today!

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 6:48 pm

Or you could use the Car Detailing method and put little strips of tape on and then not worry about being too steady. Take off the tape afterwards *POOF* perfect line.

christer · Post by **christer** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 1:29 pm

Grasshopper wrote:Or you could use the Car Detailing method and put little strips of tape on and then not worry about being too steady. Take off the tape afterwards *POOF* perfect line.

When you paint stripes on walls, the recommended procedure is to paint a coat of the underlying colour first in order to prevent paint from leaking in at the edge of the tape.

For example, if you have a white base and put on the strips of tape, first paint a coat of white at the edges. When dry, paint the black. Remove the tape before the paint has dried up to reduce the risk of pulling off flakes of colour.

Obviously, I have no idea how this applies to miniatures, but it seems sensible to me.