Ok, as most of you know, my painting has come to a stand-still since I came to grad-school. In an effort to get some stuff painted I decided to try the dip. I’m not happy with the results. I don’t seem to have the hang of it and any advice is welcome. I used Minwax Bombay Mahogany, as that appeared to be the deepest shade other than black that I could find. I cut it with some thinner, but everything just looks brown. Below are some pics. Comments are welcome and encouraged.
Some Mage-Knight figs based for Hordes of the Things post-dip.
Dipped fig (on left) compared to the factory paint job (right). Definitely an improvement.
Here is where I was ultimately disappointed. This is 15mm Bosporan dude who looks like crap. I used extremely bright colors and everything looks drabby brown.
Rear angle. Again, craptastic look! The cape looks ok, but the flesh is wretched. Anyone try the Army Painter products on 15mm?
Try to use the MinWax Tudor. It’s probably the best shade for general colors. If you have a very brown looking color scheme you can try antique walnut or dark walnut if you really want it dark.
I have used it on my 15mm FoW stuff and they look fine. Another very important tip is that after you dip, you HAVE to spray some matt finish which lightens the figure up quite a bit.
Milton
We use a very light shade, for us, it works much better than the dark shades. Also we paint the stuff on, then you know how much you need. We’ve never ‘dipped it’ – far too much mess. Jack would spill it everywhere… Plus I agree, spray on some Matt Varnish when it drys.
All the Best
MrF