I'm attempting to use oil paints to shadow in the creases iof my figures clothing. But I just cant seem to get it right. After reading some contradicting articles on the net I'm not sure exactly how to approach this process. Do the oil paints have to be thinned, if so how much, or do you just apply them straight ?

Also once the paint has been settled into the crevices, how do you make it so they shadow and blend in with the rest of the colours. I'm attempting to use Paynes grey on a White uniform, and after about 2 hours of attempting to shadow the folds in the clothing i gave up. The grey stands out too much, and I cant get it to blend in with the rest of the uniform. And it doesnt look natural.

BTW I have never used oil paints before, so please help me.

Thanks
Leader

Whatever thinner you are using, add some paint in the thinner, not some thinner in the paint. This way you have VERY thin paint that you have to add several times to make it visible. I would add some sepia or umber brown in the grey, plain gray on white doesn´t quite work!
BTW, I think the white uniform is the most difficult thing to make look good!!!

Another approach would be to paint the base color with tinted white (tinted with grey and brown, just a TINY LITTLE BIT) and apply the thin dark wash in the deepest shadows. I used Citadel Skull White, it´s close to ivory colour. Then you would have one more ace in your sleeve, to highlight the excesses with titanium white to bring the contrast of the shadows even more visible. This way you don´t have to darken the shadows too much!
Besides, have you ever seen white "white" uniforms in the field? Me neither!



Just my White Death worth of advice!

Toni

That was excellentinput leader, do yourself a favour, pay attention.

Tread.

Thanks Envar, cant wait to try it out.

Hopefully I'll get my dio done soon.

Leader,this was painted some time ago,but with the same method described by Envar

Arthur