Hi Guys

I have bean painting construction a 1/16 figure over the past few weeks, and i have now come to start and add shadows etc. After changing the base colour from the standard Tamyia colour to the Vallejio colour i have changed back after many hours and several coats of paint of the figure.

I was wondering what is the best way to add shadows etc... to the figure

thanks

Hey matt
I am by no means a figure painter and Im sure there will be some answers for you.. But you could mix up a bit of your uniform colour and then darken it.. Then add to the bottoms of the creases and blend.. You could also use a wash in the creases to darken them... I hope this helps you out... You may find some more answers in the Historicus forum. Its where all the figure painters hang out...


Dave

I don't know if this is any help but you could check out Vallejos website:

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/

Choose English, then "MINIATURE & MODEL COLORS", click the top link on the left "MODEL COLOR", scroll down and choose the introduction of the "PAINTING FIGURES WITH MODEL COLOR"-tutorial.
Also check out the tutorial in spanish, while perhaps unreadable the pictures could be an enlightenment because it is completely different from the english one.

Good luck.

that sure helps us noobs alot
thanks!

thanks i will try them all