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first time with oil paint
lamours84
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: February 18, 2006
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 02:24 PM UTC
after painting the flesh area of my figures with acrylics ( polly s & testors) for last few years. I want to try oils for my next figure . Is there just a few basic colors I can use just to get started. When I read articles they are using six or seven diffrent colors somtime more. Also what type of thinner do I use. Thanks in advance for your help. . ps the figures are 1/35.
Hodson
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: February 11, 2007
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 03:03 PM UTC
Check out Mark Bannerman's articles on Missing-Lynx. I started with his method and then modified it to suit myself.
lamours84
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 05:53 PM UTC
Thanks Hodson, dosn't sound hard & not a lot of colors.
Tarok
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: July 28, 2004
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 07:24 PM UTC
Actually you don't even need to leave the KitMaker Network for Oil painting tips. Check out Historicus Forma's oil painting forum for plenty of tips and help by friendly and experienced hosts.

Also check out this thread:

https://hfmodeling.kitmaker.net/forums/70682&page=1

And these features:

Basics of Painting Figures with Oil Paints
Mixing Oil Paints
Color Mixing with Oils: Part 2

HTH, & hope to see you over at HF

Rudi
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