1 The
famous inking process begins. This is Windsor & Newton Peat Brown,
watered down with their canary Yellow ink, in a (roughly) 1:4 ratio,
then applied as an over all wash (excluding areas of bright
colours"
Watering it down with water (surprisingly) doesn't seem to work, as
you get a lumpy finish, and the ink cannot be stored at all - it has
separated into water and thick sticky pigment within a matter of days
2 The
man in the middle has actually not been painted at all before the
application of the ink - this is straight onto the white car-spray
undercoat - not bad for a lazy sod, eh ?? !
3After the inking is done, it is time to do the final layers to
the base. I dry-brush the (textured) wood filler first with Miniature
Paints Chestnut Brown.....
4......... and then with a more earth-toned colour, which is
actually a Humbrol colour, number 110.
5
This is after adding in some more straps to the figures, plus some
relevant ink colours (see that green I said might be too bright..?) ...
6
......and this shows how Red ink is used on the top of the lilac base
paint to create a deeper, more interesting colour.
and that, other than adding a few patches of flock to the
base, is that !!