Thank you Peter and Kurt. Mostly I have been using Vallejo Model Color acrylics though my personal standard-bearer when it comes to painting is Marc (@Hubac’s Historian) and I believe he uses mostly Citadel Warhammer. I have added some of their technical paints to my line-up and am practicing with a nice wash medium but by the time I get good at that it will be too late for this model.
Coverage is unpredictable. Flesh tones are fair to poor, yellows are the worst, and oddly dark green is fair at best. The reds are wonderful. Multiple base coats is the only solution on top of a grey primer (most of the time).
I, too, spent countless hours reading and watching. The miniatures world has some amazing artists. We need to remember that they are working at a much larger scale than we are on these ships, however. Otherwise it would all just be too discouraging. And our habit of posting macro images - that's enough to break any man's spirit! Mostly, for me, it's an exercise in patience. Heracles and his furry friends took hours (there's two of them). If I ever figure out how to do faces at 1:65 then I might have accomplished something - until then this is a helpful break from actual ship-building.
) range.
