Lska's newbie painting

[Lska2 0]

 Hmm i would like too keep the colors of those, that's the problem with your advices of multi painting one surface, i don't have ideas for colors

I have some spare time today, i will wash them with devlan mud and them drybrush back with the previous colors, will see how this comes out.

[Lska2 0]

 Hmm after i washed them schould i use the same base colour for hihliting/drybrushing or schould i add some white for some "shining light"

[Loophole Master 2]

You could first highlight with the same colour, and then do a lighter highlight with some white mixed in.

[Psykostevo 3]

 As loophole said take a look at the pants on my Sigrid thread. Might give you an idea. 

Mandate dry brushing isn't the best technique on all surfaces. I use it only on gritty textures. For clothes I wet brush along the folds and ridges. Painting less an less area with each brighter highlight. 

[Zjb12 2]

 Wow!  I think you are doing really good.  I hope I can get to being able to do this good with minis.  I am going to get some new paints and brushes tomorrow.  What's best for faces, paint colors, etc?  What basic colors do all you guys find are the core for painting the dust minis?

[Lska2 0]

Zjb12 said:

 Wow!  I think you are doing really good.  I hope I can get to being able to do this good with minis.  I am going to get some new paints and brushes tomorrow.  What's best for faces, paint colors, etc?  What basic colors do all you guys find are the core for painting the dust minis?

I'm mostly using valllejo paints, and i'm pretty happy with them. As for washes i got badab black and devlan mud from GW adn those 2 are enough in my opinion. Vallejo has some great colours like US olive drab or US dark green that are corespondent to colours from 2 WW and help you get the imaginable one:P It's easier this way couse i wouldn't have an idea how to get the colour i'm using on pants by mixing base colours. On the other hand i think if you want to experiment you can always get only few base colours and mix them up for requiered color.

[Lska2 0]

 Ok here is how it worked out. For training and practice i took pictures beetwen eaach step.

Washing the coat was a good move, you guys were right:

 

Then i drybrushed it with the US Olive Drab - base colour:

Here things got a bit wrong. The second higlight came a bit too gray after few moments, i think i will stick to washing stuff and then hihliting with base colour. 

Anyway the finnal effect is this, I'm not very happy and i think i liked it more browny than grey but i'll prolly stick to it;)

[Psykostevo 3]

 I wouldn't have used a dry brush. They are a pet peeve of mine. But thats all preference. Also, for your final highlighting layer was the base color completely dry first? And also since you were dry rushing the final highlight, you had too much paint on your brush. That's why it turne the while coat grey ish. Is should have just higlighted the highest of areas and the edges.