Most of the Bunnies have been exceedingly busy this week, so another one with quite low content.
My Reaver Titan Death Knell has had a oil wash, and so she is now fast approaching completion (expect a finish post this week I think).
I have had a few minor issues with the oil wash and it's effects around transfers. Any advice would be appreciated. See below:
Hope you have all had a good week!
Battle Bunnies
Excellent progress, finishing line in sight definitely. As for transfer, without fixing it I suggest feathering in a grey drawing away from transfer edge, blending it in so the white halo is not as pronounced? Or a very precise wash of Nuln Oil on the halo, to darken down but be wary of wicking along the edge making it worse? Good luck mate
ReplyDeleteAs the weather was nice I finally made a start on my Citadel Realm of Battle tiles but got as far as the black underspray and then gray for the rocks but realised I didn't have Brown or bone to continue!!
ReplyDeleteThat's now this week's task!!
Did you ard coat the knee pad? I've never tried you oil technique but when i do my transfers i ard coat the whole piece the transfer is on before weathering but i only weather with washes or powders hope you can fix it still looking good
ReplyDeleteHi David, I waxed them with Klear. I think the wax came off of the transfer quicker than the surrounds (why it looks lighter). I have since added more white spirits on a cotton wool stick and wiped the surrounds back down to white which has blended it well (pics will be up tonight I hope).
DeleteOils and washes tend to just slide right off of the surface of transfers. I've found putting the transfer on after the oil wash works best. At least as far as having the paint behind the clear parts of the transfer match the rest of the model. If the transfer looks too clean after that, then you can start weathering and chipping it with normal painting techniques.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a good shout. I might give that a go on the next white/bright surface I do with an oil wash.
DeleteHi Drake, I had this problem when painting Ira Deorum. I ended up removing the transfers completely, because it really bothered me. My solution was to brush paint on the Citadel 'ard coat. Not spray. I now typically do several thin coats to build up a barrier at the transfer edges. It works very consistently for me nowadays.
ReplyDeleteCheers Nathanuel. I will try that in the future I think too. That slight raised edge around the transfer is always a bother that my eye is drawn too, hopefully that might sort that too.
DeleteHi Drake,
ReplyDeleteI’m reading the blog nearly from the beginning every week, but this is the first reply. First things first: Great blog! Keep on for pushing the hobby forward.
Now to your problem. I’ve done a few titans and knights with nearly the same techniques as you. I have got the same problems in the beginning. Fixing this, my only solution was to carefully paint the edges of decals with a mixture of the seraphim sepia an brown ink. Looks ok.
My advice for not getting the problem is the following. I paint the base paint with the airbrush highlights and transitions. In the next step I give a good coat of gloss varnish. Vallejo. After this has dried a few days I use micro set and micro sol for applying the decals. I let them dry and after this I give it a light coat of varnish again. I let this dry for about two days. Then I use the oil paint with a little white spirit and doing the wash and rub with a cloth.
Perfect results.
Just remark: I’m doing the gold and trim after this as described in the imperial armour masterclass. Also with the rub’n buff gold color.
Greetings from Germany
Macus
Hey Marcus. I do love your work and weathering! I will consider your advice too next time :)
DeleteI tried the rub and buff and just couldn’t get it to work for me sadly. Would love to hear how you get on with it.
Thanks for the kind words. Come back tomorrow to see something awesome!!