Too hard to paint Epics

[SteveT]

I got some Napoleonic Epics and tried painting them. But found my eyes could not cope. I tried using a 1.75 x magnifier and still hard. They just don’t look right, what details I painted become so small as to just merge into a mess.

I used to paint 6mm and those seemed easier — I think its because  Epic scale is small but still large enough to demand lots of details?  I was hoping I could get away with the essential colours, then throw a load of ink shade over them and they would magically gain depth.

I have painted all eras and all scales for years and year. This is the first time I have been beaten. Not sure what to do…

 

[invisible officer]

Well, You gave te answer yourself.

“…..for years and year…”

 

I’m sure You use the standards with small scales,  like much stronger color differences than in reality.    The merge in a mess  thing can be seen with 1/1 scale real items at a distance. A 15 mm is like a real human in a long distance.

 

I’m lucky, even with 60 I need no optical aids.   But some of my friends got the problems decades ago.

 

[SteveT]

For anyone who might be having similar problems, the best approach I found was black undercoat, then blocking colours on afterwards.

Results were quite acceptable even to a critical like me.

[Author]

Posts