The War in the Willows - spring clean challenge 2024
Better late than never
Sorry to anyone following this blog. I did the test but life got in the way, so I never wrote it up.
For the first test I used an old tactical marine and a simple box of watercolour paints.
First I gave the marine a quick highlight of white acylic followed by a layer of mat varnish.
Then I blocked out the main colours (blue in this case) followed by a another layer of varnish.
Next a layer blue and picked out any of the details I forgot. Once this had dryes I edge highlited the armour with a watercolour pencil.
It worked but it didn’t quite give the desired effect, but the fault was with me. I was too heavy with the base layer. I should have make the paint far looser and done two layers. I’m still happy with the effect so its time to dig out the rats.
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