Topic: Commander Kurgan's Customs

[Commander_Kurgan]

Thank you for the praise, my friends.
Compared to your paintjobs, I can only turn green with envy.

[Tamer]

Nice one Volker. I love the paint job. That rifle is rather sporting too.

[dana.raye.smith]

Very nice work on both the fig and the weapon.
i really like the technique of dry brush and ink wash... only wish i had the patience for it.
Great job and hope to see more.

[Commander_Kurgan]

Mind if I share a secret with you?
Inkwash and Drybrush are incredibly quick and easy and take just a little practice.
Just make sure that you thin down the "ink". I think Jay once called it "like dirty dishwater" in one of his clips on youtube. Slap it on liberally and wipe it off carelessly with a paper towel and you've got it done.
For Drybrush make sure that you don't have much paint left on your stiff old brush. If it leaves barely a mark on the back of your hand, it's fine for the figure. Just brush over the figure and the remnants of the paint will catch on the edges of the figure.
That's all.

I'm sure you will see more custom figures in the near future.
Another is already in the works.

[narceron]

Very nice work on both the fig and the weapon.
i really like the technique of dry brush and ink wash... only wish i had the patience for it.
Great job and hope to see more.

Ink washing and dry brushing are both time savers in my experience,

[Commander_Kurgan]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I always thought they were painting techniques in their own right.

[wraithnine]

they are ,they are also a effective technigue for hiding small mistakes as well, but there is definatly an art to getting a good "wash"

[narceron]

well, I started painting while playing 40k, and everyone that was showing me how to paint always said drybrushing was a way to really detail a model, like texture it, without spending a lot of time on it, same with inking.

I've also heard dry brushing called, stubbling or stumbling, something like that.

[dana.raye.smith]

Sounds easy enough.
I might have to give it a try as soon as i can get some better stuff to use.
Is there any specific brands or types that you use and prefer to others?
any tips or pointers are greatly appreciated now.

[DocOutlands]

Oddly, I just sat down with my daughter yesterday and explained to her how to use washes.

[dana.raye.smith]

that is me... child like to the extreme.
I am ussually good artistically.. but its been so long I might as well be considered an extreme novice and learn it all from the beginning again.

[Commander_Kurgan]

Hey, don't worry.
I just started painting again after about ten years of not painting figures. Back then I was mostly concentrating on 1/35 scale military miniatures and the Verlinden 120mm figures.
A good friend of mine is a professional painter of miniatures in Athens, Greece and he thinks I'm okay for an amateur.
Lemme tell you something: I know that there are some very skilled painters out there (and we've surely got some on this site), but for me it's the fun of doing it and it is a good way to relax after a stressy day at work.

Agreed, you can hide some smaller mistakes with an inkwash and a drybrush, but it won't hide an overall sloppy paintjob.
I use these techniques to add depth and highlights to the details and give the figure a somewhat battle-scarred, dusty and dirty appearance. To be honest, I don't think they should be used as a shortcut so you don't have to do a decent paintjob on the figure.
It might be a bit different when painting wargames armies where you might need numbers.
I'd like to show a variety of characters, it's not army-building.

[Clonehead]

Spoken like a try military modeler, Volker. You will have to show us some pics of your models sometime.

[dana.raye.smith]

Danke schon fur die tippen Kommander Kurgen. Ich brauch alle die helfen dir wollte geben.
Ich bin einer Amerikanische Soldat, aber keine Falscchermjaeger. Eine richtige fowles Amerikanisches Dosekopf.
Drei jahren Deutsch an der Schule unt sieben jahre hab ich ins Darmstadt gewohnt und eine Deutsche frau geheirattet.
Unt jetzt neben die Fort Riley ins Kansas gewohnt(Clay Center sind 60km norden da von).
Ins December gehen wir auf urlaub zu Pfungstadt Hahn bei die Uheeltern meines frau.
Wenn du braucht was und kann an der zeite warten, musse nur sagen unt wir konnte ein bitchien was mitbringen. oder bei die schicken.
meine frau habt bei der Deutsches BundesPost gearbeitet fur ein par jahren, unt meine EhePapa habt da gearbeitet fur glei an 30 jahren. das sind sehr glucklich fur uns.
Schone arbeit an der Kustoms.

[DocOutlands]

(dude, if you go to Germany, I'm sending a *shopping list*!!!)