Author Topic: Mick Farnworth Painting Guides - German Book - small update p10 (Read 20946 times)

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #45 on:** April 05, 2017, 07:11:42 PM »

Dear Arkoudaki,

Here is a very old picture of the cards I used when I first made the guides about ten years ago.
I used black art card and painted about 1 cm squares of each paint.

These cards are very useful for comparing colours to models and also to photos.
Regards

Mick

ARKOUDAKI · « **Reply #46 on:** April 05, 2017, 11:50:52 PM »

So just black card, not white?

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #47 on:** April 06, 2017, 08:47:51 AM »

White card would also work.

I normally start from black undercoat so I decided that black card gives the best impression of how two or three thin layers of paint will look.

wrgmr1 · « **Reply #48 on:** April 06, 2017, 05:56:00 PM »

Brilliant Idea Mick!

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #49 on:** April 10, 2017, 07:57:55 PM »

New recipe for Planetree Spring pattern tested on 54mm Dragon, 28mm Crusader and 20mm Frontline figures.

Do you like it?

johnl5555 · « **Reply #50 on:** April 13, 2017, 01:37:36 AM »

Hi Mick. I do not believe that Valiant are most used for 20mm. They are so much larger as to be useless to 20mm and 1/72 gamers. Caesar, Pegasus and AB miniatures would rank much higher in my opinion.

Love your guides! I used them whenever I was painting WWII. Printed them off and kept them in a folder by my painting desk. Really looking forward to your updates. Interesting you mentioned 1/35 scale figs. I also game in 1/32 and 1/35 scale. Lots of good stuff in that scale.

Thanks!

John

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #51 on:** April 13, 2017, 07:51:10 AM »

Dear John

My long term goal is to get the guides to a standard where they could be published in print, either as magazine articles or as a book. There are three reasons why I am building and painting the 54mm (1/35) figures.

1.   They are big, and, particularly the Dragon Kits, have fine details, so I can make nice photos of things like painting the canteen, mess tin and rolled up Zeltbahn.

2.   I want to make the guides appeal to a wider range of people, not just wargamers but also the broader military modelling hobby. If I can show figures of various scales, I may be able to appeal to both groups.

3.   If I get the chance to publish the guides in print, I can use the pictures of the models whereas it would be prohibitively expensive to get copyright agreements for photos of actual uniforms.

Mick

sjwalker51 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 13, 2017, 08:11:50 AM »

Without derailing a WW2 thread, any chance of reviving the Zulu War guides? With growing interest in colonial gaming with the release of MWWBK, DITDC etc, they'd be invaluable - I still refer to your guide to the Zulu army on a regular basis.

Maybe Warlord Games would offer a home for them on their site, as they now own the WF lines?

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #53 on:** April 13, 2017, 08:17:32 AM »

I do not have a good contact person at Warlord but I will try to talk to somebody at Salute.

If anybody wants the Zulu guides, I still have the PDFs, so send me a PM and I can email them.

sjwalker51 · « **Reply #54 on:** April 13, 2017, 11:06:22 AM »

Warlord would be daft to turn you down, but if they do, maybe Empress or Northstar would give them a new home - they deserve to be 'out there' .

Captain Blood · « **Reply #55 on:** April 13, 2017, 02:59:04 PM »

Or the Perrys, with their new Zulu War British infantry?
I'm sure they'll be building out all the minor Zulu War troop types in metal codes. They may appreciate a painting guide on their website...

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #56 on:** April 28, 2017, 09:37:45 AM »

I spoke to Alan Perry at Salute and have emailed him the Zulu Guides.
Maybe, they will be available again soon.

I have also been working on better photography using a light tent.

Tutorial Testers Wanted
I will soon have some WW2 German tutorials ready for testing.
I want a few people who will read through the tutorials and give me feedback.
At the moment, I have tutorials on preparing metal and plastic figures.
I will soon have tutorials for painting early war Germans and Germans in Planetree Smocks.
If you are interested - please PM me?

Pro Painters Wanted
I have some possibilities to publish the guides in print, either as a book or a series in a magazine.
If I go down this route, I would like some eye candy pictures from pro painters, or just excellent painters.
These would be credited with your name and if you are a pro, your business address.
I am working on German WW2 at this stage.
If you are willing to provide pictures of excellent German figure models that you have done, please PM me?
I will explain more by email or PM.

Regards

Mick

Lamilvelo · « **Reply #57 on:** April 28, 2017, 07:21:30 PM »

Guides are super helpful! I know I'm late to the party but they will help paint my DAK army

Mick_in_Switzerland · « **Reply #58 on:** May 06, 2017, 06:34:42 AM »

Thank-you to Heisler for feedback and edits on two tutorials.

I have commissioned a friend, Rob, who is a designer, to draw 12 garments and colour them with the camouflage prints.
Here are some examples. These drawings will be helpful as I want to create look up tables - if the figure has this garment, it was made in these colours in year XX.

Another friend, Yves, has been giving me photography lessons. This is a 1/35 scale 50 mm tall Dragon figure.
I need to improve my painting to match the photography.

Elk101 · « **Reply #59 on:** May 06, 2017, 07:44:18 AM »

From my perspective the drawings look very useful in getting the look and scale of the camo pattern.

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