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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Lowtardog on April 03, 2007, 08:57:13 PM

Title: B&W eye candy
Post by: Lowtardog on April 03, 2007, 08:57:13 PM: I saw a blog on the Cave Wars Yahoo grop that I moderate. It was for painting Cavemen. Whilst looking I found his Pulp Savage Worlds site. Now I am not sure if the gentleman is a member of the Lead adventure forum (if so please stand up) but the eye candy is great using B&W paint techniques

(http://forum.backofbeyond.de/images/misc/07_04_03_streetscene.jpg)
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on April 03, 2007, 09:00:50 PM: Beautiful!!!

the image link didnt work, i've uploaded the pic to the forum
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Post by: Mo on April 03, 2007, 09:10:13 PM: That is nice!

Does anybody produce a newstand like that?

Marc
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Post by: Operator5 on April 03, 2007, 09:12:04 PM: That newsstand was scratchbuilt. I know there is at least one terrain manufacturer that produces a newsstand, but I can't remember which one.
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Post by: Lowtardog on April 03, 2007, 09:12:22 PM: I have asked for a tutorial as I must at least give it a bash. It says he used white, black and 6 shades of grey?

http://savageworldsarcadia.blogspot.com/

PS Thanks Prof I had trouble getting the photo to work :oops:
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Post by: theoldschool on April 03, 2007, 10:06:27 PM: Quote from: "Operator5"
That newsstand was scratchbuilt. I know there is at least one terrain manufacturer that produces a newsstand, but I can't remember which one.

The news stand is from Steve Barber's Prohibition Wars range:

http://www.sbarber-models.clara.net/main.html

Pat
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Post by: Lowtardog on April 03, 2007, 11:03:29 PM: Well Bu,,gger me :o Steve used to game at our club, never thought about his Prohibition wars stuff...D`oh
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Post by: StevenK on April 03, 2007, 11:27:20 PM: Coolness!
Excellent idea (i saw the same once in a WWII diorama)
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Post by: Grimm on April 04, 2007, 04:24:36 AM: :o super !!!!!
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Post by: KeyanSark on April 04, 2007, 07:54:53 AM: Beautiful!!! :love: :o

Until I read the whole post I thought it was a photoshop-treated pic! :o
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Post by: Malamute on April 04, 2007, 08:19:38 AM: The photo looks great. :) However I think when you see the miniatures on a gaming table painted in black and white, it just doesn't work for me. :(
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Post by: PeteMurray on April 04, 2007, 12:33:46 PM: It's very clever! I'm impressed with the painting technique.
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Post by: Evilcartoonist on April 04, 2007, 11:01:32 PM: Howdy, all!
That bit of B&W is my doing. The newsstand, hotdog wagon (and sidewalk) all are scratchbuilt. Someone over at the Yahoo Cavewars group requested a B&W painting tutorial; well, here it is!

http://carmensminiaturepainting.blogspot.com/ (you may have to scroll down if I've added something new to the blog by the time you see this message.)

For any prehistoric gamers out there, a caveman painting tutorial follows the B&W tutorial. I hope you enjoy!

Feel free to ask questions, by the way.

(Mr.) Carmen
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Post by: Lowtardog on April 04, 2007, 11:20:37 PM: Thanks Mr. Carmen. It was I klowthian AKA Lowtardog.

this is greatly appreciated. One further question did you paint up black and white terrain to match :)
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Post by: Evilcartoonist on April 04, 2007, 11:23:02 PM: The only terrain I did up is what you see in the picture. My group of friends aren't wargamers, so I haven't had a reason to do up some buildings and such....yet.
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on April 05, 2007, 07:07:12 AM: welcome aboard! just wondering how do you find the right black-whitew/grey mix for the skin tones? Using photos?
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Post by: Evilcartoonist on April 05, 2007, 07:40:25 AM: Witchheimer- Thank you for the welcome!
As for skin tones- Short answer: Watched a few B&W movies before painting.
Long answer: I think it's a matter of personal taste. If you watch some B&W movies, most skin tones are darker than a white shirt, for example. I tried painting as such, but it just didn't look right on my first miniature. So I went lighter. In truth- it's really hit-and-miss. Though it's less realistic, I prefer a much lighter face- but I have done some darker shades, and they turned out all right as well; and it is more realistic to have varying shades anyway.
Specific colors used (For the lighter skin): Base- Reaper Ash Gray; Midtone- Reaper Granite; Highlight- Reaper Dove Gray. And shift down a value or two for a darker and more realistic B&W face (Caucasian that is. I haven't tried other skin colors yet.)
Hope that answers your question- I hope I wasn't too long-winded! :)
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Post by: Argonor on April 08, 2007, 03:14:46 PM: Quote from: "Evilcartoonist"
The only terrain I did up is what you see in the picture. My group of friends aren't wargamers, so I haven't had a reason to do up some buildings and such....yet.

Well, you might find some people willing to pay you a bob or two for such nice work. The newsstand is absolutely stunning, and if done in colour would be a magnificent add-on to any gangster game set in the city (if the rest of the terrain and minis, are coloured, that is).. :)
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Post by: Evilcartoonist on April 08, 2007, 08:35:40 PM: Thanks for the compliment, Argonor-
Especially for my partners-in-gaming, I believe in sharing instead of profiting: For my next tutorial on my blog, I think I will show everyone how they can build their own newsstand (or at least how I built my own.) I'll also describe how I built the hotodog stand (though I can't show the steps because I have no more Foundry viking shields for wheels :) )

When one or the other tutorial gets put up- I'll post a message at the workbench forum. In fact- I think I'll put in the hot dog stand now. I hope you enjoy!