Painitng dapples: kids, don't try this at home

[Hammers]

In an attempt to be innovatived I tried to paint a dapple grey by using the 'flicking method', you know, when you load a flat brush with thin paint and by flicking the brush tip with a finger to get the paint to splatter on the subject, in theis case a horse. Did not work. It justt looks splattered not dapple. Now I have to go back and base coat and shade it again. 

[Captain Blood]

Flicking?

You Swedes and your relentless innovation... 

Just paint the bloody spots on, Peder 


Mind you, someone told me this one looked like a rocking horse... Ho hum...

[Calimero]

 
I was considering giving a try at a new method too… however, I planned on using small foam piece from a blister pack to do the "dappling"… flicking seem like an odd idea indeed 

Mind you, this may be ending in failure too... 

[Hammers]

Flicking?

You Swedes and your relentless innovation... 

Just paint the bloody spots on, Peder 


Mind you, someone told me this one looked like a rocking horse... Ho hum...

It has been rightfully claimed many times over, Richard, that you are are a very talented painted. But, if you allow me a little joke, even the sun has it's, ahaha, spots.

The picture of your otherwise stellar work stresses what I find being the hard part with dapples. The spots should blend at the  edges like water colour paint on wet paper.

[meninobesta]

Hammers, have you tried to do this with a sponge instead of a brush? this is a technique used to apply the white wash camo on tanks

or try to mix water in the paint so that it becomes more thin

note: minis painted by Captain Blood should not be used as an example, they only manage to make us look at them with a daft expression and thinking "bloody hell! I'll never manage to do something like that" 

[Gluteus Maximus]

I'm sure I've seen a dapple-painting tutorial somewhere, but can't think where 

Bloody 48K memory

I really should get an upgrade 

[Hammers]

Hammers, have you tried to do this with a sponge instead of a brush? this is a technique used to apply the white wash camo on tanks

or try to mix water in the paint so that it becomes more thin

note: minis painted by Captain Blood should not be used as an example, they only manage to make us look at them with a daft expression and thinking "bloody hell! I'll never manage to do something like that" 

I'll try that. Thanks. I've tried a stubbed paint brush but it didn't quite do the trick.

[Svennn]

I use watercolour and poster paints and do them by hand. Its easy to blend the colours on top of an acrylic base.


Svennn

[white knight]

You know, that's the first painted version I see of the White Knight from the first frothers sculpting competition. 

[gamer Mac]

Have you tried using two colours like this (Small picture bottom right)

I done a larger spot of a darker colour then a smaller spot of a lighter colour. Give you the faded look, from a distance.

[psyberwyche]

Not sure if this linky will work, but try the GW website for a hore article:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&categoryId=&section=&pIndex=0&aId=14700022&start=1

[Hammers]

Not a bad guide, that GW page.

[Captain Blood]

Take a look at this on the subject of spotty horses...

http://www.sdean-forum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19826

[Aaron]

The picture of your otherwise stellar work stresses what I find being the hard part with dapples. The spots should blend at the  edges like water colour paint on wet paper.

I have seen this done effectively by putting one dot of thinned-down paint on first, then going back and putting a smaller dot of the same color, but less thinned in the center. Of course I have yet to successfully pull it off myself.

[Hammers]

I like the piebald technique described in the Steve Dean forum. It is close to what I do.