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BilboOfTheWhiteTower
 Post subject: Painting a jewel
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:19 pm 
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I have seen so many cool looking jewels on figures and have yet to be able to get mine to look like what I've seen...can anyone give me some advice or a really good tutorial to help me? :)

Example: The jewel on this model's belt

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 Post subject: Re: Painting a jewel
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:13 pm 
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I have a feeling that's done with airbrushing, I'm not sure though. I have no experience in this area so I'm afraid I can't say much. Hope you get what your looking for. 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Painting a jewel
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:19 pm 
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Basically paint the jewel a base colour, leave some black at the top, and highlight from the bottom up. Then add a dot of white at the top in the black to add a reflection point, and gloss varnish.

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 Post subject: Re: Painting a jewel
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A gloss varnish might be why my attempts look like Devlan Mud...thanks brother! :)

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 Post subject: Re: Painting a jewel
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It probably wouldn't give you the same effect, but I've always been happy with the results I get from using the Testors colored metallics - I've found red, green, and blue to look perfect on 25mm minis.

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