Step by step for scenery painting.

So here is my first step by step.

This one will be about how i painted up my table.

For the step by step i used the Games Workshop modular hill, 4 sections.

I painted it up as one big hill.

The hill took me roughly 40 minutes to paint this way.
The table exluding the skulls took me around 5-6 hours.

So first thing first, i basecoated the hill black. (in this case i used Vallejo primer, but any primer will do).

When this was dry i went on to airbrushing the 'sand' part of the hill.

I used Cam. Black Brown for this 71.042 Vallejo Model Air.

With that layer done i went on to the next color.

I used Khaki Brown 71.024 Vallejo Model Air for this.

I applied it in a mottled way, giving a sense of more hight differences on the model.

On to the next stage, next color i used was: Hemp 71.023 Vallejo Model Air

I applied this as a 'highlight' to the areas of the previous stage.

Don't worry to much if you run a bit out of the area's, its scenery and it gives it a more natural look if it isn't all boxed out.

For now we will leave the sand for what it is and move on to the rocks.

First of all i applied a base color to the rocks.

I airbrushed Dark Grey Blue 71.054 Vallejo Model Air to all rocks.

After the base color has dried i moved on to airbrush the next layer on the rocks.

I applied the next layer from the top to bottom and back, in this manner the color transition is smooth and it lights up towards the top of the rocks.

Color used: Medium Sea Grey 71.049 Vallejo Model Air

With this done i applied a highlight to the rocks.

Color used: Grey 71.103 Vallejo Model Air

The next step is to apply a wash on the sand, this consists of 2 parts Strong Tone and 1 part Dark Tone mixed with 3 parts Thinner/Water (whatever you prefer)

Now i left it to dry for a night.

Last stage in the proces is giving the rocks a wash that constist of 2 parts Dark Tone and 3 Parts of the thinner of your choice.

After 30 minutes check your scenery, if the washes are giving drylines you can wipe these away with a slightly moist brush, brushing from the rocks towards the sand.

If the black wash runs into a pool somewhere you can do the same, but for this amount i prefer to just use my finger and wipe it out nicely onto the sand.

I hope this is usefull for you people.

Introduction

Hi all,

Here is a little introduction on who i am.
I have been a miniature painter for over 10 years now, since i like painting miniatures so much i figured i might pick up some commission work every now and then.

I am not doing this to make a living out of it, i just love painting and i finance my own hobby out of this.

I in general paint at 2 different levels.

The first level is the basic table top:
At this level miniatures are painted at a basic level, using the more basic techniques.
Usually the model receives a base color and this gets a shade and highlight. This goes for the entire model including details. If needed a bit more care will be put into certain areas.

The second level is high table top:
This level is a different game, the model receives the same basic approach but after the first level has been applied i will continue on the mini to get a better color transition (dark / light) and put more effort into the details. The number of layers/techniques i will use per model will vary,

Well why the blog?

Pretty simple, every now and then i will decide to put up a step by step on stuff i have been working on lately. I will not do this all the time only on stuff where i feel like its worth sharing.

So i start the blog now, in a couple of days i will put up the first step by step on how i painted up my realm of battle board.
Tomorrow i will start paining up a bunch of scenery to fit the board and i will use that to get the step by step done.

That leaves me with only wishing all you guys a very nice evening.

Cheers and happy painting.