White Uniforms Made Easy
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Over the years I’ve heard many people lament as to their fear of painting white uniforms. Until recently, I was one of those people. I will not profess to be an expert on figure painting, but I would like to share a simple method with which I achieved decent results. The examples that I am using are the figures from Dragons Pupchin kit. The first step is to take the figure sprue and dip in the kitchen sink using a small amount of dishwashing detergent in warm water. The sprue was then left to dry. Assembly was straightforward, test fitting as you go. The assembled figures (less the heads) were sprayed with a coat of Tamiya flat white. This priming coat is very thin and shows up any flaws in clean up or assembly. A second coat of white follows, to confirm any clean up or repairs. This was set aside overnight to cure.
The next step requires a wash of Paynes Gray oil paint. This is mixed up in a cap off of a 2 litre pop bottle. Humbrol enamel paint thinner was used to dilute the wash. Allow the wash to sit on the figure for a short while. With a clean brush, go over the figure in a downward direction. This will remove the wash from the potential highlights while leaving the wash in the shadows. Set aside overnight again. If you wanted to represent a slightly more dirty figure, try a wash of Vandyke brown as well.
For the highlights, dry brush in a downward motion with titanium white oil paint. Apply this lightly and gradually build up to the effect that you want. Finally, paint the belts, boots etc and add the heads(painted separately). As I stated, this is a fairly simple method that worked for me. I hope that someone out there finds it helpful. Thanks for reading. |
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