Considering the number of people saying they cannae paint, I started to wonder what the 'entry' level mini painting might be. In other art and photography black and white or no color is the right place to start with an emphasis on shading. Many of my friend's first attempts came out cool when they did the 'ninja-he wears black' mini.
Have you ever done a mini with only two colors (B&W)?
Have you ever done a mini with only various shades of the same hue?
Did it work?
Can it work?
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Try googling "Jen Haley monochrome tutorial" for an example of how super spiffy a monochrome mini can look.
Zenithal priming would also be a good thing to look at. (Hold mini upside down, prime underside black, hold min straight on, prime bone colour, finally spray white directly from above). Then use light glazes to get colour on.
[edit]http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/08/12/tutorial-basics-speed-demon-spe ed-painting-troopers/ - Here's a tutorial on it [/edit]
There are several "paint your miniature fast!" tutorials that show how to use two colors and a "dip" to achieve very good results. I purchased almost 500 minis that I needed to paint and ended up using two or three colors on almost all of them, then dipped them in maple Minwax floor polish to achieve these results.
Wow. That Jen Haley mini is pure beauty. I'm going to have do dig into her site a bit.
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Mind, I am sure to get the quality Jennifer Haley got, it's going to be as hard to paint more or less as painting any other mini of that quality. :) Uses less paint maybe, but it's still a lot of work.
If I were to simply paint a mini "monochrome" to give it detail in a super fast, very little talent and supplies required method, I would prime the model black, dry brush it thoroughly with white, and then coat it with a Citadel wash (other inks or washes would also do fine, but Citadel washes are the only thing I can think of that you can apply out of the pot the most easily). If I've got a minute, I'll try this and post a picture.
Mind, I am sure to get the quality Jennifer Haley got, it's going to be as hard to paint more or less as painting any other mini of that quality. :) Uses less paint maybe, but it's still a lot of work.
If I were to simply paint a mini "monochrome" to give it detail in a super fast, very little talent and supplies required method, I would prime the model black, dry brush it thoroughly with white, and then coat it with a Citadel wash (other inks or washes would also do fine, but Citadel washes are the only thing I can think of that you can apply out of the pot the most easily). If I've got a minute, I'll try this and post a picture.
black prime, then white highlight, & ...what kind of wash? This sounds like what I am looking for, but yes that ranger is awesome sepia vision.
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You might be better off doing the reverse - prime it off-white-yellow/bone colour, dry brush white, and then wash with badab black (GW) or devlan mud (GW). When you use a wash the pigment in it flows into the cracks and recesses - if you have primed black and only drybrushed white, your wash won't show up, because the recesses it runs into are already black.
Curaigh, the washes I am talking about are made by Citadel (Games Workshop).
You can read about them here. You'll probably have to enter your country/language before getting to the page.
Robert, the reason I picked the washes over, say, a diluted ink is that it glazes all of the paint with its color to a degree (you can see what I'm talking about in the link). Absolutely it sinks into the recesses and makes them darker, but the whole thing takes up color.
Your method would also work just fine, however, and be even easier (the pictures in the link also demonstrate that). I just like having the recesses black because it accentuates the shadows more deeply in a way that ink or washes alone will not, and thus adds more sense of depth. IMO, YMMV, etc.
I forgot to make the sample fig, I'll have to do that Sunday.
I agree with Death Quaker. Having done both white and black primers, I find black to produce better results on generic minis. When you mess up, you are usually doing it in recesses. A dark black recess doesn't stand out as badly as a white one, even if the wash covers over the white.
I also find I have to dilute all comercial washes slightly, including Citadel. Citadel makes the best ones I have used.