benjywenjy wrote:
Absolutely love your army, found it so inspirational it was the final thing to encourage me to buy my first sisters. I'm still relatively new to painting so was wondering if you had any tips for how you did your sisters? Did you use a wash on them etc.
Any help would be really appreciated! Starting the painting is daunting atm!
Thanks, I'm glad it's given you the motivation start some Sisters
As far as general painting advice goes, I started by deciding what veiwing distance I wanted the minis to look good at. I work to around 20cm as I like to get close in when taking photos. I think most (sensible!) people assume they will be viewing minis at something closer to 2-3ft, and if this is the case you can save a whole lot of time by cutting out uneccessary detailing and highlights. Just make sure your colours are vibrant and neatly applied and they'll look great. Especially if you have a whole army of them.
A lot of people are daunted by 6mm but there's no need to be. The surfaces are tiny, so most of the time you don't need to achieve fancy blending. It's more a case of blocking in colour and edge highlighting bigger models like vehicles. A steady hand does help, though.
With regard to specific colours etc., I basically copied the old GW colours for the Order of Our Martyred Lady and simplified them for 6mm. Something along the lines of:
- Undercoat black
- Highlight prominent surfaces black with a touch of white and blue (I used GW Caledor Sky)
- Pick out cloaks in GW Mephiston Red
- Highlight cloaks with a lighter red (I used Vallejo Bloody Red)
- Edge highlight with GW Caledor Sky - use sparingly, we don't want to overpower the black
- Dot a few prominent edges with white
Beyond that, use a sturdy Gold for the gold details. Something like GW Retributor Armour. Don't make the mistake of using pink in the faces. I start with Vallejo Dark Fleshtone and highlight with a mixture of that and Vallejo Cadmium Skin.
I hope this helps!
