My attempt at the dipping technique

[Kris]

I had some spare time today... so I have given the lighter shade of woodstain a test.

So here's a couple of plastic miniatures that I painted up quickly ...and painted them in brighter/lighter colours than those in the previous batches - just to see how they turn out:

And here's the shade of woodstain that they have been dipped into:

And the final result (crudely based and matt varnished):

...well if nothing else I think I've found a good colour for pale human skin ...the yellow looks a bit dirty (and probably not a good colour choice for this type of mini) - but I'm very happy with the skin tone

 

[Kris]

Here's a couple more that I have tried with the lighter woodstain:

The skeleton really could not be any easier to paint (as Cthulhu's Librarian mentioned in his above post)... just three basic colours (GW's bleached bone, bestial brown and chainmail) and it's done. If someone was going to attempt to paint a miniature for the first time, and was also considering the 'dipping' technique - then I would definitely recommend starting with a few skeletons

Anyway, here they are post-dip:

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

This technique is going to revolutionize my army painting.

 

[pogre]

This technique is going to revolutionize my army painting.

It's been around a long time my friend. SOme folks have really got their dips down to a science. If you want to see painters who expertly use glazes and dips check out the folks at Blue Table Painting.

 

[Kris]

Seeing how the thread has resurfaced again, I thought I'd post a a few more pictures of other things I have attempted with varying success since the original post:

Skeleton & mummy before:

Skeleton & mummy after:

 

[Kris]

An old (and quite comic looking ) style of beholder, before:

And after (yeah I really hate this figure):

 

[Kris]

An old Ral Partha Ogre I think:

And after the dip (my favourite of all the dipped figures):

 

[Pbartender]

That mummy looks really nice.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Kris, that's an interesting range of colors that you are using. Have you tried dipping over any brighter or different colors (reds, greens, blues, etc)? I've found that it shades most colors quite nicely, but there are a few that clash. Just curious what your experiences were.

 

[Kris]

Have you tried dipping over any brighter or different colors (reds, greens, blues, etc)?

Not really... since the stain is basically shading the colours in a similar way to a brown ink/wash I have tried to stick with colours that will compliment that (i.e. reds/browns/flesh tones/etc. ...I think the Ral Partha ogre shows how you can use a somewhat limited palette and still get a reasonable result.)

I tried bright red and bright(ish) yellow on the plastic empire swordsmen above... but I really didn't like the end result - even with the lighter woodstain.

The green I used on the plastic GW orcs was 'Catachan Green' I believe - and that worked out OK - but then again it's not really a 'bright' colour.

So I guess my answer is, no I haven't really tried bright blues or greens (though I have probably gone the long way about saying it ).

If you have any pic's of these colours (pre and post dip) it would be interesting to see them (even if the mini didn't turn out very well and it serves only as a 'what colours to avoid' example).

Of course any figures that turned out nice are always good to see too