Guest Tutorial: Dreadboi's Banners - Stenciling
If you have any questions / comments, please feel free to post on the forum thread for this tutorial.
Like with our last guest tutorial I'm very happy to have one of the painters I regularly steal ideas from writing for us, Dreadboi is a bit of a master of efficiency and brainy painting, in fact his thundertusk tutorial is 50% of reason why I have 2 in my Ogre army, and is what made me decide I wanted to writing properly done tutorials in the first place.
Enjoy
Dreadboi�s Banner Tutorial!
Well hello there! I thought I�d post a tutorial on how I make my banners�.i think they look rather snazzy so thought I�d share!
First things first�.the usual clean up/undercoating/white spray�.the boring bit eh?
BASECOAT
Now, as I decided to make the sun red and the background white, I first airbrushed the banner a browny colour; I think it�s a VAC burnt umber.
This will give the red a lovely base colour and shade it nicely! Once that colour is on, spray it red, concentrating on the raised parts of the banner. I also made it more red towards the bottom end of the banner to give it some contrast!
STENCIL
To make the sun motif, I used tamiya masking tape. I lay down strips of it and cut out all of the shaped that I needed i.e. a circle and a load of really long triangles!
It looked like this :
BANNER TIME
Stick it on the banner! I concentrated it on the corner as it felt right, but you really can put it anywhere. I stuck down circle first and then slowly did the rays, making sure they all made sense on the banner. I used a colour shaper tool to do this; a kind of rubber paint brush (a glorious piece of kit!)
WHITEYWHITEWHITE
I sprayed the banner now with VAC Sand, and then once dry, highlighted it with white, again concentrating on the raised bits.
LET IT DRY!!!!
Then carefully peel off the tape�..slowly slowly yeh?
You will probably have to tidy up some of the lines�.
Then it�s a case of painting the rest of the banner up�.and then BOOM!
To add some realism, I used Forgeworld Dry Mud weathering powder on it� ogre banners are dirty right?!
Also, it really helps it add a sense of story to it�something I find VERY important in a miniature.
Hope this helps chaps!!!
Regards,
Dreadboi
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