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This blog drags together, into one swirling maelstrom of crackling energy, my various wargames interests. There are links on the top right to my other blogs, each more calmly dedicated to one particular gaming universe.

I post on Fridays. The idea is that when I post a painted figure, it stays up for two weeks; a battle report, a terrain project, or a few lines on whatever happens to be the whim of the moment, is up for a week.

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dimanche 1 décembre 2019

Painting Fur

A quick list of tricks for painting fur (on animals, animal skins, etc...)

-  White undercoat
-  Depending on the animal represented, paint on the different colours (for example, for a wolf, one or two tones of Brown, orange-brown, off-white, dark grey), wet-blending them.

-  Wash with diluted ink (black ink over grey areas, sepia over Brown or orange-brown for example).
  The ink can be more diluted over lighter colours.  The aim of this step is to provide depth by sinking ink into the recesses.

-  Highlight maybe 75% of strands of fur with off-white, in various quantites

-  Wash selected areas (GW lavis are perfect for this; for example sepia over Brown, orange over brown-orange, black over grey), this step blends the highlights and gives extra intensity

-  Highlight some strands of fur with off-white, taking into account light direction at this point

-  Varnish with matt varnish, no added medium, to give a slight sheen
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