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[none909]

Any sites with tutorials or advice?


I selected a few figures with simple color schemes(Parthenon, Pentagon/Starface, & Bermuda Black Hole are almost done), but nevertheless I am spending way more time than I should trying to get these to look right.

I primed a few others with a coat of black acrylic, so I suppose there's no turning back now!

Will post pics of completed figures.

[jacoblb]

Sorry, I don't know of any tutorials aimed specifically toward MUSCLE painting, but I do look forward to seeing the paint apps in your pictures.

[l.designs]

ostly Acrylic paints & practice with various techniques.

[OmegaTraf]

I found I enjoyed the liquid acrylics. Most brands have a line of them. Regular medium body tube acrylics tended to be too thick and thinning them can create new headaches. I wish I had time to do some more myself. If you are hoping to sell them, commissions are way more profitable than picking your own favorite pieces and hoping someone buys them.

Edited by OmegaTraf, 20 October 2012 - 03:35 PM.

[Jamesullivan]

Someone on EBay did paint muscles onto a canvas.for $4. Not too bad.

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[TheOrgg]

Get the really fine-point brushes like are sold for painting Warhammer figures. The paints sold for that purpose work very well on MUSCLEs.

[mailman]

Get the really fine-point brushes like are sold for painting Warhammer figures. The paints sold for that purpose work very well on MUSCLEs.

Toothpicks work great to supplement brushes (or to use exclusively) if you need to paint really small areas. Dab them in a small amount of paint, and then just touch them to the surface to apply the paint.

I found it is convenient to select lighter colors for the indented areas, and then to apply darker colors on top of the lighter colors where there are protrusions. For instance, if you are painting a face, you could apply a light color to the entire face, and then add darker colors for the details like the eyeballs and mouth, etc.

[stoneyface]

painting muscles is much like miniatures for table top games. small brushes, ink, acrylic, clear coat, etc. i would also look up "drybrushing" to make things really "pop"

[NeoGeoMage]

New in the neighborhood, got some horribly grainy pics of my collection.
I plan to do some custom painting whenever I get more dups.

[Muscle Things]

nice collection.. that pics just says fun!

[jkaris]

New in the neighborhood, got some horribly grainy pics of my collection.
I plan to do some custom painting whenever I get more dups.

Welcome to the board! Muscles look so incredibly awesome when laid out like that.