Ardennes Dio - Figure painting

Here are a few pictures of the figure painting in progress.

I started out with 3 coats of “The Army Painter” uniform grey spray primer. Pic 1

Having given the primer a few hours to dry properly I started on the uniform basecoat of Vallejo’s “Off White”.

I gave the figure 6 light coats, deluded 3:1 thinner/paint. These 6 coats served as the “base”, not completely white, but with a bit of the dark grey primer still visible underneath. From there on every layer was highlighting, only painting the raised parts and leaving the folds and creases untouched. Pic 2 & 3

I went on highlighting like this for another 8 coats, building up the light.

Next step was a heavily thinned wash of “Winsor & Newton” oil paint Ivory Black #24. This did a fine job of emphasizing the shadows that I’d made earlier on.

Then I gave all the creases and details a very dark “pin wash” of Ivory Black.

With the oil washes done I finished the uniform off with a heavily deluded coat of VC “white primer”. This toned down the contrast between light and dark a bit, making it look a bit more realistic.

Next up Oak leaf camo…a first timer! ;-)