Mr. Black Publications - Scale Model Handbook - Painting Guide 2

AK Interactive/Mr. Black Publications - Scale Model Handbook - Painting Guide 2

PAINTING GUIDE VOL.2

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Sang-Eon Lee used Vallejo Model Color acrylics for painting Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel “The Desert Fox” bust (LM-BS002) from Life Miniatures. Inside you’ll discover how he painted a realistic looking head with acrylics using the artist’s Planar Face Painting System… Or “painting by numbers” if that’s a more familiar term, and a realistic WWII Uniform in exquisite detail. The innovation here is that every possible effort has been made to include the paints of many of the companies producing acrylic colors especially for brush painting miniatures. Here are the exact matches of equivalent (or similar) colors, or the Editor’s suggestions for approximate colors, hues and mixes, to achieve the same excellent results as the Artist.

10 series of paints of participating companies have been used and tested -- AK-Interactive (3rd Generation and Old Figure Series), Andrea Miniatures, Vallejo Acrylics (Model Color and Panzer Aces), Scale75 (Scalecolor, Warfront and Artist), Jo Sonja, Kimera Kolors and Lifecolor.

CONTENTS PAINTING GUIDE Vol.2

4 Chapter I – Preparation and Assembly

8 Chapter II – “Painting by Numbers”, a Step-By-Step Guide to Painting  Rommel “The Desert Fox” Life Miniatures (LM-BS002) in 1:10 Scale

• Flesh Tone Painting System
• Painting the Eyes
• Flesh Tones Adjustments – Painting the Eyebrows and Hair
• Painting the “Buzz Cut” Hairstyle
• Further Adjustments to the Face
• Painting the Officer’s Cap
• Painting the Piping, Cords and Insignia
• Painting the Goggles Cover and Strap
• Painting the Scarf
• Painting the Leather Coat
• Painting the Shoulder Boards

40 Chapter III – Painted Color Chips of the Equivalents for Vallejo Model Color Basic Hues

• Model Color Series by Vallejo
• Equivalents / Similar Color Hues of Vallejo Model Color to nine Acrylic Series

• Panzer Aces Series by Vallejo
• Artists’ Series Tube Acrylics by Jo Sonja
• 3rd Generation Acrylics Series by AK-Interactive
• Figure Acrylics Series by AK-Interactive
• Lifecolor Acrylic Paints by Astromodel S.A.S (Base Color Series Federal  Standard Series)

• Scalecolor and Warfront Series by Scale75
• Scalecolor Artist Series by Scale75
• Kimera Kolors by Kimera and Pegaso Models
• Andrea Color by Andrea Miniatures

48 Table for Color Hues and Mixes for Flesh

• Important Notices for their use and application

50 Table for Color Hues for Eyes

• Important Notices for their use and application

52 Table for Color Hues – Flesh Tone Adjustments – Eyebrows and Hair

• Important Notices for their use and application

54 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for a General Officer’s Cap

• Important Notices for their use and application

56 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for Piping, Cords and Insignia

58 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for Goggles Cover and Strap

• Important Notices for their use and application

60 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for Leather Coat

• Important Notices for their use and application

62 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for the Scarf

64 Tables for Color Hues and Mixes for the Shoulder Boards

240 photos (200 SBS)
200 Painting Color Chips
18 pages of tables for the equivalents for 10 acrylic paint series
A4 Format
68 Pages
Matt Laminated Cover
Binding