Gareth's Tutorial - how I paint red.

[Gareth]

ok, i've been getting a lot of pm's accross the boards asking how i paint red, and its about time i shared my secret with you.

As you can see i've painted a lot of red in a short space of time to good consistent levels...

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Recent projects like my red terrorr i acheived this with an airbrush, but not everyone has access to an air brush.

Stage 1. Black Undercoat.

Undercoat your mini black, touch up missed areas with black paint.

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Stage 2. Materials.
I use Vellajo Game Colour paints, plus my secret mixing ingredient, which apart from a few people knew i used, until now! A bottle of Irn Bru.

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Stage 3. Mixing.
Mix a few drops of Irn Bru into red gore. And apply to the model, should take 2 coats.
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Stage 4. 2nd Shade - blood red.
Now mix Irn Bru into blood red. You should notice a little fizzing, once this has died down the chemical reaction has worked, you will now notice when you paint it on an increased vibrancy, and a slight opaqueness which aids blending, but heres the clever part, it still covers dark colours really well, this is due to the artificial colouring in the Irn Bru!

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Stage 5. 3rd Shade - Blazing Orange
Repeat Stage 4 but with orange. Just look at the results!
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Thats all folks.

[Demi_morgana]

that's what I've been waiting for!!! thanks!!!

[mahon]

WOW! What is this IrnBru stuff?

[Grenadier]

Irn Bru is a fizzy drink, has a famous by line "made in scotland from girders"


Robin

[mahon]

Thanks, seems that it's gonna become a widely sought ingredient for painters

[Raptaparat]

hehe, that's unique your reds are really fantastic

[alvarezwawa]

this is what i was curious about all the time: how different solvents affects the effectiveness of painting. I guess it's the final time to add some bottles of Irn Bru to the miniature-stores' offers

Thanks for the tutorial!

[Szary]

wow, amazing thing that drink It`s your idea or you have taken it from someone? Beside that, you also have a lot of skills also Thanks for sharing this tip.
For Polish painters I recommend this site if you want know more about this drink:
https://www.opt.com.pl/napoje.php

[Demi_morgana]

well if Doda herself recommends it - I also must have it

[LadyEyes]

Well, looks like I won't be getting any of it soon. One of the colors in it is banned here. They believe it's bad for you. But I can apparently get something fairly close.