Blending

[Firespin]

Okay, ive got the whole blending thing down on surfaces that are relativeley large BUT how do you do it on surfaces that are small? For ex. each armor plate? What kind of blending works best wet blending or layering???

 

[KatieG]

You can\'t really blend on small surfaces, you have to fudge it a bit... it also depends on how small you mean by small. I\'m talking about things like buttons for example. When I do those I usually just use two colors. You can still blend things that are somewhat larger than buttons, like scabbards, bags, etc, but I often cheat using only 2 or 3 layers (and I layer rather than blend, but I tend to layer rather than blend almost all the time anyways). Anyways, hope this helps...
--Katie G.

 

[Trevor]

You can do either, but you\'ll find thsat it doesn\'t really make much difference for very small things, as Katie has said, the smaller you get the less layers you need to get the same effect. I think layering looks/works better on smaller surfaces than larger, whilst you get more out of blending on larger surfaces where people can really see the effort taken.

 

[frenchkid]

I think doing wet blending using two colors would probably be the easiest way to blend on a small surface. But then again Katie is right and you don\'t really need to blend to achieve a good effect on small objects.

 

[Aryanun]

On smaller surfaces I\'ll tend to use a fine pointed small brush and layering just a few colors if the area is large enough. If not, I\'ll just wing it and see what works best.

 

[mouse]

small areas...

well, for small areas, i normally just highlight the edges..unless it\'s really necessary, then it\'s layering for me...but remember to thin your paint more, control the amount of paint on your brush and when in doubt, just ensure leaning more towards contrast of these layers...as these areas are small and it\'s difficult to see the effect from an arms length.