How To Paint Marble Effect Miniatures

Choose your colors based on the type of marble you wish to recreate.

How to paint marble effect miniatures.

I totally meant to but as i got painting i just kept going. Nazroth posted on 1 29 am feb 23 2016. I used another model for this than the video. Basically to achieve the effect you do the following.

This technique really works well with a slippery foundation. Do a google images search under marble you should find something out there. The reason being that i forgot to cut from the video and take shots of the model at each stage. Marble is a type of rock formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures.

Miniature marble effect painting tutorial. In our how to paint everything series we take a look at how to paint different models armies and materials and different approaches to painting them. Create the look of marble at a fraction of the cost with a faux finishing technique. It was a second time i ever painted marble and the first one took place more than five years ago.

I actually gone commando with this one just painting the miniature and doing a tutorial at the same time. If you are not using a gloss based paint then add a gloss coat to the surface. You might find this realistic stone tutorial useful when painting a herdstone as shown here when painting up scenic bases for your warhammer or middle earth models or when painting other fantasy wargames scenery and terrain. In this article we re exploring how to paint marble surfaces.

Ok now for the written tutorial. An idea if you try your own colors is to do the colors listed below to give. How to paint a marble effect faux finish. So the first thing to do is find a marble pattern that you like the look of.

How to paint a realistic stone effect. If your base paint is a glass based paint proceed to step 2. In this tutorial we re going to covers how to paint marble effect on smooth surfaces such as miniature bases or pillars. For this tutorial i ll be using games workshop s citadel paints range.

Let the paint dry. Base coat the model in the desired color in this case gold. A while ago i posted this how to paint marble on a forum but it was a members only area and thought it may help people.