Shading etc using oil paints

[RudeDogg1]

Does anyone know of a good guide to using oils for shading and blending etc on acrylics?

[Rocketeer]

I hope this is helpful: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382 ... 8404697731

[sippog]

One useful SBS here
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/my ... ils.52194/

[RudeDogg1]

thanks guys

[kevtk135]

If you already have the oils, well that's that. But IMHO they're really not necessary anymore. Using thin glazes of acrylics, do just a good a job, and they don't take "forever" to dry.
Ian, on You Tube, gives an excellent tutorial - https://youtu.be/JK8bw98Sn9E

[sippog]

If you already have the oils, well that's that. But IMHO they're really not necessary anymore. Using thin glazes of acrylics, do just a good a job, and they don't take "forever" to dry. Ian, on You Tube, gives an excellent tutorial - https://youtu.be/JK8bw98Sn9E

Good tutorial but I don't think the process or the results are quite the same as using oil paints. A better example of someone mimicking oil paints with acrylics is the way Kiril paints - see his tutorial on Miniature Mentors - blending colours with a stippling technique.

You can blend acrylics but it's hard to achieve quite the same depth. I'm still determined to learn more about oils but I do know that they needn't take a long time to dry if you use the right mediums or alkyd paints

[Theeyecreature]

Golden Acrylics makes a ton of different premixed glazes that work great for kits. I have used them on one off projects as well as production painting. Cuts my time down, no mixing, consistent color with no variation makes it a great off the shelf product IMHO.