orkwrangler
Lord
Have you applied paints/inks/etc. to 28mm miniatures using sponges? I have some partially painted armoured miniatures from the '90s I might stipple some paint on. Share your preferred sponges & techniques.
Painting with sponges
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Eric
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Only experimented a few times with small "egg shaped" (but with one end being a point) makeup sponges. I did the blending on the mushrooms on the base in the foreground here https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/the-age-of-strife.25733/post-124214 by dabbing with the sponge. That's a very fine sponge so more suited I think to blending. I'm not sure I thought it was worth doing over normal blending with brushes to be fair.
I've used torn up packing sponge for stippling on metallic chipping and weathering plenty of times, the trick there always seems to be to get the right quantity of paint on it, so I'd normally be testing on a spare bit of something or other. I just hold the sponges in medical clamps for that which are perfect of the job.
I've used torn up packing sponge for stippling on metallic chipping and weathering plenty of times, the trick there always seems to be to get the right quantity of paint on it, so I'd normally be testing on a spare bit of something or other. I just hold the sponges in medical clamps for that which are perfect of the job.
Fimm McCool
Lord
The sponge from blister packs used to be quite good for doing breakup stippling.
Lord Torath
Vassal
I'm going to be trying out an egg sponge on my Great Unclean One for the Golden Goblin contest. I'll let you know how it works.
twisted moon
Moderator
yes; like @Fimm McCool i just used some blister foam.
The Serene Badger
Lord
I found the pointy make up sponges just soaked up a lot of paint, but might just be the cheap ones I bought
Brother Meredith
Lord
He’s a very skilled painter and usually has a hot take on the latest fads.
Heard it is handy for building up layers and texture on larger flat areas (such as vehicles and marine armour), guess takes some practice to apply correct pressure and amounts.
I picked up a sponge to try it out a while ago, but then get more heavily into fantasy minis where not so appropriate…
Heard it is handy for building up layers and texture on larger flat areas (such as vehicles and marine armour), guess takes some practice to apply correct pressure and amounts.
I picked up a sponge to try it out a while ago, but then get more heavily into fantasy minis where not so appropriate…