How To Paint Marble Effect Miniatures

So the first thing to do is find a marble pattern that you like the look of.

How to paint marble effect miniatures.

If your base paint is a glass based paint proceed to step 2. Ok now for the written tutorial. An idea if you try your own colors is to do the colors listed below to give. I actually gone commando with this one just painting the miniature and doing a tutorial at the same time.

Marble is a type of rock formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures. Choose your colors based on the type of marble you wish to recreate. Create the look of marble at a fraction of the cost with a faux finishing technique. The reason being that i forgot to cut from the video and take shots of the model at each stage.

The paint colors used in this tutorial will provide a white bone color marble but you can use your own colors to give the desired look your after. It was a second time i ever painted marble and the first one took place more than five years ago. In this article we re exploring how to paint marble surfaces. Let the paint dry.

Do a google images search under marble you should find something out there. I totally meant to but as i got painting i just kept going. In this tutorial we re going to covers how to paint marble effect on smooth surfaces such as miniature bases or pillars. 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.

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. If you are not using a gloss based paint then add a gloss coat to the surface. Basically to achieve the effect you do the following. Ana explains the how to paint marble effect on miniature s base using her warhammer 40 000 space marines librarian for the tutorial.

Nazroth posted on 1 29 am feb 23 2016. How to paint a realistic stone effect. Base coat the model in the desired color in this case gold. This technique really works well with a slippery foundation.

An introduction to marble. For this tutorial i ll be using games workshop s citadel paints range. 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.