The best brushes for this are cheap kabuki brushes (available on Ebay). Unfortunately I didn't have these in my kit so blending is much harder with the brushes I was using! (flat headed paint brushes)
It is important to prep your model with barrier cream to avoid/minimise staining.
Process of blending two contrasting colours:
- Highlight with one colour, up neck, across collar bones
- Circular motions to buff in
- Use darker colour to fill in other areas, without joining the two up
- Clean your brush and get rid of excess water, and use to merge the two colours together
- To blend further, use the lighter colour and take it on to the darker colour to cause the colours to mix
I found this process very frustrating with my brushes, because they create lines on the paint, and didn't blend ver well. It wold have been much quicker and easier using the Kabuki brushes, so I will definitely purchase them for my kit!
In places I found the paint was going quite watery and washed out when I tried blending the two together, so I kept adding paint across the two colours to rectify this.
I then chose a pattern to translate on to the body with black paint over the top. I decided to do it quite large on the body, and I think it looks effective. I wasn't too happy with my blending before this, but I think the black lines are striking and disguises it slightly.
I changed the design by adding extra 'petals' and cross hatching inside them, to give a bit of texture and boldness. Overall I am happy with how this went, as I learnt a lot about my strengths and weaknesses. I definitely need to practise a base paint and blending colours, but I am happy with my line work (needs to be tidier but still happy with overall balance!)
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