Welcome all to the first instalment of a new blog the team at Artis Opus will be releasing on a fortnightly basis for you all to digest, contribute to and keep up to date with!
In this first instalment we have some incredible miniatures for you all to look at, a brand new limited edition Halloween Series S set and the start of Byron’s new Lockdown 2.0 army project which has some seriously cool miniatures in it!
Something spooky becomes available!
Welcome all to the first instalment of a new blog the team at Artis Opus will be releasing on a fortnightly basis for you all to digest, contribute to and keep up to date with!
In this first instalment we have some incredible miniatures for you all to look at, a brand new limited edition Halloween Series S set and the start of Byron’s new Lockdown 2.0 army project which has some seriously cool miniatures in it!
Something spooky becomes available!
A number of you may recognise the gorgeous paint job on this bust from one of Cult of Paint’s owners, Andy Wardle. We checked in with Andy to see what he used where, which may surprise some of you! Andy is a real fan of using a ‘large brush’ where possible, making great use of size 3 & 4 Series S brushes.
This award winning beauty started life with humble sketched beginnings which may surprise you, Andy’s approach involves blocking out areas and then smoothing layers out stage by stage, until you get to the gorgeous finished result. The below shows which size brushes he uses for which stages.
1 - Spray yellow using cult airbrush
2 - Start to add colour using size 4 and dilute paint like a wash
3 - Paint more direct, less dilute with a size 3 or 2
4 - Start to find the highlights and work out the shapes - Andy still uses a size 3 or 2 at this stage.
5 - Refine and add details. Size 1 or 0 used for small glaze and details such as hair.
As you can see, Andy keeps his brushes big until the very final stages of refinement and detailing! His incredible final results speak for themselves.
If you’d like to see more of Andy’s work keep your eye on his Instagram for an exciting announcement this month!
Andy’s Instagram
Cult of Paint
Andy primarily uses Series S for his work, grab your set here today!
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It is Black Friday 2019 and we are also announcing the start of our new blog. Here you will be able to find product information, painting guides and event coverage, as well as general updates about Artis Opus!
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