To get the red smooth, what i do is i get some paint from the bottle and dab it onto the cap lip (citadel paint standard paint well bottle thingy). then i dip my fine brush in water, scrub out the paint, keep the water in the bristles and then swirl it in the paint. I couldnt tell you what the #:# would be because i just go by vision, but if i had to estimate it id say a ratio of 3:1 paint to water maybe, all i know is that for the major colors i dont dry brush but i do this *liquid paint* form and it gets everything pretty well as long as i stay in the lines. And no its not a washing technique because i pretty much put one to two coats of the paint on and its good to go!
Also if anyone out there can help me, im currently working on some scout snipers, and well id lke to stick with black leather satchels and whatnot but i feel that leaving their capes black is just lazy, so i was wondering if anyone has any good tips or advice on painting those sniper capes cuz its just one of those things id like to master.
Finally, i finished the Sarg. i was painting in the faces tut i posted and another melta gunner, Sarg got converted with commander plasma pistol/ Dark angels power mace and the melta is a chaos melta that FINALLY got put to GOOD use *wink wink*!
