[juddski]

Originally Posted by Dravenguild

I"m an artist, I'm strictly acrylic but I want to try oil painting a space marine, preferably chaos.

Any tips form any other artists?

i'm in the same boat as you Dravenguild,only use watercolours and acrylics i've always
avoided oils so i don't know alot about them
btw,(why don't you post some of your work up ?in the relevant thread?)

ask juddski he is the resident regular art painter
i bet he would know about oils on models

thanks for the vote of confidence Warmaster Romulas,but alas i know very little about that medium

Oils are actually alot easier to work with over acryllics once you get the hang of it. Blending is so much smoother, and its easier to fix your mistakes. Its mostly because of the fact that oils take forever and a day to dry, its takes several months for certain colors to dry completely.

Im an art major also, and once I started using oils I absolutly refuse to go back to canvas painting with acryllics. I think once you get the chance to push some oils around on canvas you'll fall in love with em aswell.

Somethings to remember are:

-Use paint thinner only to clean you brushes, never to thin your paints with.

- Thin your paints with only turpintine, as it is much more refined then thinner and wont cause your paints to chip later..

- Use high quality and/or student grade brushes to paint with, anything else will just leave bristles on your canvas.

- If youre into mixed media, You can paint with oils over acryllic; however, you cannot paint with acryllics over oil

thanks for the info iNsOmNiAc'S dReAm,most informative