How To Paint Marble Effect Miniatures

How to paint a realistic stone effect.

How to paint marble effect miniatures.

In this tutorial we re going to covers how to paint marble effect on smooth surfaces such as miniature bases or pillars. I actually gone commando with this one just painting the miniature and doing a tutorial at the same time. If your base paint is a glass based paint proceed to step 2. Let the paint dry.

Choose your colors based on the type of marble you wish to recreate. The reason being that i forgot to cut from the video and take shots of the model at each stage. I totally meant to but as i got painting i just kept going. For this tutorial i ll be using games workshop s citadel paints range.

An idea if you try your own colors is to do the colors listed below to give. Basically to achieve the effect you do the following. In this article we re exploring how to paint marble surfaces. Do a google images search under marble you should find something out there.

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. An introduction to marble. Base coat the model in the desired color in this case gold. Create the look of marble at a fraction of the cost with a faux finishing technique.

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. 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. Miniature marble effect painting tutorial. Ok now for the written tutorial.

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. Marble is a type of rock formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures. This technique really works well with a slippery foundation. Nazroth posted on 1 29 am feb 23 2016.

It was a second time i ever painted marble and the first one took place more than five years ago. How to paint a marble effect faux finish. I used another model for this than the video.