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Who am I?
a short introduction
Hello, I am Sascha aka Duke and founder of Duke’s Paint Art. I started painting a
long time ago learning from Games Workshop. After a 7 year break, I came back to
miniature painting realizing that there was much more to learn and improve. So I
started again calling this point zero. Connecting with many other awesome painters I
was able to learn from the best and develop my style and technique. 2019 become a
very important year with several events:

· Collaboration with Vallejo and Redgrassgames

· Founding of Duke’s Paint Art Team
· Birth of a beautiful daughter!

Duke
Solid Snake
Big Boss and wolds greates
comission painter for many years
already with world wide work orders
(Europe,Great Britain, Korea,USA,Japan etc.)
And Espresso Patronum Junkie:-)
▪ I've got Faith of the Heart
▪ I've got strength of the soul.
And no one's gonna bend or break me!
▪ Prodos Games: Alien versus.
Predator - German Version

dukes_paint_art@aol.de

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Prime
zenithal priming
This part absolutely up to you. I choose to prime the miniature with an airbrush.
But it is fine to use any undercoat primer of your choice. As always, take your time,
don’t rush and just prime outside of your house.

Don’t forget to check your miniature for any mold lines and get carefully rid of it! It
is always a good practice afterward to wash your miniature before priming and
clean it up with a toothbrush.

Prime
„There is only grey in my world“
I started to spray Vallejos Surface Primer
Dark Grey all over the miniature.
Afterward, I sprayed with Vallejo Surface Primer
Grey from another angle all over
the miniature again too, for a such
called, zenithal priming effect.

▪Spray angle: 45 degrees

Colors Vallejo Surface Primer D.Grey
Colors Vallejo Surface Primer Grey

Colors Vallejo Surface Primer D.Grey Colors Vallejo Surface Primer D.Grey
Colors Vallejo Surface Primer Grey Colors Vallejo Surface Primer Grey
Base Color Cape
„A long road begin“

This color scheme is very important.It

will be used for the cape, boot’s, mask,
Pants, and gloves. Make sure you have
enough on your palette.
You will need it!

Basecoat of Batman
„I can feel the change in the wind“

I create a mix of Dark Prussian Blue,Pancer Aces

Periscopes and Black in a 50:40:10 ratio. Paint it
smoothly in thin coats over the cap, boots, helmet
and gloves.
▪ Count your drops from the bottles. It helps
you to keep the correct ratio. As example:
Colors Dark Prussian Blue
five drops of blue, one drop black, four drops
Colors Panzer Aces Periscopes
of periscopes.
Colors Black
Ratio 50:40:10

Colors Dark Prussian Blue Colors Dark Prussian Blue

Colors Panzer Aces Periscopes Colors Panzer Aces Periscopes
Colors Black Colors Black
Ratio 50:40:10 Ratio 50:40:10
First Light
„Getting from there to here“

This color scheme started from the darkest point to

the brightest. Use for the cape, the boots, the mask,
pants , and the gloves. Make sure your palette is
wet enough. You will need it! I recommend an
everlasting wet palette from #Redgrassgames
http://www.redgrassgames.com/everlasting-wet-
palette/everlasting-wet-palette-painter/?ref=20

Colors Dead White

Colors Persiscopes
The Bright Knight Colors Light Sea Blue
„Nothing's in my way“ Ratio 70:30

In my mix of the base colors, i create a

street on my wet palette, by RedGrassGames,
from the darkest point to the brightest part.
For the light, I take 71089 Light Sea Blue and 1
drop of 72001 Dead White to improve the light.

I go over all the high parts of the cape

and mask with my mix with several layers.
It is important not to destroy the deepest part
because they are the shadows. Just paint the
highest parts.

Colors Dead White Colors Dead White

Colors Persiscopes Colors Persiscopes
Colors Light Sea Blue Colors Light Sea Blue
Ratio 70:30 Ratio 70:30
The Highlight Street
„I've got strength of the soul“

I add more Light Sea Blue in my

mixture to bring a better contrast
on the figure.
I go further with a drop of white.

Colors Mix from 02 Base Colors

Colors Light Sea Bliue
Colors Dead White
Ratio 70:30

Colors Mix from 02 Base Colors

Colors Light Sea Bliue
Colors Dead White
Ratio 70:30

Colors Mix from 02 Base Colors

Colors Light Sea Bliue
Colors Dead White
Ratio 70:30
 Skin
„Batman begins“

It ain't much but at the end, behind the symbol and

mask is humanity. I go ahead and give Batman
some flesh tones. I started painting the mouth and
cheeks with Vallejos Tan 72.066.

Flesh
I made a mixture of 80% Tan 20% Dead White and
gently paint the face parts and give him fine
highlights to the face.

To provide more expression and dramatic I made a

self mix of Red Wash and a Blue Wash to get a
Purple Wash
Ratio 70% Red 20% Blue and 10% of a thinner.
By adding this wash make the face more
expressive.
I paint the Bat sign black.
Optional: paint the lips with a little bit pink in your Colors Tan
mix diluted with one drop of distilled water. Colors Dead White
Colors* Pink
Add. Diluted Water

Colors Tan Colors Tan

Colors Dead White Colors Dead White
Colors* Pink Colors* Pink
Add. Diluted Water Add. Diluted Water
Second Light
„The Dark Knight Rises“
That cape is not done yet. After some drying time
it is time to go back to our wet palette and add
some more color to our hero.

Second Light On The Cape

„Shadows only exist with Light“

So now is the part where we go back to our

street from the darkest to the brightest point.
And now we use my WBS technique.
WBS. Wet-Blend-Stippling technique!
Add more white in your mix.
Some drops of water or Thinner Medium 70.524
will make it easier. And you don’t ruin your brush,
unlike the normal stippling technique.

Stipple with the brush every highpart slowly

brighter.
Be gently and practice a little bit.Here is an
example. I used the WBS for the Body.
https://youtu.be/mzRepjn6Nx8 Color AV 71.089 Light Sea Blue
Color AV 72.001 Dead White

If you don’t understand this technique check the

link of the video right below.

WBS Technique

https://youtu.be/e8_M-EMSgkU
Edge Highlighting
„Love your curves and all your edges“

For the edges I use a mix of Light Sea Blue and 1

drop white 1 drop Persiscopes.
Hold the brush crooked and just stroke over the
edges.
The paint can be slightly thinned with water or a
medium.
It is helpful to keep the miniature correctly and
sometimes it requires strange positions.

Don’t be a sidekick check the video link

right here:
https://youtu.be/iT8EEzEZyNk

Edge Highlight
Highlight all the blue parts and base the
Body!
„Can you see me?“

Now we must highlight the Details on the Mask,

Cape, Hands and some other small things like
nose and fists.

Use the same color from edge highlight mix from

page 11 and paint gently with a detail brush be
careful the parts of the mask and the rest.

For the base of the Body, I use Vallejos French

Brush Size 0
Mirage Blue 70.900 and bring it very clean on
his body. Colors AV Light Sea blue with Dead White mix
Shade and Glaze!
„The Night is my ally“

Time for shade and glaze our Hero.

First, we deepen the shadows with a self-mixed
shade of our base colors but add more black and
dilute it very strongly. my suggestion for the
mixture is 1 drop of Prussian blue 1 drop of
periscope and 4 drops of water. Alternatively, you
can use Citadels Drakenhof Nightshade. We
carefully apply our shade to each well.
t's up to you where you want the shadows to be
stronger, just experiment. Brush Size 2
Colors AV Preussian Blue/Persiscope

Dont understand deep shade no prob just see the video:)

https://youtu.be/XfJo36PO3oU
Glaze!
„A little fight in you. I like that.“
„Then you're gonna love me.“

A glaze causes the opposite of shading. If applied

correctly, it only remains on the raised areas and
changes or reinforces the color pigments. You can
make a glaze out of any color - it must be diluted
very strongly with water until the colors become
transparent.
A simpler possibility is to use a transparent one from
Vallejo. Before applying it you should wipe off the
filled brush on a tissue so that the excess water is
drained off.

My mixture for the glaze: 2 drops Vallejo 71.089 Light

Sea Blue
6 drops of distilled water.
Hint of the day
A glaze makes wonderful
transitions between 2 colors.
If you want to see what you can do
with glazes
check my video on my youtube
channel^^
https://youtu.be/AQSdEo7Pe-I

The tissue thing!

Apply your glaze „only“ on the highlight

parts of the miniature.
Try to experiment with this technique.
God bless we are at this point now!
Shading the body.
„Speaking of which, do you know how I got these
scars?“

Now comes the easy part. I shade the body

with a mix of Armypainters Dark Tone and
Quickshade
Medium.
Ratio: 4:2
Take a Size 2 brush and go over the complete
body. Remove all excess places. I call them
Quickshade Puddles. Brush Size 2

Colors Armypainter
Let it dry and watch how DarkTone/Quickshade Mix
well this work is done from a dark tone. Now all Medium
muscles, scars, and deepenings come
beautifully well.
You can repeat this step but be careful
otherwise it gets too dark.

Highlight the Body!

I used my WBS again with a mix of
French and Light Sea Grey 50/50
Don’t be afraid here is also a video^^

https://youtu.be/Z_vS7b-VHnE
Belt
„Everybodys knows his belt“

I have some color suggestions so that you

can decide which you like best.
Important is it starts dark and ends brightI
have some color suggestions so that you
can decide which you like best.
Important is it starts dark and ends bright.
I always use the thinner of Vallejo for my
mixes it keeps the color moist longer but also
weakens it a little bit.

My mixture for the base:

AV Model Color 70.921 English Uniform

For first highlight:

AV Game Extra Opaque 72.151
Heavy Goldbrown

Last Highlight:
AV Model Color 70.847 Dark Sand and go
further with
AV Model Color 70.858 Ice Yellow

For the Shadows between the belt parts I use

AV 72.091 Sepia Game Ink

Also I highlight the Bat sign with edge

highlight and a mix of AV Black and Light Sea
Blue up to white on the rare part of the
edges..
Last light for body and paint the eyes and
draw some fine black lines between the
body parts and the cape!
„Arise“

I take a detail brush for the fine black lines and paint
the body parts between cape and body and belt.
You can do this with a black wash or a good diluted
black.

Body highlight with my WBS technique.

Take 1 or 2 drops of white in your first light color.
To weaken the white I use one or two drops of ivory
in my mixture.
To intensify the light effect of the figure I use a fine
detail brush and paint the light at some places on
the body. Always in the same direction.

https://youtu.be/aCk-TC7bh58
Optional body shading
„Feel my muscles“

To increase the shadows of the muscles and so on

I mix black and 2 drops of water and paint/support
with a detail brush all shadows between the muscle
areas.

Brush Size 0
For more intense I pant some fine spots light on Colors AV 72051 Black
his body. Focus The Muscles
I mix a little bit ivory in my light mixture to get a
smooth brighter color.
„That's it“
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My List
all the materials I used
Company Name
RedGrassgames Everlasting Wet Palette Painter
RedGrassgames Brush Size 00 / 2
Vallejo Game Color Black 72.051
Vallejo Panzer Aces Persiscope 309
Vallejo Model Color Dark Preussian 70.899
Vallejo Game Color Dead White 72.001
Vallejo Model Air Light Sea Blue 71.089
Vallejo Model Color Tan 72.066
Vallejo Model Color French Mirage Blue 70.900
Vallejo Model Color Dark Sea Grey 70.991
Vallejo Model Color Ivory 70.918
Vallejo Game Color Ghost Grey 72.046
Vallejo Model Color English Uniform 70.921
Vallejo Model Color Ice Yellow 70.858
Vallejo Game Orpaque Heavy Goldbrown 72.151
Vallejo Game Ink Sepia 72.091
Vallejo Thinner Medium 70524
Vallejo Surface Primer German Panzer Grey 70.603
Vallejo Surface Primer Grey 73.601
The Army Painter Dark Tone
Miniature by Monolithgames Batman Gotham City Chronicles Kickstarter
Duke’s AffilliateProgramm
„Here is a list of the referral links you can use already. You can also find them here
http://www.redgrassgames.com/affiliate-area/?tab=creatives

Everlasting Wet Palette Painter: http://www.redgrassgames.com/everlasting-wet-

palette/everlasting-wet-palette-painter/?ref=20

Everlasting Wet Palette Studio: http://www.redgrassgames.com/everlasting-wet-

palette/everlasting-wet-palette-studio-xl/?ref=20

Everlasting Wet Palette - Supplies: http://www.redgrassgames.com/everlasting-wet-

palette/accessories/?ref=20

Brushes - RGG size 2: http://www.redgrassgames.com/product/brush-size-2/?ref=20

Brushes - RGG size 2/0 "Double O": http://www.redgrassgames.com/product/double-

o/?ref=20

RGG Precision Nippers: http://www.redgrassgames.com/precision-nippers/?ref=20

RGG 360 Miniature Handle: http://www.redgrassgames.com/product/rgg-360-

miniature-handle/?ref=20
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„First Blood“
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