Painting Traffic Lights for Marvel Crisis Protocol - Comic Style Scatter Terrain

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[@obyiscushobbyandgaming]

Great, now I'm going to buy this terrain pack just to add one of these to a comic Gorgos's base :P

[@toddverstegen6907]

Bravo sir, you made painting a light post interesting! Gonna try this for sure.

[@Epicduck]

Great! Making traffic lights interesting is no easy feat ;)

[@ernieme101]

did you overdo it ? absolutely ! does it look amazing ? absolutely !!!

[@danielniquet5366]

Talk about a punch-up. From terrain to centerpiece. Haha

[@WodkeFamily]

Hey Mike, love your work. Would like to see your take on the windows/ glass like on the cars that come with the set. If you are not getting to them anytime soon, do you have any recommendations we could look up?

[@DiceyGuy]

Nice video dude

[@PijamasGagarin]

This looks just amazing and defiantly worth a try. In case if I have missed it: what black ink are you using to do the blacklining? Also, I am thinking of using this technique for my Necromunda terrain (Zone Mortalis) but after seeing how much time it takes to line out all the shadows and the number of crevices on a terrain piece I am somewhat hesitating. Is there any way how to speed up the whole process? Maybe spray the model with gloss varnish and then use black oil paint for lining? I am a bit concerned that lines won't be as thick as when you use a brush.

[@Epicduck]

If you use an oil for lining you'll get very blurry, indistinct lines. It's not a bad result, but it's not even in the same ballpark, presentation-wise.

[@Epicduck]

It's worth noting that in plenty of comics, the background (aka your Necromunda terrain) isn't lined with the same amount of detail as a character or foreground element, if it's even lined at all. Often characters are drawn as linework over more of a painted scene. So there's precedent for keeping the linework on your background terrain to a minimum or taking a simpler approach, and leaving the detailed work for your characters - or the lamp posts they'll be smashed with ;)

[@Epicduck]

Oh and sorry, I missed your first question! The black inks I use are Daler Rowney FW Black or Higgins Black Magic. Liquitex Carbon Black or Amsterdam Black ink work well too. Basically any waterproof artist ink should be fine. just test it on a spare chunk of sprue or something for colourfastness - some inks will run when you spray a varnish on them, for example.

[@BunsenB14]

I am really new to comic style, but your comment about rivets being the bane of comic style painting reminded me of something I am trying. I am using a black oil pin wash around these small details. I find I have more control with the capillary action, and I can fix mistakes with a cotton swab moistened with mineral spirits.

[@paulherridge8147]

not trying to pee on your parade, but if its green for traffic to go, shouldnt it be a dont-walk stick figure ?

[@jesot]

No. Not from that direction.

[@Epicduck]

Pedestrians cross in the same direction that cars travel - so your walk lights and green lights have the same facing. Otherwise you'd have people trying to walk across a lane of moving cars.

[@IdolsHextech]

"Pedestrians cross in the same direction that cars travel" I can't stop thinking about this, what do you mean? If the light is green to indicate for cars to 'GO!' and the pedestrian crossing is showing 'WALK/GO!' - won't the pedestrians be crossing while the cars are driving? If pedestrians are going in the same direction as cars, then how are they crossing the road? They'd just be following it