London sword and dagger club (formerly SG8)

[George St]

OK you convinced me...

I will start trying out some different masking techniques and see what I can do...

Worst case I paint over the mess or clean it up...

[Abomination]

ATTENTION

This goes to all the mask painters out there...

I need someone brave enough, and good enough, to paint my mask in a very specific design that I will provide...

I expect nothing bad top work so the brave may proceed...



Seriously dudes... need help...

have faith and do it yourself.

just finishing mine at the moment. All images from the net, cropped and stretched on crappy publishing package, and stenciled onto the mask.

No free hand work, and nearly done in just over 2 hours, and that includes letting the paint dry between the different stages of a four piece stencil.

Much the same as i did. Drew the shapes I needed in paintbrush. Drew round them with a marker & then painted it with enamel paints & a brush.

To my mind simple designs work better anyway.

[George St]

I have decided on the design and I am looking for spreys now...

Lets see how it goes... WIll probably get it done this Sunday!

[George St]

On another note...

Are we doing anything this Thursday???

Maybe an evening at the Park???

[Nuggan]

On another note...

Are we doing anything this Thursday???

Maybe an evening at the Park???

Yes I believe we are. We just need a time that is good for everyone.

[George St]

I would suggest 18:30...

Its near the time we usually meet up plus a 30 mins contingency for whatever reason!

[Caananite]

Sounds like a plan.

18:30 at the white fountain thing, coupla hours of practice, and then on to the Spread Eagle for a swift one?

[Alan W]

Hi guys, Birgit and Myself maybe there Thursday.
Depends on Weather, has anyone a couple of
spare shinai's As Plod maybe a little unhappy
if I take steels with me


Hope to see you there...

The Medievalpirate

[George St]

Depends really if Nigel is coming...

[Lemonaid]

Hey George,

back on the mask-painting front, I found this over at http://www.fencing.net/forums/thread11865.html



Have fun,
Junaid
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The way we do them is to print out an image or graphic from the computer, cut out the shape, and then lay or tape it onto the mask. Once you have done that go and drybrush on an out line of the image in your background color like, and peel the tape off. Once you have done this you should have an outline of what you want and then just need to paint it in and firm up the edges.

You want to use a very fine brush, like a 00 or 000 and I would recommend the sable hair brushes over any of the acrylic crap. You can get a lot of cool and fun colors from your local gaming/warhammer/D&D store as the same paint you would use for miniatures works quite well for the masks. When you are actually applying the paint you want to drybrush the image on over many layers to make sure you do not clog up the mesh.

If you have never done any fine detail painting before you may want to have some toothpicks handy to poke through and remove excess paint. Once your image is done, you need to seal it. This is probably the most important part. Use a very good hard acrylic or clear varnish and avoid using anything that you would spray on.

A couple of things to remember:

If your design is complex you may need to do it in layers or stages so try to plan it this way from the start.

This is not a race! Take enough time to do it right or you may wind up with a bad paintjob or a ruined mask.

DO NOT use spraypaint unless you a very, very good with it and have tried it on fine detail work before.

If your design is more than a solid color take a spare mask with you to every local tourney. Most people think that painted masks are very cool but there is always some joker who would rather be a rules lawyer than a fencer and will whine about it to the judge. It is best to have a backup.

Enjoy and have fun! There are lots of resources out there for people who paint minis that apply to this so explore the net if you are not a painter yourself.

Good luck! You should post a pic when you are done!

[George St]

I think our admin should now separate this topic as we are going into to much detail on paint jobs!!!!

I have the print out now and I am doing some final investigation on colors, which I will probably get on Friday... I decided to go spray cause I don't have the most steady hands so a good masking should do....

The final one, if all goes well, will be ready for Saturday's SG-XXX so maybe some Tim picture will be in order!

[Corvus]

I should be there, weather permitting, and I'll have a spare shinai.

[Caananite]

The final one, if all goes well, will be ready for Saturday's SG-XXX so maybe some Tim picture will be in order!

Okay, I'll bring the camera on Saturday - everybody who wants a pic done, bring your favourite kit and your ideas.

CAVEAT: I make no promises. Some pictures just don't work out (Phil's and Junaid's from the last session didn't inspire me at all). And since you're not paying me, I feel no obligation to flog a dead horse. I also refuse to do posed "action shots" because they are extraordinarily lame.

George, I have a translation request I'll PM to you.

[George St]

Done Tim...

Also, this is the first free hand design of the mask... There is a lot of coloring, mostly white and black, but still it will look a bit different...

[Monster Zero]

Someone's a Bleach fan!

[George St]

Mr Monster Is right!!! I am a big Bleach fan...





Hopefully this is how it will look when I am done...

[George St]

Mr Nigel,

Are we all in for tomorrow in Regent Park then???

18:30?

[Alan W]

Yeah I think so, might be nearer 19.00 tho.

Who else is going

[taliabee]

please excuse thread hijack :

*waves to medievalpirate* hiya!! nice to see you again - on dry land

as you were, people...carry on...

t xx

[Nuggan]

I'm still up for it (have to be in the area anyway). Will get there for 6:30.