Glass Porthole Tutorial

A few weeks back I posted a picture of the resin doors for the Incursion game (doors from Fenris Games, Incursion from Grindhouse Games). There was a good response, and a few folks even asked for a tutorial on how I painted the glass in the "portholes"

Well, I managed to paint up a few circles over the weekend, and here is that tutorial.

Basic glass. These were painted in much the same fashion as you'd paint gems.

Step One: Paint the glass with Regal Blue

Step Two: Highlight the lower left two thirds of the glass with a 75/25 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Three: Highlight the lower half of the glass with a 50/50 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Four: Paint a thin line at the lower left edge with a 25/75 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White, add two dots in the upper right, one slightly larger than the other.

Step Five: Paint with Gloss Varnish.

Cracked glass. These were painted in much the same fashion as the basic glass above.

Step One: Paint the glass with Regal Blue

Step Two: Highlight the lower left two thirds of the glass with a 75/25 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Three: paint thin lines of Chaos Black over the glass.

Step Four: Highlight the lower half of each broken section of the glass with a 50/50 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White.

Step Five: Paint a thin line at the lower left edge of each broken section of the glass with a 25/75 mix of Regal Blue/Skull White, add one dot in the upper right of each section.

Step Six: Paint with Gloss Varnish.

So there you go. I've combined Steps One and Two for the first circle in each progression.

I hope it helps.

Cheers

Dave