eathotlead
Junior Strategist
PP forumite since 2004
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Post by eathotlead on Jun 16, 2017 12:52:24 GMT
It looks good! I really like the freehand on the scroll. That's a nice touch. Agreed. Excellent! |
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Post by doomdev on Jun 16, 2017 14:00:02 GMT
Ok cool I'll look at reapers stuff then, I have a brown and grey panel lining pen from my fundamental stuff but I'm not sure how well they'd work.
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Post by doomdev on Jun 16, 2017 21:01:55 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jun 24, 2017 14:58:10 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jun 27, 2017 2:51:46 GMT
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Post by tapecrawler on Jun 27, 2017 6:21:12 GMT
He's quite cool. The blue rocks look fantastic!
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Post by doomdev on Jun 28, 2017 2:40:56 GMT
While not trolls these two were the last part of my list to try to help cover the advance. Now all that's left is to base and clear coat, any recommendations on a good clear coat? Also should I clear coat before or after doing bases?
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Post by doomdev on Jun 28, 2017 2:41:52 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jul 9, 2017 2:07:07 GMT
So I hadn't completely finished the bases on the trolls as I got distracted painting/basin a small blood bowl team but I took my trolls to the closest FLGS that plays and one my first game ever despite some mistakes and misunderstandings. I took two pictures of my whole painted list so thought I'd share!   |
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Post by W0lfBane on Jul 9, 2017 16:52:06 GMT
Man that terrain is really nice.
Amd your trolls really put the other guy to shame
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Post by doomdev on Jul 19, 2017 23:40:38 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jul 25, 2017 12:27:00 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jul 27, 2017 0:00:23 GMT
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Post by doomdev on Jul 28, 2017 2:31:52 GMT
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Post by Soul Samurai on Jul 31, 2017 6:42:00 GMT
Browsing this thread from the start, it's clear that your painting skills are improving very rapidly. That mountain king looks great. Keep it up!
One bit of advice would be to keep trying to push your contrasts. As you get better at highlighting and shading, you start to find that you can push the shadows darker and the highlights brighter, making the figure look better - contrast is naturally pleasing to the eye and helps us resolve the physical shapes that we are looking at, making the mini "pop" better. The thing is that past a certain point you need to soften the transitions between the different shades using layering or blending to make it look natural, which of course requires more skill and time, which is why I say that it's something you should push as you improve (and not try to blend between black and white right at the start). Start practicing with brighter highlights but using intermediate shades, etc.
Well, like I said it's more time consuming, so it's perfectly fine to decide that you are happy with your current balance of "time spent : quality achieved" if it lets you get the models you want painted and on the table at a speed you are happy with. Maybe just try it on "more important" models that you care more about the appearance of, such as your warlocks.
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