mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 18, 2017 17:17:59 GMT
Just wanted to create a space for my painting updates for myself and those who may be interested to follow along. I'm new to the hobby (and game) and have never painted miniatures before. I've watched a few YouTube videos and snags a few painting sets... so here we go! I decided that my krielstone was in nearly every single list, so they needed painted first. I still have to finish some accents and hip lines on the bases, reattach an axe and add glow to the stone. I was somewhat pleased with the bases, but wish I had done the darker static grass first and followed it with lighter. It's a touch too dark as is. Otherwise I love the outcome. Really pleased for a first unit.
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Post by AdeptusB on Apr 19, 2017 3:05:55 GMT
Looks good!
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 19, 2017 3:09:11 GMT
Your painting is actually a lot better than some of the stuff that is listed as "pro-painted" on eBay. They should be ashamed of themselves but you can be proud of your results.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 19, 2017 5:26:14 GMT
Thanks for commenting y'all. I am feeling good with how this one has turned out so far (and I agree, if they're claiming worse than this as pro then shame shame shame). Tonight I painted about 1/3rd of the bases with white symbols to ink later. I'm thinking I'll ink the stone green and the bases blue, but I am considering going blue on both. I haven't seen a blue stone before. :-)
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Post by GijsB on Apr 19, 2017 9:27:49 GMT
i think they're looking quite nice. If you have an army of trolls looking like this on the table, you've nothing to be ashamed of. Even more so considering this is some of your first work! Keep it up, I'm sure that a full force of these on the table will be a sweet sight to see
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Post by doomdev on Apr 20, 2017 2:33:53 GMT
As someone who is new to all of this as well I'm pretty envious of your painting skills, those guys look fantastic. I definitely am looking forward to seeing the rest of your trolls.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 20, 2017 3:55:34 GMT
i think they're looking quite nice. If you have an army of trolls looking like this on the table, you've nothing to be ashamed of. Even more so considering this is some of your first work! Keep it up, I'm sure that a full force of these on the table will be a sweet sight to see As someone who is new to all of this as well I'm pretty envious of your painting skills, those guys look fantastic. I definitely am looking forward to seeing the rest of your trolls. Thanks y'all! I'm pretty pleased with my painting thus far. I wish I had made note of all the painting videos I watched so I could give credit where it is due. There are some real good ones that some great guys have put together.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 21, 2017 4:24:03 GMT
Added some symbols to the bases tonight. Gonna put some blue ink on the symbols in the coming weeks. Gotta make a trip to the store to snag some... the online prices for that stuff is crazy. And by the way, the idea for the bases comes directly from Trollock. I saw his Earthborn pic and loved it!
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Post by doomdev on Apr 21, 2017 20:24:22 GMT
I saw that picture too! It's such a cool idea and I definitely want to do that when I get my trolls painted. Did you copy the symbols off of his or get them somewhere else?
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 21, 2017 21:37:51 GMT
I looked at the symbols on the stone itself as well as the Trollbloods symbols that show up on the "cards" in the War room app.
That... plus I just plain made some up. Many of their's tapered and had arches in them that I just wasn't skilled/patient enough to paint. I kept more to straight lines and dots as much as possible.
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Post by tapecrawler on Apr 23, 2017 16:16:53 GMT
I like what you've done with these trolls. They seem to have a dynamic range on the colors.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 25, 2017 12:59:52 GMT
I like what you've done with these trolls. They seem to have a dynamic range on the colors. Thanks! I'm enjoying painting but I am TERRIBLY slow. I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on Apr 25, 2017 13:02:34 GMT
Painted for a bit last night. Just getting started with this guy but got what is hopefully the most detailed part of the model finished.
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mattmcd
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Post by mattmcd on May 1, 2017 12:56:58 GMT
Here's the newest update. I really love the blue on the bases. Thanks for the idea Trollock!
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Post by doomdev on May 1, 2017 14:07:22 GMT
Continuing the good work! I definitely like the blue, I might have to do something similar. Seeing your painting progress is getting me excited to paint mine. Just two weeks of finals and a plane ride and I can finally get started, thankfully the FLGS I plan on going to is doing a painting clinic the weekend I get back so I can hopefully learn some good techniques and achieve something even halfway as good as yours.
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