Still a few touchups and clearocating to go but the painting is done! I tried experimenting with a brown wash for the first time. I also tried painting the whites of the eyes on some of them after being inspired by somebody else here's work and I think it turned out pretty well. Not as hard as I thought. What's everybody think?
very crisp base coating, nice.
IMO it would be easy for you to go a step further and highlight a bit and really make em stand out.
Nice job all around. A solid looking squad and very sharp painting
Very nice!!
7 hours ago, VAYASAN said:very crisp base coating, nice.
IMO it would be easy for you to go a step further and highlight a bit and really make em stand out.
Hmm, maybe. I don't really have enough paint colors though to have a slightly brighter version of every color I used.
5 hours ago, manoftomorrow010 said:Very nice!!
Thanks!
7 minutes ago, Kingsguard said:Hmm, maybe. I don't really have enough paint colors though to have a slightly brighter version of every color I used.
Thanks!
you can brighten the tones just by adding a little white to the original base tones you used
1 minute ago, manoftomorrow010 said:you can brighten the tones just by adding a little white to the original base tones you used
Hmm, maybe I could try experimenting a bit with that then.
22 minutes ago, Kingsguard said:Hmm, maybe I could try experimenting a bit with that then.
Yeah, it's what I do, and I usually add a very small amount of white, like, a single drop, and then see how much lighter the tone is, then build up to even lighter if I wish
2 hours ago, Kingsguard said:Hmm, maybe. I don't really have enough paint colors though to have a slightly brighter version of every color I used.
Thanks!
When I say you can make hem even better easily...I say it because your basic painting skill is very good. A Very nice smooth/crisp base coat.
A lot of painting.. is knowing/learning techniques. Now you have progressed onto washes, the next logical step as others have noted is highlights. Again as noted, a very effective/cheap way is to just add a very little white (my advise would be have some base coat..drop some white to the side...mix in a bit....you can always add more if its not light enough.
Focus on the main raised areas....even 1 lighter highlight makes a huge difference...then if you want to (or have the time to ;]) you can do more layers....but its not necessary.
1 hour ago, VAYASAN said:
When I say you can make hem even better easily...I say it because your basic painting skill is very good. A Very nice smooth/crisp base coat.
A lot of painting.. is knowing/learning techniques. Now you have progressed onto washes, the next logical step as others have noted is highlights. Again as noted, a very effective/cheap way is to just add a very little white (my advise would be have some base coat..drop some white to the side...mix in a bit....you can always add more if its not light enough.
Focus on the main raised areas....even 1 lighter highlight makes a huge difference...then if you want to (or have the time to ;]) you can do more layers....but its not necessary.
Good advice. Thanks.
Nice work!!