Novice Attempt At Painting

By Shade21, in Painting

Well, since we are all stuck at home, I figured I'd finally try giving a painting a shot... for the first time really. I've tried watching videos of others who paint miniatures, but its still not easy to grasp.

So after fighting with my rebels and not being able to come up with a set in stone scheme for them, I decided to try and apply the basics of my city fighting troops with my clones.

The results... are okish. I think the colors work for them, but I've got a long way to go just getting the base colors and designs on them, never mind truly grasping how to do detail work.

I am open to critique, suggestions, and thoughts! >_<;

The idea is that the armor is more designed for city fighting, and then each squad / unit will have different color shoulder pads to help tell them apart and identify their roll in my squad. Purple designated a long range unit, and red is for a close up unit that travels with Rex.

P.S.

Apparently I can't take pictures nearly as well as I thought.

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Edited by Shade21

It's definitely not bad for a first attempt. What I can recommend looking into is a paint called "wash", which actually looks more like an ink. It's a great tool for shading. Just remember to shake before using, and work from a palette to be able to thin the paint down and have more control of what is in your brush. Your models have all the colours in the right spots, but they lack some definition. Some shading in all the grooves and recesses will help with that. Keep up the good work!