Ugh! I painted Lara, Bazooka Joe, and four tank traps. Should have been done around 2pm today. Instead, though I was almost done near 2pm, I goofed up both bazooka joe and Lara's head. Finally had to paintstrip both. I hate eyes and fine hair!!! I had to paintstrip laras again! I didn't get done until almost 5pm. They are done and not bad, though certainly not professional!!!
Ugh! Lara's head!!!
My Lara came without a nose...
How does she smell?
Terrible...
But I'm thinking of incorporating that into her paint job.
These two heros' faces look like they've been through war---that or a bad plastic surgeon. Tasks after fairly easily painting manfred yesterday, though I simply painted his face with thrall flesh and made his eye area a sort of light blue. I wanted his complexion and eyes to look weird due to overexposure from being one of the first to come into full contact with VK.
my stefan's face on the left looks like 3rd degree burns.
It is so hard to paint good faces. I always screw up the eyes.
I found Angela from Operation Cerberus to be the most annoying to paint due to the bad molding on her shoulder and the fact that her nose is extremely short.
All I can suggest is thin the paint my friend, thin the paint.
Rather than using paint remover I find an unused generic toothbrush with no fancy bristles and some warm water works pretty good.
Yesterday I slipped with the brush while paunting a Red Devil's eye. I was able to make a great pupil but also managed to give him some Emo makeup along the way. I'd painted him months ago and then thought 'that eye could be better' . I should know when to leave it the hell alone.
Nowthen said:
Yesterday I slipped with the brush while paunting a Red Devil's eye. I was able to make a great pupil but also managed to give him some Emo makeup along the way. I'd painted him months ago and then thought 'that eye could be better' . I should know when to leave it the hell alone.
Classic case ... You try to make things better and all of it fu*&% up
Well, they don't look quite as bad as I thought, but still not fun, and not great. But today I took a step back and just based and painted 4 tank traps and 6 ammo crates. Much easier!!!
For eyes make sure the background area is nice and dark. Use a wash for the face like thinned down Tamiya Flat Brown. Then two highlights. Leave the eye area dark. Then make a nice clean white line. Then I use a tooth pick shaved to a fine point to make the pupil. It does take practice so good luck.
mgentile7 said:
For eyes make sure the background area is nice and dark. Use a wash for the face like thinned down Tamiya Flat Brown. Then two highlights. Leave the eye area dark. Then make a nice clean white line. Then I use a tooth pick shaved to a fine point to make the pupil. It does take practice so good luck.
Thanks!
Zjb12 said:
mgentile7 said:
For eyes make sure the background area is nice and dark. Use a wash for the face like thinned down Tamiya Flat Brown. Then two highlights. Leave the eye area dark. Then make a nice clean white line. Then I use a tooth pick shaved to a fine point to make the pupil. It does take practice so good luck.
Thanks!
Your welcome. The faces can be the most difficult to master. I usually just go for game board quality and save the labors for special minis. This game has so much to offer its easy to agonize over every mini. You'll get your rythum and techniques down soon enough. Good luck.
mgentile7 said:
For eyes make sure the background area is nice and dark. Use a wash for the face like thinned down Tamiya Flat Brown. Then two highlights. Leave the eye area dark. Then make a nice clean white line. Then I use a tooth pick shaved to a fine point to make the pupil. It does take practice so good luck.
Def. helped with the zombies yesterday!
Zjb12 said:
mgentile7 said:
For eyes make sure the background area is nice and dark. Use a wash for the face like thinned down Tamiya Flat Brown. Then two highlights. Leave the eye area dark. Then make a nice clean white line. Then I use a tooth pick shaved to a fine point to make the pupil. It does take practice so good luck.
Def. helped with the zombies yesterday!
As much as I hate to promote GW they have great tutorials on their websites and in WD magazine for making incredible faces if you have the time for it.
People hate GW but they are good for the hobby.
Psykostevo said:
People hate GW but they are good for the hobby.
They may be good for the hobby but their pricing is a real ripoff. I have been buying from them for a long time and right now they are just too much compared to what you used to get. There is no denying the quality but everyone else is catching up their as well. The new paints are a shame I poured out two paints to compare and the new ones have less and cost more than before. That's the stuff that gets me upset. I loved them before like everyone else its just gotten out of control is all im saying.