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Post by Asyrean on Jul 26, 2016 9:43:47 GMT -6
Well, this past weekend, I "finished" my general for the Campaign. Just an Ultramarines librarian in terminator armor, but I really like this model and so, I used the campaign as reason to bump him forward in my painting queue. Anyway, pretty pleased with the results. On this model, I made some progress in my painting capabilities. Namely, this was the first time I tried a wet blending, which worked particularly well on the front inside of the cape. Also, the edge highlighting was the first time I did it and it didn't turn into a sloppy mess. (Lots of hard corners on the terminator armor, so it was pretty easy.) Only thing I'm not in love with (well, main thing) is his head. On that, I just did the generic base coat / wash / highlight. It's functional, but not impressive. So, I'd especially enjoy any pointers anyone has. Lastly, the book and scroll work are pretty plain, so I'll try to add some "writing" to it whenever I get a hobby pen, craft pen, in which you can do that sort of thing. And his bolter doesn't have any holes for the gun barrels... Oh, and of course I have to base him. Fine. He's not THAT done, but done enough! Anyway, for your viewing pleasure (hopefully).  |
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Post by Nick P on Jul 26, 2016 9:58:08 GMT -6
That is looking pretty solid dude! Do you have a larger picture? I can't quite make out the details in this smallish thumbnail.
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Post by Asyrean on Jul 26, 2016 10:09:32 GMT -6
That is looking pretty solid dude! Do you have a larger picture? I can't quite make out the details in this smallish thumbnail. Let me see what I can do... How about that?  (And you saw through my ruse... my painting looks better the smaller the picture!) |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 10:13:42 GMT -6
I'd recommend hitting that skin with some more Reikland Fleshshade. Doesn't look bad at all though.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 26, 2016 10:13:53 GMT -6
Edge highlights look killer! And I like the soft transition on the tabbard and the inside of the cape - the only suggestion I have is that the tubing on his chest looks a little flat - maybe add a very thin wash of agrax to define the ridges a bit more?
Also for the head - I replied to your message, but I think honestly just a very thin flesh shade wash around his eyes/nose/mouth and another highlight to pick out the biggest details will do wonders - with flesh/bare heads, its tough because there aren't any hard edges like on armor that scream "highlight me!", so its easy to go overboard on highlights and end up just having what looks like a single-color face. Picking out the details, even if it seems like too drastic a color change, will do wonders.
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Post by Asyrean on Jul 26, 2016 10:23:51 GMT -6
Also for the head - I replied to your message, but I think honestly just a very thin flesh shade wash around his eyes/nose/mouth and another highlight to pick out the biggest details will do wonders - with flesh/bare heads, its tough because there aren't any hard edges like on armor that scream "highlight me!", so its easy to go overboard on highlights and end up just having what looks like a single-color face. Picking out the details, even if it seems like too drastic a color change, will do wonders. You hit the nail on the head. That's exactly what I did. I based in Bugman's Glow, shaded in Reikland Flesh shade or whatever, and then for highlighting, I pretty much hit everywhere.... But, that's good to know. I can go back easily enough and either shade again (more targeted) or essentially start over. I'll play with it. As for the tubing on the chest, I can play with that as well. It's actually got a base + shade (Agrax) and then highlight (gehenna's gold) and further highlight in silver (runefang steel). But, I can go back and play with it, maybe darken it a little. Anyway, appreciate all the comments! Now, I just have to actually get him on the battlefield at some point. |
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Post by Asyrean on Aug 3, 2016 9:06:30 GMT -6
Ok, so I "finished" my general some more. Mainly, I tackled my first attempt at basing (on regular tactical marines) and when those turned out well, I moved on to this guy. Which is the intent of this picture. Per the comments on here, I've also cleaned up his face / head a little, but you can't really see from this angle. Also, I need to pick up a further highlight to really finish it up. Anyway, that aside, the point here is the base which I think turned out pretty good. Nothing overly complicated but I'm digging it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 9:13:20 GMT -6
If you want to do a highlight you can never go wrong doing a 1:1 mix of White Paint and whatever your base coat is. I just use an old medicine dropper to measure my paint ratios to keep colors consistent.
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Post by Asyrean on Aug 3, 2016 9:19:14 GMT -6
If you want to do a highlight you can never go wrong doing a 1:1 mix of White Paint and whatever your base coat is. I just use an old medicine dropper to measure my paint ratios to keep colors consistent. Thanks Will. I was messing around with that and it didn't turn out as good as I wanted it to, so I brought it back to Cadian flesh tone on the raised areas and figured I'd pick up the next "skin" tone that's lighter. Rathark flesh or something like that. Anyway, because the area is so small, I might try it again tonight just to see if I get a better results and then I can skip picking up the new paint pot. |
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