Maxwin's WIP

[maxwin]

Cheers gorb!

Slowly chipping away ...

[maxwin]

Starting to look more convincing ... to me at least

[gorb]

Solid work there, you have some real skill with nmm. I am paying close attention

[maxwin]

Thanks gorb, I will probably do a brief pictured description of the method I've evolved into.
Hopefully get finished tonight ready for daemon Mortarion who will also be NMM, this was my practise run

[ekipage]

NMM is looking sweet! What colors are you using? I think that is what I don't like about my attempts at it so far (not liking the colors I chose)

[Graishak]

I really like the pike of this spear! Looks like an enchanted ancient weapon.

[maxwin]

ekipage - Rhinox hide, averland sunset, white, yellow glaze (game ink), agrax eathshade, and a bit more white, in that order

Graishak - thanks and I think it is an ancient enchanted weapon

Didn't quite get finished, some of the gold looks a bit like yellow plastic so will try to improve that.

[Dexter0015]

Agreed with you about the gold a little too yellow, but nmm isn't easy and you already did a great job.
Maybe you can desaturate it with some light green glazes?

[maxwin]

Thanks Dexter, your input has sent me on a mission, even using the colour wheel!!
I've given him a couple of violet glazes and re-highlighted with Karak stone, looks much more goldy I will mess with it a bit more tonight but I feel the end is nigh!

[Dexter0015]

Agree. Violet was indeed the right choice. Love the result.

[gorb]

Excellent work man, this is some awesome looking gold.

[maxwin]

Thanks a lot! I finally got around to taking some pics, Harken is up on the gallery http://www.coolminiornot.com/450144

Shalaxi is up next ...

[Graishak]

Oh man, you got a heavy speed on pumping out nice minis :-)
Voted for your "ancient spear" - looking forward to see how you will deal with Shalaxi!

[maxwin]

Thanks Graishak, I'm trying to build up a decent portfolio as I only started in May, and as they say practise makes perfect
Shalaxi has had some layers laid down, seems quite a simply model to paint ... for now!

[Flaming Tiki]

Looking over the whole thread here, I like what I see. Nice work. Just starting into the 40k realm myself so I'll be following your progress, keep at it. I really like the colors on the Shalaxi model so far. A really cool model I hadn't seen before now.

[maxwin]

Thanks a lot, I've had a good look through yours too and seen some impressive stuff!
Made a bit of progress with Shalaxi, experimenting with an iridescent-style effect on the stocking that may or may not make the final cut. Nice to have big eyes that require more than a dot

[maxwin]

Making progress, trying out a crushed velvet effect on the gown thing, might ramp up the contrast a bit more.

[BloodASmedium]

Oh you picked a big project -looking mighty fine at this mark buddy!!! I watch with angst!!!

[Graishak]

I can feel him staring at me :-) Great job on his eyes!

[gorb]

Very well done! Love that crushed velvet look. You are certainly puhing the contrast, which I think is a signature look of velvet right? You could even bump the highlights a bit more, I don't think that'll hurt!