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Dung Beetle Knigh

I really liked painting this mini. Still a bit sad, that I'm unable to capture the interference color effects on the photo. The mini is so much better in life with certain parts shimmering in greens/blues and reds. please comment on this mini, thanks

Posted: 28 Jan 2014

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thanks for the comments. christophe: there is no real face, it's more like the faceplate of a knight's armor. Zozimus: no, I didn't really use metallics, but a product from Golden Acrylics from the Interference Oxide range (that I can't seem to find anymore anywhere as if they were discontinued). They are similar to colorshifting paints, but mostly brown as a base with green as a glare (so for example if you try to look on the brown shoulderplates from above they'll be gright green in color). And of course the parts were shaded with a few transparent colors/inks (red, blue, violet, brown, black) On the wings I used something similar: interference colors (these are still available in most shops) Here the color is white with red/blue/green for the reflections. So the wings are just basically a blend between white and a greyish blue, then a few glazes of these interference colors to reflect light back like the wings of a bug.

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