TrystanGST's WIP thread

[kathrynloch]

Muzzle, around the mouth and nose...maybe just a tiny bit on the eyes. He's got that robe thing going on, so palms and bottom feet. Maybe the inside of the elbows or knees...but I think the biggest will be on the muzzle that's where it will really set your contrast and make the face pop.

 

[TrystanGST]

So it's been a few days. Work has been busy, so I haven't really had a chance to paint.
It wasn't all wasted time though - as I thought about the lacquer situation I studied real life objects to get a better feel of gloss surfaces and their interactions with the light and objects around them. One easy target was cars. They all (well almost all) have heavy gloss clearcoats to protect the paint and look pretty. Even when dirty, you can still get reflections. So I noted the way different colored cars appeared. It's helped me visualize the scabbard. I'll have a blue/grey shine on top, and probably work some tan glazes below the horizon line to reflect the desert setting. I've got the shine started.

Also note - all that dark brown will become gold.

 

[Bailey03]

Looking good. I really like how the skin turned out.

 

[kathrynloch]

Very, very cool Trystan. Like where you're going with him!

 

[boubi]

I love this mini and your color scheme is really original! I really like where you are going, waiting to see more especially this skin contrast with the cloak and other elements, I always love this black blue color blending, I am using the same on my ogre Stonehorn right now...
I love the back of this mini with all the traps and weapon it has! Enjoy every brush stroke!

 

[TrystanGST]

Thanks guys.
Started in on the gold, but got interrupted about half way thru. Oh well, some progress is still better than none.

 

[SkelettetS]

nice! need another brighter highlight though, to make it sparkle and pop!

 

[TrystanGST]

oh yeah - I'm only half way thru the gold. I've gotten from battlefield brown to rucksack tan, but I still need rucksack->menoth white->marrow white.
The biggest challenge is the crossguard - I'm not sure how to handle the nmm on a flat surface at an odd angle. I may just freehand some black in there to give the appearance of carved details.
So the current flat disc would be something more like:

 

[moetle]

He is looking really great so far Trystan. Another master piece in the making!

 

[TrystanGST]

Got the gold done, and sorted out (I think) the crossguard. Now on to the next bits.

 

[wargamesculptor]

that crossguard looks stunning, really great attention to detail

 

[Bailey03]

The metals look excellent. Nice job.

 

[Milosh]

this guy is really coming together, I agree about the metals and the red parts of the sword.

 

[Empchild]

This is one of your best works yet man nice. BTW a little birdie told me you are getting married soon I.e the weekend after gen on.

 

[Chrispy]

Great job on the NMM gold tsuba, kojiri, and kashira! The tsuba has the most "character" of all the Japanese sword parts.. which is why there are a lot of collectors for them. I'm sure if this were real, it would go for some big bucks (but you'd have to get it away from the Wolfen first ).

 

[kathrynloch]

Trystan, he left "good" a long time ago, moved into "freakin' great", and is now headed for "scary fantastic!"

Hrmph - where did Ashantyr go? I gotta do some work on her. Too many tutorials in the works. OH and I managed to snag an Irix the Fury! Yeah! Only been trying to get one forever!

 

[TrystanGST]

Thanks Kath -

I don't have Fury Irix, but I do have Ultimate

 

[TrystanGST]

So there comes a time in all my minis where I get past my initial vision and down to the fiddly bits. This is inevitably where I lose some steam.

I got there with the Prowler tonight. As a result, I spent more time hemming and hawing about color choices and less time painting.

See, I initially pictured him with panther coloration and sandy/beige garments. Once I got that done, I've had to choose colors on each piece as I come to it. And of course if I want it to look good (and I do) I have to think carefully about what colors/shades to use. I can't just start grabbing random bottles. The red/gold scabbard was easy as a nice contrast to the rather drab garments. It left me in a lurch when it came to the bracers though. I didn't want to do them in the same color as the rest of the robes, but I didn't want to make them bright red like the sword either. So I've settled on a nice crimson. That takes care of one piece, but I still have the bits on his ankles, the quiver, and the various bags hanging off of his belt.

At this point, the bracers and leather straps are just base coated.

 

[boubi]

I know what you are talking about... and when you start the back of this mini it is even getting worse, so many small weapons/accessories to paint, which color for what...

But so far it looks really great, I really like the cloak... I would still push more highlight on the skin, still too dark from my point of view. The scabbard is simply great!

 

[Zab]

Ugh details. Just keep to a few key colours so it stays cohesive. For the leather you could keep it nice and dark and it would look great or if you went lighter you could shade with a greenish brown just to make it stand out from the fur and cloak (might tie in nicely with the red too). Just keep at it slowly and it will turn out nice. Change gears if you have to cause it would be a shame to just finish this one because you are tired of it.