Terrafirma
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hell this one even has pubic hair said:
A WIP Thread by Fluisterwoud
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fluisterwoud
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Back to painting, sure thing. The pirate Ogre has been sitting half finished for a while now, so back to that. Another glaze on the flesh and starting on the base.
Gandalf the Grey
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Looking good Flu.
Your blog looks good, I've tried to join it a couple of times but won't let me.
Your blog looks good, I've tried to join it a couple of times but won't let me.
fluisterwoud
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Gandalf, I tried joining myself and got a message saying "We're sorry... We were unable to handle your request. Please try again or return a bit later." Googled it and found that it is a known issue with Google Friend Connect that is happening to a lot of people, and has been for over a year, with no fix in sight. But I did notice that if you click the drop down boxes to the right of the "Join This Site" tab, the resulting drop-down menu will have a "Follow" button that works. Thanks for wanting to follow my blog.
I'm starting work on the Pirates tattoo(s) today, hope that goes well.
I'm starting work on the Pirates tattoo(s) today, hope that goes well.
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Fluister, 1000 apologies for missing your WIP until now. A lot of good stuff on here and congrats on the wicked score for your elephant man. Keep Em coming!!!
Terrafirma
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Hey Flu , I joined your Blog, your trick worked.....
fluisterwoud
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Thanks a lot guys, hopefully I'll keep the quality up.
Tried doing a back tattoo
Tried doing a back tattoo
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Grab the bull by the horns and darken up the tattoo. Don't be timid because the freehand was great!!! I'd probably do the same just from fear of not being confident in my freehands.
With the skin, I'm not sure how WIP it is, but a couple notes that may help you out. If not please completely disregard. Go with some dark shades, staying relatively desaturated and towards the flesh part of your pallet. Nothing wrong with red Browns or greenish yellows or orangish tan, etc. Next, add some saturated bright colors in a very diluted glaze. Place this in bends and rounded areas, but near and part of the shadows. This builds depth.
Next is your highlights. They appear chalky, and I daresay this may be resulting from over-dilution? I find that the lighter the shade, the less I need to dilute. I think you need an intermediate tone between the light shade and your midtone, and this may help blend it all in better. Also, I'm not so certain about the placement and shape of some of your lights. But again, slap me if this is too early in your process.
The face looks great. Anyway, some advice that may or may not suit you.
With the skin, I'm not sure how WIP it is, but a couple notes that may help you out. If not please completely disregard. Go with some dark shades, staying relatively desaturated and towards the flesh part of your pallet. Nothing wrong with red Browns or greenish yellows or orangish tan, etc. Next, add some saturated bright colors in a very diluted glaze. Place this in bends and rounded areas, but near and part of the shadows. This builds depth.
Next is your highlights. They appear chalky, and I daresay this may be resulting from over-dilution? I find that the lighter the shade, the less I need to dilute. I think you need an intermediate tone between the light shade and your midtone, and this may help blend it all in better. Also, I'm not so certain about the placement and shape of some of your lights. But again, slap me if this is too early in your process.
The face looks great. Anyway, some advice that may or may not suit you.
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fluisterwoud
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I really didn't know how to approach the tattoo. I wanted it to look like an old, kind of faded by the sun tattoo, I even put a flesh tone glaze over it. But now it does look too light and faded to the point that you can't see certain spots. The skin is very much a WIP, I'm having some trouble because I've never attempted a tanned/sun burnt skin, I was getting kind of lost.
Thanks for the advice, I'm still a pretty novice painter so it's always appreciated.
In other news this happened last night:
and then it was promptly dropped from a 9.1 to an 8.8 lol
Thanks for the advice, I'm still a pretty novice painter so it's always appreciated.
In other news this happened last night:
and then it was promptly dropped from a 9.1 to an 8.8 lol
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Dude! Tell me about it! Same exact thing with my Cannibal entry. It went to New & Notable and dropped from guess what?....9.1 to 8.8 and it fell out Strangley, my N&N only has 4 entries shown at a time...looks like you have 8? Strange indeed...
From one "novice" to another, I'm not mad at all. We are new-ish, and to be featured on CMoN is an honor. I know that if I produce a mini that is truly of great quality it will last as a 9.0+ when exposed to the N&N scrutiny.
Strangley, my N&N only has 4 entries shown at a time...looks like you have 8? Strange indeed...From one "novice" to another, I'm not mad at all. We are new-ish, and to be featured on CMoN is an honor. I know that if I produce a mini that is truly of great quality it will last as a 9.0+ when exposed to the N&N scrutiny.
fluisterwoud
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Yeah it is what it is. And it's probably just one guy spamming 1's from 4 different accounts trying to get them down. And it happens to all the best painters, they just have 100+ votes so it balances out.
Between the Queen of Barbary and pirate Ogre, I got a bit tired working on organic flesh tones, so I decided to work on something mechanical for a bit. I want to a Harlequin Skyweaver for Crystal Brush scifi vehicle, so I'm doing a test piece. I'm going for a H. R. Giger like freehand on the hood based on this image of the Laughing God:
The pictures may be a little hard to see because I'm just doing the dark base coats first. The face will be a skull and all the lines will be tubing.
Between the Queen of Barbary and pirate Ogre, I got a bit tired working on organic flesh tones, so I decided to work on something mechanical for a bit. I want to a Harlequin Skyweaver for Crystal Brush scifi vehicle, so I'm doing a test piece. I'm going for a H. R. Giger like freehand on the hood based on this image of the Laughing God:
The pictures may be a little hard to see because I'm just doing the dark base coats first. The face will be a skull and all the lines will be tubing.
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Nice! And great idea going for a Giger look. Truly inspiring....
fluisterwoud
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Yeah, a while back I read an old interview with Vincent Hudon on Volomir's blog in which he said how he won his slayer swords. Basically going way out of his comfort zone, trying new things and constantly pushing your limits. So that's what I'm trying to do, and it started with that Imperial Fists banner, so hopefully this works out even better.
And for the new and notable size, I think it depends on your screen size. On my laptop I can see 6, on my phone it's 4 and on my desktop monitor it's 8.
And for the new and notable size, I think it depends on your screen size. On my laptop I can see 6, on my phone it's 4 and on my desktop monitor it's 8.
Gandalf the Grey
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Big praise on the N&N, to be in the same post as Arsies can't be a bad thing.
The banner will be very interesting and I shall be watching.
The banner will be very interesting and I shall be watching.
fluisterwoud
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Here's a little more work, hard to photograph because it's still so dark. I added in the negative space. Don't mind the weird mustache, I have no idea what I was doing but I'll fix it haha. Tomorrow I'll bring in some lighter shades and highlights and create depth.
Gandalf the Grey
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It looks so ethereal at present, wonderful.
oistene
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BF, you constantly drop off these little gems that make me go AHA! I've been struggling with lighter colors getting chalky (though on my last project I more or less solved it by using medium instead of water), this is clearly the reason. I'll keep this in mind for the future.
Darthmarsh
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Great start on the jet bike mate
