Enthusiastic Newbie Would Appreciate Feedback

[ArchArad]

Hi everyone. I hope that I'm posting this to the right forum. I am new to miniature painting (but already completely smitten with the hobby :brushwave and would appreciate any feedback or advice on my submissions so far.

I'll link to my gallery: http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/ArchArad?browseid=12761873

Thank you for your time and indulgence.

Shelagh

 

[Zab]

You have good brush control and a solid understanding of smooth blends The one thing that will stand out toa lot of painters here with be the lack of contrast. Push in both directions darker and lighter. I am sure other will hit you with the contrast hammer too, but once you have that down i think you will "level up" very quickly :good:

 

[MAXXxxx]

what zab said. Also looking at the color wheel + color theory would help as would probably a bit more muted colors too. Right now they are very strong that gives a bit of a comic/toy like appearance.
But the last one is very subjective, so like the strong, primal colors much more than the natural ones.

 

[ArchArad]

The one thing that will stand out to a lot of painters here with be the lack of contrast. Push in both directions darker and lighter.

Thanks Zab. I am really very appreciative of your taking the time to help. I've been quite nervous about the very dark and very light - my fear is that I will overdo it and turn the paint job into a blocky mess. But, like with blending, if I don't leap in with both feet I'm never going to learn.

 

[ArchArad]

Also looking at the color wheel + color theory would help as would probably a bit more muted colors too. Right now they are very strong that gives a bit of a comic/toy like appearance.
But the last one is very subjective, so like the strong, primal colors much more than the natural ones.

Hi MaXXxxx. Thank you for your help.

Would you recommend trying to introduce more contrasts with the colours I use or focusing on the lights and darks as Zab suggests?

The comic/bright paint jobs have not necessarily been conscious decisions. They stem from a lack of paint options and, more importantly, nerves when it comes to mixing up my own colours. I've acquired a few more paints and have tried some mixing, but I do need to practice more. Any advice for mixing up colours?

Thanks for your feedback!

 

[Kretcher]

Latter then you have become better at the things mentioned abouve you could start to look into making scratches on armouir and texture on cloathes. It also depends what you want to do with you figures, are you painting an army or for display?

That affects the amount of time you will have to finish a figure and also which techniques you properbly will use

/K

 

[ArchArad]

Latter then you have become better at the things mentioned abouve you could start to look into making scratches on armouir and texture on cloathes. It also depends what you want to do with you figures, are you painting an army or for display?

That affects the amount of time you will have to finish a figure and also which techniques you properbly will use

/K

Hi Kretcher. Thanks for stopping in and giving me your input.

I'm painting for display. I don't wargame, but I love the artistic challenge of painting minis and turning out something fun and hopefully good to look at.

Would you recommend any particular tutorials for those techniques?

Thanks again for the feedback.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Just had a quick look through your gallery.
Just as others have said smooth clean brush work, which could benefit from increasing the strength in contrast.
A simple way to start is to emphasise the contact points between two areas (known as Dark lining or Black lining).
That will give an instant "pop", easiest way to do it is to glaze extremely dilute paint up to the contact point.

Unfortunately it's Stupid O'clock in the morning here and I have to get ready for work otherwise I'd give some other pointers I've learned and am learning.

 

[ArchArad]

Just had a quick look through your gallery.
Just as others have said smooth clean brush work, which could benefit from increasing the strength in contrast.
A simple way to start is to emphasise the contact points between two areas (known as Dark lining or Black lining).
That will give an instant "pop", easiest way to do it is to glaze extremely dilute paint up to the contact point.

Unfortunately it's Stupid O'clock in the morning here and I have to get ready for work otherwise I'd give some other pointers I've learned and am learning.

Thank you for the confirmation that my contrast work needs improving. It's nice to have a "challenge" for the minis to come and I'll definitely be trying to work on it.