A Newbies Work In Progress Thread

[SammyBusby]

Hey gang. Im new to the site and relatively new to the hobby side of Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar. I dont play the tabletop game because no one even remotely close to me plays at all so Im in the model building and painting side (IF you can call what I do painting ). Here are some Age of Sigmar Starter Set Blood Warriors that Im pretty close to finishing. Dont be to rough on me guys! This is the first time Ive ever posted anything that Ive worked on. Ever. LOL. Im a Virgin so not too rough. LMAO.

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[Bailey03]

You're off to a very nice start. Looks like you've got a good handle on the brush control (getting the colors in the right place and not having the metallics go into the reds and vice versa).

If you're looking to improve, I'd say the next step would be to work on the lighting and shadows. Take a look around the web at Zenithal Lighting tutorials. There's a good one at MassiveVoodoo (http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/tutorial-zenithal-lightning-work-order.html), but you can find plenty out there.

That red can be a tough color to work with. If you highlight with white, it turns pink. If you highlight with yellow, it turns orange. Sometimes mixing in a light skin tone can give decent results. But, whatever you use, a final layer of red glaze (either GW's bloodletter or a red ink) can help turn those highlights back from pink or orange into more of a red.

When it comes to shading, a dark red can work fine. But you can get interesting results by using other colors. You could create your shadows by mixing into the red, a dark brown, a dark blue, or a dark purple (a little bit at a time to help create the blends). Each will produce slightly different effects. Experiment and see what you like!

Just a couple tips that might help with your next project. The most important tip I can give is to just keep painting and have fun with it! The rest will come with time.

 

[Webmonkey]

looks good,.. especially for a beginner painter. Current critiques,.. cleaner lines. (by this I mean making sure the colors start/stop in the proper places. For example,.. the 2nd model from the left, some of the red is bleeding down onto the black of the boot. Clean color lines make for a much sharper model). Also,..I see a bit of "washing" going on,.. maybe take it a hair further. And finally,.. my next recommended step is to work on shading and highlights.

 

[Sicks]

A good start as others have said, the paint looks to be nice and smooth, as the others said shading and highlighting is a good next step, it will help the details stand out more and add to the realism, i think bailey and WM covered it pretty well so I won't go into details

If you aren't particularly bothered about playing the games you should look into other mini companies too, there's lots of nice minis available outside of gw

 

[Maenas]

Hello again

I agree with Bailey, Webmonkey and Sicks too.

You have now a solid "first step" of the staircase that brings to a nicer painting, basecoating. It seems that you pretty much have the grip of basecoating, you can go up another step of the staircase and try to put some shadows there. You can use the C'mon gallery to look for similar models, go and visit those precious links at masive vodoo, or have a look around. I am sure you'll improve much more faster than you thought, now that you opened up a WIP.

I also see a nice collection of GW paints on the background of your picture so you have the weapons... now time to shoot some more paint!!

 

[Zab]

I like the wash you did on the bone and gold. Try to wash some purple onto the flesh areas and repaint the base felsh on the high parts to get them to stand out. Actually, even a deep red wash would help make these guys look ragier in the face area Nice start, keep at it!

 

[Webmonkey]

I agree with Sicks,.. don't limit yourself to just GW models. There are thousands of gorgeous models out there from hundreds of different manufacturers. If you want to see a fair collection of awesome models and/or sculpts,.. check out www.puttyandpaint.com it's worth your time to browse it a little for ideas and inspiration.

 

[Bailey03]

You'll see some amazing stuff on Putty and Paint. But, if you want to kill some time, browse through the CMON shop. They carry miniatures from 50+ different manufacturers. It's a good way to get an idea of what else is out there.

 

[Bailey03]

Oh, and if you're looking for inexpensive figures to practice on, take a look at Reaper's Bones line.
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones
They're not the greatest minis out there, but they're some of the least expensive.

If you want a really nice end result, it's worth it to spend a little extra and get a nicer figure. Sort of like cooking, if you start with good ingredients, you're going to have an easier time making a good dish. So I wouldn't recommend only painting bones figures. But, when you're just starting out, they can be a nice cheap way to get some experience and experiment on.

 

[SammyBusby]

Thanks guys! Ive already gotten more advice from this forum that I ever wouldve on another one. Ive already found a new home here on this one! Great people!! I will have to try those Reaper Minis out! Good prices plus they take PayPal and I just made $60 on there to spend!! Wooooo Hoooo! LOL

 

[SammyBusby]

Hey guys! Im looking through the Reaper Minis and there are a few that I like. I really like the knights type minis. Do any of you have any of them that maybe I could trade you for just to see if they are something I will want to buy more of?

 

[KruleBear]

Welcome to the forum.

Of note, Reaper generally has three regular sales as well. December 12 days of Reaper, October Halloween sale, and a sale in the spring during the week they hold their Reape Con event. I really like there metals as their best quality/price value. The price of Bones can't be beat, but the quality is soso.

 

[SammyBusby]

Welcome to the forum.

Of note, Reaper generally has three regular sales as well. December 12 days of Reaper, October Halloween sale, and a sale in the spring during the week they hold their Reape Con event. I really like there metals as their best quality/price value. The price of Bones can't be beat, but the quality is soso.

Which ones are metal and which are plastic/resin? I have never worked on any metal models before.

 

[Sicks]

Working on metal minis isn't much different from plastic, the main thing I notice is that the paint can rub off a bit easier than on plastics, especially on the first few layers so you just need to take care to try not to touch it while working on it, other than that it's mainly the prep work, plastic tends to be easier to file as the metal is more resilient, plastics are also easier to cut with a knife than metals, but with metals you can bend them a bit which helps if you get any bent weapons and can be used to slightly reposition arms and stuff with gentle pressure doing little bits at a time

 

[KruleBear]

Which ones are metal and which are plastic/resin? I have never worked on any metal models before.

It should specify in their online catalog if they are Bones material. They offer some minis in both Bones (PVC) and white metal. Most of thebones are white, but they have added some colored translucent ones for gaming. The two biggest advantages of Bones are the low price and they are really easy to modify as they are a soft PVC. Main disadvantages are that some of the details are softer and they seem to have an infinte number of mold lines that are hard to remove due to the soft PVC material (harder to prep imoh than metalor most companies plastics).