Need resources to take it to the next level.

[Paintatron1000]

As the title says, I am looking for any sources online that will help me on my path to golden demon glory. Anything that you have found I could not, or from your vast knowledge. Anything that helps with anything from light sourcing true metals. I am currently at a high level of painting and am looking to expand on it with some advanced techniques, with the amount of skilled artist on the boards I thought here was my best bet to learn some new tricks.

Thanks for the time, and I\'m not afraid of some heavy reading.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Check the article section. There is a wealth of information there, ranging from beginer topics to advanced.

 

[matty1001]

Best thing to do is post one of your paintjobs either in the WIP or Submission section and ask for loads of advice on how to improve.

 

[Einion]

Slow down; get used to the idea that a paintjob takes as long as it takes.

Practice every day, or as close as you can manage.

The best sculpts (and casts) are the best canvas for a good paintjob - when you\'re really good you can go some way towards making a sow\'s ear look like a silk purse, but it\'s best to start with something that already looks like a silk purse.

Be your own harshest critic, so much so that nobody can throw a legitimate critique at something you\'ve painted you won\'t already have thought of.

Don\'t let criticism - your own or others\' - stop you from producing new work (this is really tough).

It\'s okay to stop, decide something\'s not going well and start again, even strip back to bare metal and work from scratch. But on the other hand working through something that didn\'t go quite as you were hoping has its upside - you have something concrete on the shelf to show a given stage of development and to compare current work to, to gauge improved. Stripping too readily is as bad as never having the resolve to strip, even when you know you probably should.

If you don\'t already have some get some top-class Kolinsky brushes. If you\'re in the US Dick Blick currently have Da Vinci Maestros at 50-58% off list. Their own-brand brushes, here, are also very good.

Originally posted by Paintatron1000
I am currently at a high level of painting...

What do you class as \'a high level\'?

Originally posted by Paintatron1000
...and I\'m not afraid of some heavy reading.

If you want to learn about colour, vision and perception and colour theory/\'colour theory\' then I\'d recommend reading virtually all of this section of the Handprint site; put aside a good month or more to absorb it. You\'ll probably find you still need to refer back to it periodically over the next months or years.

Einion

 

[Paintatron1000]

yeah, I have already checked out the articles and there are some real gems but am looking to expand further and my current knowledge. As for my meaning a high level I class myself as close to being at the \'eavy metal team from GW. My aim now is to refine my painting with new techniques and any piece of information I can lay my hands on, but can\'t seem to find any good example to follow. So any web sites or blogs would be good even titles of good books would be fantastic.

thanks, again.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Paintatron1000
As for my meaning a high level I class myself as close to being at the \'eavy metal team from GW.

This is going to sound (read) badly but going by the items in your gallery....No you are not at the \'Eavy Metal teams level.
By those photographs if they are an indication of the level you are consistantly painting at you still have quite a way to go.

While the work is neat, clean and acurate there is still a great deal of highlighting which could be done to improve the overall appearance of the minis. For example the Blues on your Ultramarines show little or no highlighting and while the metals look decent the overall lack of shadow/highlight contrast makes the mini look somewhat flat.

Start to work on improving the depth of colour shading through to the range and placement of highlights on mini\'s and you\'ll be on the right road.


@Einion. Thanks for the watercolour link. Added that to my favourites.

 

[Paintatron1000]

Well yes, I would have to agree with you there. The images date back about a year and were for gaming with hence the solid blue. Which was actually wet blended, but didn\'t take well in the photos. Otherwise I have been unable to find any really valuable articles, apart for a dvd called Miniature Mentor painting tutorials if anyone on the boards has had any luck and can comment on its worth.

thanks, again.

 

[Manus]

I\'d say if you already know what is in the articles section you should be able to produce some stunning looking minis. Post some of the stuff as matty said and then you can get advice on the little details you need to improve.