Alexi Z wins Chicago GD

[Bill]

Originally posted by cdukino

Originally posted by Bill
Yep. Fantastic stuff as always :wow: The NMM on Gandalf\'s sword is my favourite detail. I noticed, on the Gimli 360 view, that Gimli is done in metallics. You can see the reflections moving. Yet still, with NMM and metallics together, the squad looks awesome. Awe-inspiring work Natalya, congratulations!

~Bill

Are you sure they are mixed, NMM and metallics? I have a strong feeling they aren\'t. I think it is all metalics and no NMM at all eventhough we are used to NMM from Natalya (brilliant NMM at that).

Congrats girl. Great looking group you made there

I\'m not sure, no. But here are my theories

Well, if you lok at the 360º view of gimli, he is undoubtedly done in metallics. You can see the reflections changing, if you look at his shoulderpad for instance.
However... if you look at the squad 360º, the reflection seems to change a bit on gandalf\'s sword... but that\'s some funny metallics if it is ??? However, if it\'s NMM it\'s unique as well. I\'ve never seen the two-tone effect before.

In that photo you can see that gimli looks kind of different from the others...Maybe you\'re right, I don\'t know. Natalya\'s metallics style is executed similarly to her NMM:

I certainly find it hard to tell on that one. Then, her new Chaos terminator guy is similarly intriguing (I think this one is metallics):

They\'re awesome anyway, but it is interesting to speculate :innocent: Maybe Natalya has come up with metals that are as smooth as her NMM :wow:

Cheers

~Bill

 

[Alexi Z]

Yes, I paint metallics with NMM effects.

 

[darkartminiatures]

WOW! you paint a relatively flat red on the termies but they still looks amazing. I love them.

 

[Banshee]

i am not agree... it is not a flat red.. the volumes are extraordinary well achieved.. iut is lighted in a natural centoatñl source light.. not like games workshop style.. that it ois not real.. lights everywhere is nit the right way, and here all the volumes are so weel repesentated.. instead i would like to see here more contrast, but well anyway..

and about metallics with an nmm way of doing..it is noirmal..with that you are doing a real metallica, cause you use metallic pigments but doing with that thecnic, and mixing with normal mate colours, what you acieve is to force the eye to capt the shine that you want to show. cause where you put normal colour inside the metallic part you made a very big contrast, and that contrast works as an artificial shine that obly you to look to that point