An officer and a gentleman. Possibly.
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OK, so a bit of an update on this fella.
I wanted to have his main uniform fatigues a regular military khaki (Green) so I decided to have his carapace a lighter colour...
So I basecoated it with snakebite...
Only I\'m not sure what to blend in as highlights... I tried bleached bone on one of his shoulder pads, so let me know what you think.
Then I also tried a little OSL on the plasma pistol. I decided to keep it fairly understated tho...
I wanted to have his main uniform fatigues a regular military khaki (Green) so I decided to have his carapace a lighter colour...
So I basecoated it with snakebite...
Only I\'m not sure what to blend in as highlights... I tried bleached bone on one of his shoulder pads, so let me know what you think.
Then I also tried a little OSL on the plasma pistol. I decided to keep it fairly understated tho...
So far so good mate, and good to see you painting again after the trouble with your peepers earlier on in the year!
The OSL looks cool, I personally would have taken the plasma light source a touch brighter but thats just personal preference. As it is now however, it does look nice and subtle, which is what you were after!
The only bit that would give me cause for concern ATM is the armoured shoulder highlighting. The blends from the darker brown to the more orangey brown are well done (although I can\'t help feeling a highlight and hot spot would sit there IRL). My main worry is the khaki/bone edging. It looks too stark, especially as the other colour is blended well. I also think its too thick and would work better as an extreme highlight.
Keep up the good work Dan, and hope my rant has been helpful, as intended.
The OSL looks cool, I personally would have taken the plasma light source a touch brighter but thats just personal preference. As it is now however, it does look nice and subtle, which is what you were after!
The only bit that would give me cause for concern ATM is the armoured shoulder highlighting. The blends from the darker brown to the more orangey brown are well done (although I can\'t help feeling a highlight and hot spot would sit there IRL). My main worry is the khaki/bone edging. It looks too stark, especially as the other colour is blended well. I also think its too thick and would work better as an extreme highlight.
Keep up the good work Dan, and hope my rant has been helpful, as intended.
Course it has OD.
The shoulderpad was an experiment - I\'m not sure I\'m gonna have it Snakebite-Bleached, but I see what you mean. Looking at the pic it does look quite thick.
Only thing is, I don\'t know what other colours would work well with the khaki... I want the plating to be lighter than the fatigues, so snakebite is really as dark as I wanna go...
The shoulderpad was an experiment - I\'m not sure I\'m gonna have it Snakebite-Bleached, but I see what you mean. Looking at the pic it does look quite thick.
Only thing is, I don\'t know what other colours would work well with the khaki... I want the plating to be lighter than the fatigues, so snakebite is really as dark as I wanna go...
