AndyG WIP (pic heavy)
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BloodFather of Kharnath
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Cool mini. First, that red beard compliments the skin tone perfectly. Reminds me of some Afghan village elders I have seen. Just the perfect shade of orange red. Next, your gold is as always the best in the biz. I like how it looks on those coin-like pieces. And good use of almost white on his head gear. Also, skin looks great but when I zoom in really close the highlights look a bit chalky. What are you using there? Not Ivory, is it?
Ive been using VMC smoke for my gold lately. There's a small example of this on my WIP. It's essentially a blackish brown, which I subdue somewhat with a matt med. Do you feel this is an acceptable replacement for the black you use in your own formula? I think I've seen you use brown to shade your gold in the past. What was your strategy there? Tango mike (thanks much)
edit-On second look, the chalkiness isn't there.
Ive been using VMC smoke for my gold lately. There's a small example of this on my WIP. It's essentially a blackish brown, which I subdue somewhat with a matt med. Do you feel this is an acceptable replacement for the black you use in your own formula? I think I've seen you use brown to shade your gold in the past. What was your strategy there? Tango mike (thanks much)
edit-On second look, the chalkiness isn't there.
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AndyG
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To be honest BFK there is some chalkiness, I've been fighting the skin on this mini and every step has been a struggle. Anyway nearly finished got the base to do yet and a little bit of cleaning up. Not my best mini paint job but I need to get the painting done to deal with the stress of RL at the moment.
Demihuman
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I have heard that you can fix chalkiness by doing a coat of gloss varnish followed by matte varnish but I haven't been able to get it to really work. Maybe someone else knows the trick? My Reaper mid green, Leaf Green, always breaks when I thin it. I find myself just using it for base coating and then shading with the light and dark greens. The Reaper Pine Green is a awesome dark green FWIW.
That beard is a tad bright to me. Not sure if you are finished there or what. Real life is more crazy than normal for me to right now, so my 'mini painting' is reduced to forum lurking. I have big hopes for the fall though!
That beard is a tad bright to me. Not sure if you are finished there or what. Real life is more crazy than normal for me to right now, so my 'mini painting' is reduced to forum lurking. I have big hopes for the fall though!
BloodFather of Kharnath
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If he is using VMC Ivory he won't get any chalkiness in any white based highlight, but he knows this 
Wrong colours Andy.
SkelettetS
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Coolio to see an update here I dig it!
I dig it! Now here we talking constructive criticism lol
Darthmarsh
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Sorry DR but I disagree. I really like the colour palette Andy. I think it really helps to illustrate the character's inhuman nature.
Sionid
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Oh man, I love that bust. Digging the contrast between the reddish-purple-brown in the hair and the cool grays in the skin, it looks natural but vivid. The detailed cheek/jaw highlighting on the left side of the face (his left, I guess) is really effective-he goes from almost cartoonish to Very Serious Business Bust.
