cfwheeler58
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Nice post, paintingpauper.
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cfwheeler58
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Truly amazing how different that head looks just in the span of those three photos
Bailey03
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Thanks, paintingpauper. Very nice post. Find a project that excites you and get back to painting! :smile:
I agree, Chris. Fixing the mouth and adding that little bit of color made a big difference.
Unfortunately nothing to show from this past weekend. What little time I had was spent assembling the Roman's body and filling gaps. Luckily I should have some more time tonight and over the rest of this week to actually paint. I've also moved the Knight of the Holy Sepulchre back on to my painting table, so hopefully I'll have updates on that project too. I was happy with how the blacks turned out on the Praetor so I'm going to try the same mix on his horse. There are a couple other figures I'm really dying to start but I'm doing my best to exercise some self control. I need to finish at least one or two of my current works in progress or else I'm just going to have a display case full of half finished figures.
I agree, Chris. Fixing the mouth and adding that little bit of color made a big difference.
Unfortunately nothing to show from this past weekend. What little time I had was spent assembling the Roman's body and filling gaps. Luckily I should have some more time tonight and over the rest of this week to actually paint. I've also moved the Knight of the Holy Sepulchre back on to my painting table, so hopefully I'll have updates on that project too. I was happy with how the blacks turned out on the Praetor so I'm going to try the same mix on his horse. There are a couple other figures I'm really dying to start but I'm doing my best to exercise some self control. I need to finish at least one or two of my current works in progress or else I'm just going to have a display case full of half finished figures.
Bailey03
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Too late, I've had one of those for quite a while now. I'm just doing my best to keep it from growing!
While I waited for the putty to cure on the Roman figure I began experimenting with the knight again. To contrast all the white on the rider I wanted to make the horse black. I was inspired by the cover art on the Scale Model Handbook Vol 2 (a version of Pegaso's Roaming Knight) and really wanted to do a similar blue-black horse. So I turned to the Black, Marine Teal, and Tanned Skin mix I came up with for the Praetor.
Just one small section done so I could see how it was going to look. The blending on this near black color is a bit of a nightmare for me, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Unfortunately there is still a whole lot of horse left to paint.
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While I waited for the putty to cure on the Roman figure I began experimenting with the knight again. To contrast all the white on the rider I wanted to make the horse black. I was inspired by the cover art on the Scale Model Handbook Vol 2 (a version of Pegaso's Roaming Knight) and really wanted to do a similar blue-black horse. So I turned to the Black, Marine Teal, and Tanned Skin mix I came up with for the Praetor.
Just one small section done so I could see how it was going to look. The blending on this near black color is a bit of a nightmare for me, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Unfortunately there is still a whole lot of horse left to paint.
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Bailey03
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Slowly making progress. I also brightened up the highlights a bit. Not sure if they need more or not. Any thoughts? I will probably start on some of the straps and metallic parts, see how the highlights look next to them.
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BloodFather of Kharnath
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The HLs will look more stunning if there is more contrasting pure black nearby.
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Black looks great not an easy color but again like jarhead says for black your painting a dark grey and white a light Creme or grey depending cool or warm. I love this black you e done and makes sense to do the harness and go from there after seeing how the colors integrate. Good luck!
Bailey I like the horse so far, but to me in these photos there's too much of a lack of textural sheen on the it.
If it were me I'd be tempted to add cautious Brown/Black highlights, then spend a few days glazing with Water Soluble Oils (you can use Sans Odour medium with them just as easily to speed up the drying) that would give enough of a sheen to the horse to make it look different.
If it were me I'd be tempted to add cautious Brown/Black highlights, then spend a few days glazing with Water Soluble Oils (you can use Sans Odour medium with them just as easily to speed up the drying) that would give enough of a sheen to the horse to make it look different.
BloodASmedium
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Im always astounded by the stuff DR comes up with I mean the explanatory info and how it's written his use of description and style of writing is worth it's weight in diamonds. Only veteran artisans of this experience can rectify Youngblood dilemmas I mean they wouldn't know all this stuff that well unless they've came across the same problems and situations many many times before. Experience once again proves to be the key to that flawless paintjob we all look to achieve. CMON blows my mind over and over because of its constituents always lending a practical helping hand to artists alike.
Demihuman
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Yeah, more highlights. I have had really good luck with the Reaper stone grey triad with some ghost white for a highlight over pure black. I feel like a sweaty black horse in the desert sun is going to be throwing of some pure white highlights. Pump the contrast. I think the horse is a really important part of the piece.
The juxtaposition between mount and rider is to me kind of the neat thing about this sculpt, the knight looks so totally tensed and then the horse is just fluid and gorgeous.
The juxtaposition between mount and rider is to me kind of the neat thing about this sculpt, the knight looks so totally tensed and then the horse is just fluid and gorgeous.
Bailey03
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Thanks, everyone. Lot's of good advice. Getting smooth transitions on white highlights is going to be tough, so I'll have to rethink my approach a bit. I know a number of people have a lot of luck with oils on horses, I'm not sure I want to try it for the first time mid project. But it's definitely something I should start experimenting with.
I put the horse on hold this past weekend and picked up one of the Andrea Warlord Saga figures. Both the knight and the 90mm Roman are long term projects and I wanted something I could finish relatively quickly. That being said, the most interesting projects are the ones that challenge us therefore I'm jumping head first into OSL with Olfo, a lantern carrying hobbit. The limit of my experience with OSL is a vaguely glowing plasma pistol on a space marine, so I'm definitely pushing myself with this figure. I started him on Saturday and by Sunday evening I'd already stripped him and began again. He needs a little more work before I take any pictures, but hopefully I'll post some in a day or two. Assuming I don't screw him up too much (or get distracted by yet another project) I'll enter him in the contest over at the 5th Dimension blog.
I put the horse on hold this past weekend and picked up one of the Andrea Warlord Saga figures. Both the knight and the 90mm Roman are long term projects and I wanted something I could finish relatively quickly. That being said, the most interesting projects are the ones that challenge us therefore I'm jumping head first into OSL with Olfo, a lantern carrying hobbit. The limit of my experience with OSL is a vaguely glowing plasma pistol on a space marine, so I'm definitely pushing myself with this figure. I started him on Saturday and by Sunday evening I'd already stripped him and began again. He needs a little more work before I take any pictures, but hopefully I'll post some in a day or two. Assuming I don't screw him up too much (or get distracted by yet another project) I'll enter him in the contest over at the 5th Dimension blog.
Bailey03
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Here's a first look at my take on Andrea Miniature's Olfo, Fast Feet. It's a 54mm figure but since he's a hobbit the figure is only about 30mm tall... so he's a bit of a mix of the two scales. He comes with two options for the left arm, either an open hand or one carrying a lantern. The second option is clearly the more interesting of the two. As I said, this is my first serious attempt at OSL so it's definitely a learning experience. I left the hand carrying the lantern off for the time being. It's not really in the way, but as I worked on the face and body I'd position him so I was looking at the section I'm painting through where the lantern should be. I think that helped me get a better grasp on shadow and highlight placement.
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The shirt and leather belts are pretty much finished. The face is close, though I'm sure I will go back in and adjust a little later. The box art had a checkerboard pattern for his pants, at least on the version without the lantern and OSL. It might be tricky but I'm tempted to try combining the pattern with the OSL. I guess we'll see if I can make it work.
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The shirt and leather belts are pretty much finished. The face is close, though I'm sure I will go back in and adjust a little later. The box art had a checkerboard pattern for his pants, at least on the version without the lantern and OSL. It might be tricky but I'm tempted to try combining the pattern with the OSL. I guess we'll see if I can make it work.
me_in_japan
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That's definitely working very nicely. As soon as I saw it I started looking for the light source, then was all "ah, he has no hand..."
