Bailey03's WIP
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BloodASmedium
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Your the king of painting minis..wether hist or fantasy/sci-fi...doesn't matter the king is the king...I was thinking about the fallen angel without the wings two days ago...and you just mentioned it....great minds think quite the same. I didn't say anything cause if your anything like me painting the same models over is a bit of a drag...but it def works....although I like the buxom pixie you picked without the wings would work best IMHO!!! Great work on the dragoon Che Bella!!!
Bailey03
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Thanks, guys. Yeah, I'm excited to start the diorama. The centaur doesn't ship until the end of next month and I've got a couple projects I need to finish first, but I hope to at least start the initial phases soon. Since the figures will be interacting, I'll need to build most of the base and get the figures positioned correctly before I start any painting. So I can at least get going on that while I paint other projects.
Did a bit more on the Dragoon this weekend. Took care of the gloves and then I smoothed out the shine on the horse hair crest. Still need to do the little bit on the front of the helmet, but I took a break and started messing around with the cord detail. I'm pretty happy with how that looks, so I will clean it up a bit and then do the rest of it. I hope to wrap up the figure in the next week or so, but the base will take a bit longer. We've got our local Los Angeles figure show coming up in early April, so I want to have this ready to enter in that.
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Did a bit more on the Dragoon this weekend. Took care of the gloves and then I smoothed out the shine on the horse hair crest. Still need to do the little bit on the front of the helmet, but I took a break and started messing around with the cord detail. I'm pretty happy with how that looks, so I will clean it up a bit and then do the rest of it. I hope to wrap up the figure in the next week or so, but the base will take a bit longer. We've got our local Los Angeles figure show coming up in early April, so I want to have this ready to enter in that.
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Bailey03
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Thanks, SaintToad. Yup, it's supposed to be leopard skin.
On another topic, I just posted a step by step on how I did the Saxon warrior over at FigureMentors. I had meant to write this article some time ago (had taken all the pictures and everything), but got side tracked and never actually put it together. I go into quite a bit of detail on how I did the whole piece, so I hope you will find it informative!
http://figurementors.com/step-by-step-painting-of-a-54mm-saxon-warrior
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On another topic, I just posted a step by step on how I did the Saxon warrior over at FigureMentors. I had meant to write this article some time ago (had taken all the pictures and everything), but got side tracked and never actually put it together. I go into quite a bit of detail on how I did the whole piece, so I hope you will find it informative!
http://figurementors.com/step-by-step-painting-of-a-54mm-saxon-warrior
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fluisterwoud
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The leopard print on the helmet is very well done, horse hair looks awesome too. The article is great too, always enjoy reading how you go about your projects.
Bailey03
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I did a bit more on the Dragoon over the weekend. I smoothed out the work on the cord and continued with the rest of those bits and the epaulets. Then I wrapped up the last bit of horse hair on the top of the helmet and started working on the boots. The left one is just sketched in, but his right one is essentially finished.
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I'm going to do a short write up on how I do the shiny black for the boots. The short version is I start by sketching in the spots where I want the shine and then I gradually work/blend them back down to black. I then go back in with some whites to bring out the top lights. I'll share the link to the more detailed version once I get it written and posted over on FigureMentors. In the meantime, here's a peak at the SBS photos...
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I'm going to do a short write up on how I do the shiny black for the boots. The short version is I start by sketching in the spots where I want the shine and then I gradually work/blend them back down to black. I then go back in with some whites to bring out the top lights. I'll share the link to the more detailed version once I get it written and posted over on FigureMentors. In the meantime, here's a peak at the SBS photos...
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Octavian80
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Looking really good, like always haha. Really looking forward to that tutorial on the boots. It just baffles me how you get from the blocked in shadows and highlights to the smoothed out awesome looking final product. So awesome!
BloodASmedium
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Bails -YOU ROCK MATEY!!!
SaintToad
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Looks amazing, Bailey. It's incredible how you give each textile surface not only its own color, lighting, whatever, but also pay such close attention to the way each type of material reflects light, etc. It's really mesmerizing.
With that jeweler's vice you prefer, do you pick it up & twist it around or tend to let it rest on the table as you paint? I bought one but haven't really used it for painting yet. I am eager for my figures to look more like yours, though...
With that jeweler's vice you prefer, do you pick it up & twist it around or tend to let it rest on the table as you paint? I bought one but haven't really used it for painting yet. I am eager for my figures to look more like yours, though...
Bailey03
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Thanks, everyone.
SaintToad, yeah, that's what I've been attempting to do. It's definitely been something that has developed over time and a whole lot of figures. For a very long time I was just concerned with getting decent highlights and shadows. But, now that I've at least got a handle on that (never quite perfect, but good enough), I'm starting to pay more attention to texture and reflectiveness of the surface. Ideally the lights/shadows will look differently on cloth or skin or leather. That's definitely something that I've recently been trying to achieve on my pieces.
For the jewelers vice, I normally use one that has a handle. I grabbed this picture off Amazon. I've got an old jar that I can set it in, so the figure is upright when I'm not holding it (though I normally do hold it while I paint). The handle also screws off so I can just set the clamp/vice part down when I take photos. I've also got on that can be mounted to the bench, but I normally only use that for very special cases (like freehand, where I might want both of my hands free to work on the figure). For people who have shaky hands, which is definitely more common with age, the table mounted one might work better as they can use both hands to steady the brush. Luckily that's not something I've had to deal with yet, but I'm sure one day!
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On a different topic, I've finished with the write up on painting the shiny/reflective black for the boots. Hopefully will get it posted in the next day or so. I'll share the link here as soon as it's up. In the meantime, here's a bigger image of the early sketch next to the final version.
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SaintToad, yeah, that's what I've been attempting to do. It's definitely been something that has developed over time and a whole lot of figures. For a very long time I was just concerned with getting decent highlights and shadows. But, now that I've at least got a handle on that (never quite perfect, but good enough), I'm starting to pay more attention to texture and reflectiveness of the surface. Ideally the lights/shadows will look differently on cloth or skin or leather. That's definitely something that I've recently been trying to achieve on my pieces.
For the jewelers vice, I normally use one that has a handle. I grabbed this picture off Amazon. I've got an old jar that I can set it in, so the figure is upright when I'm not holding it (though I normally do hold it while I paint). The handle also screws off so I can just set the clamp/vice part down when I take photos. I've also got on that can be mounted to the bench, but I normally only use that for very special cases (like freehand, where I might want both of my hands free to work on the figure). For people who have shaky hands, which is definitely more common with age, the table mounted one might work better as they can use both hands to steady the brush. Luckily that's not something I've had to deal with yet, but I'm sure one day!
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On a different topic, I've finished with the write up on painting the shiny/reflective black for the boots. Hopefully will get it posted in the next day or so. I'll share the link here as soon as it's up. In the meantime, here's a bigger image of the early sketch next to the final version.
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Bailey03
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Hey, the full tutorial is up here in case anyone is interested: http://figurementors.com/painting-a-shiny-black-with-matte-paints
Octavian80
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Awesome Bailey! Thank you so much! You're aces!
meaty_nosebleeds
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awesome man! thank you so much!!
Bailey03
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I finished off the black on this other boot (though as I look at the pictures, I can see one or two areas that I want to adjust). I've also started with some base coating on the groundwork. I envisioned the column as a white stone, so what you see is darker than the end result will be. I base coated the stones with four different shades to hopefully create some subtle variation in the end. With the figure just about done, this will be my main focus now.
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Oh, and here's a more zoomed out view
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Oh, and here's a more zoomed out view
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