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BloodFather's Axis of Chaos
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Demihuman
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Where the fuck is the save point??? Haha
Seriously though yellow is the complimentary to purple so how about some nice heavy yellow freehand all over your purple?
;-)
BloodFather of Kharnath
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That's the problem, it only lets you save the point of your last gallery submission. 
Thanks for the input DH. My thinking on yellow as a freehand color is that I read somewhere that using a basic complementary, while very natural and good looking, can at times look very rudimentary to the eyes, and isn't as powerful as some other forms of contrast in color. Because of this, I am choosing to go with a split complimentary. This means I take the colors on either side of the complimentary color. So, for violet this is green-yellow and Orange yellow. The latter is seen in the gold I am using, based in snakebite leather which empowers an orangey gold. I will be painting all of the leaves on the figure green and then glazing yellow onto parts of them. Also, the highlights of the cloth are more of a red-violet, whose direct compliment is this green-yellow which also convinced me to use this color.
However, I don't plan to use either split complimentary color in my freehand. Instead, I plan to use the red-violet color you see in his clothes and paint the cape this color. Then, I'll add white to this mix and freehand in this color. This way the freehand is subtle and it is easier to trick the eye of I am putting down a complex, tiny pattern. This also makes sense because of the heavy folds in the cape.
Sorry so descriptive here, just want to give some insight to yourself and others into my process.
Thanks for the input DH. My thinking on yellow as a freehand color is that I read somewhere that using a basic complementary, while very natural and good looking, can at times look very rudimentary to the eyes, and isn't as powerful as some other forms of contrast in color. Because of this, I am choosing to go with a split complimentary. This means I take the colors on either side of the complimentary color. So, for violet this is green-yellow and Orange yellow. The latter is seen in the gold I am using, based in snakebite leather which empowers an orangey gold. I will be painting all of the leaves on the figure green and then glazing yellow onto parts of them. Also, the highlights of the cloth are more of a red-violet, whose direct compliment is this green-yellow which also convinced me to use this color.
However, I don't plan to use either split complimentary color in my freehand. Instead, I plan to use the red-violet color you see in his clothes and paint the cape this color. Then, I'll add white to this mix and freehand in this color. This way the freehand is subtle and it is easier to trick the eye of I am putting down a complex, tiny pattern. This also makes sense because of the heavy folds in the cape.
Sorry so descriptive here, just want to give some insight to yourself and others into my process.
Darthmarsh
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Makes perfect sense. He looks awesome and I think a white freehand rose vine (or whatever you do) will be perfect
AndyG
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Looking very good indeed now BFK!
Ok praise aside (and it does deserve it believe me!) lets politely point out areas to improve.
Ok the first thing that springs out is that on the more prominent edges of the armour on the breast plate you need more white specular highlites. Don't go mad less is more and all that but they definitely need doing.
Also with the armour you need to carefully pull the mid tone a little further to the shaded area very thin and only a moist brush don't flood it!
Scratches and dents dont forget em they add texture and depth to the armour think about em carefully yet again less is more and think were the armour would receive more blows and carefully place em and don't mess up the highlite glint position on it; nothing looks better than a well placed scratch but conversely a badly done one looks dreadful so be careful.
Purple needs to be on the under-lit side of the armour never on the top sides as it will be washed out by the sky sun light so again careful placement think the shadow regions and only next to the cloth not too far away. Also one good tip is to over do the blue glaze on the top side for the sky and then go back over with a thin pure white glaze so the blue just peeks through have a look at the leg on my female paladin you'll see what I mean.
Free hand carefully practice first get what you want and do it faintly and bring it up gently.
That's about it. Oh one more thing the edges of the gold feathers on the helmet need edge highlighting pure white as they will catch a lot of light also you need to carefully increase the contrast in the shadow areas but gentle!!
Ok praise aside (and it does deserve it believe me!) lets politely point out areas to improve.
Ok the first thing that springs out is that on the more prominent edges of the armour on the breast plate you need more white specular highlites. Don't go mad less is more and all that but they definitely need doing.
Also with the armour you need to carefully pull the mid tone a little further to the shaded area very thin and only a moist brush don't flood it!
Scratches and dents dont forget em they add texture and depth to the armour think about em carefully yet again less is more and think were the armour would receive more blows and carefully place em and don't mess up the highlite glint position on it; nothing looks better than a well placed scratch but conversely a badly done one looks dreadful so be careful.
Purple needs to be on the under-lit side of the armour never on the top sides as it will be washed out by the sky sun light so again careful placement think the shadow regions and only next to the cloth not too far away. Also one good tip is to over do the blue glaze on the top side for the sky and then go back over with a thin pure white glaze so the blue just peeks through have a look at the leg on my female paladin you'll see what I mean.
Free hand carefully practice first get what you want and do it faintly and bring it up gently.
That's about it. Oh one more thing the edges of the gold feathers on the helmet need edge highlighting pure white as they will catch a lot of light also you need to carefully increase the contrast in the shadow areas but gentle!!
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Precisely what I needed Andy, thank you my friend! The part about purple only on the undersides because it'd be washed out on the top was genius and will be noted! Let me just say that I always take inspiration from your work, and that most of what Ive learned up until now has come from you! Can tell you are a lecturer/teacher, that's for sure. I humbly ask that you continue to monitor my progress. Thank you again my friend!
BloodFather of Kharnath
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As slow as I've been at finishing this, my masterpiece , I am about to drive 3,000 miles to Florida from Washington state. Won't get in until about 22 June. Though I am bringing painting supplies on the road, not sure that I'll be able to paint much. I do have some wicked freehand designs for his cape planned for the future though so keep an eye out.
So all I can do now, hobby related, is pester you folks on CMoN for the next two weeks. I trust you'll all keep me entertained with your lovely projects. AndyG will probably get his Flower Knight and finish it before I cross the state line, so I curse him with many mold lines. I am going to spend all the time in the car brainstorming a good base for this guy! Help in this department is always appreciated. Cheers!
, I am about to drive 3,000 miles to Florida from Washington state. Won't get in until about 22 June. Though I am bringing painting supplies on the road, not sure that I'll be able to paint much. I do have some wicked freehand designs for his cape planned for the future though so keep an eye out. So all I can do now, hobby related, is pester you folks on CMoN for the next two weeks. I trust you'll all keep me entertained with your lovely projects. AndyG will probably get his Flower Knight and finish it before I cross the state line
, so I curse him with many mold lines. I am going to spend all the time in the car brainstorming a good base for this guy! Help in this department is always appreciated. Cheers!
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Gandalf the Grey
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Good luck with the trip mate and hurry back safely.
Darthmarsh
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That's a very long way!! Safe journey mate.
Scherdy
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Safe trip for you guys! Selfishly sad you're leaving the local painting group we just got started but glad you're getting to relax on the beach and do something you love! Go and live the dream for the rest of us . Hopefully we'll meet up again in the future for a con of some sort! All the best wishes for a good dude!
. Hopefully we'll meet up again in the future for a con of some sort! All the best wishes for a good dude!
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Yes yes crystal brush crystal brush. Btw please drive safe !!! And stat alert and take rest when needed!! Godspeed.
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Thank you everyone for the well wishes. I did it, made it to the Emerald Coast of Florida, satisying a very old dream for me and my family. My household goods are about 4-5 days behind, but nevertheless I still have a decent amount of painting supplies, acrylics and oils on hand.
Got a package today. Some of y'all may have seen my thread elsewhere discussing my ambitious plans to use silver leaf gilding on metallics, instead of tradition TMM or NMM. First I will prime like normal. Then I will put down what is called a size-a glue- on all of the armor pieces. One must wait around an hour for the size to become tacky, or properly sticky, at which point I'll lay down the silver leaf. Finally, I'll burnish the silver in places I wish to highlight by rubbing the leaf with an agate stone, and I'll tone and glaze the recesses and shadows by utilizing antiquing methods with oil paints.
Here is a of the bust, my very first. Bailey03 was kind enough to have researched and found this bust for me, one which qualified as a good project for metallic gilding techniques. I'll begin painting and gilding this bad boy AFTER finishing the Flower Knight. I love this scale and can't wait to paint that face...
Got a package today. Some of y'all may have seen my thread elsewhere discussing my ambitious plans to use silver leaf gilding on metallics, instead of tradition TMM or NMM. First I will prime like normal. Then I will put down what is called a size-a glue- on all of the armor pieces. One must wait around an hour for the size to become tacky, or properly sticky, at which point I'll lay down the silver leaf. Finally, I'll burnish the silver in places I wish to highlight by rubbing the leaf with an agate stone, and I'll tone and glaze the recesses and shadows by utilizing antiquing methods with oil paints.
Here is a of the bust, my very first. Bailey03 was kind enough to have researched and found this bust for me, one which qualified as a good project for metallic gilding techniques. I'll begin painting and gilding this bad boy AFTER finishing the Flower Knight. I love this scale and can't wait to paint that face...
Gandalf the Grey
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Welcome back, pleased you travelled there safely.
im also pleased the flower knight has not stopped. Your new project looks interesting, I saw the discussion on P&P. It will look stunning if you can get this right.
im also pleased the flower knight has not stopped. Your new project looks interesting, I saw the discussion on P&P. It will look stunning if you can get this right.
Bailey03
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Sweet, that cast/sculpt looks great. Should be a good project to try out the metal foil approach (though those rivets may be a bit of a headache). You definitely seem interested in techniques that can work well on those bigger figures. My opinion is if you're painting for display/competition/fun (basically anything other than painting to game with), why limit yourself to just 28mm scale? I know you've also been playing with oils, do you think you'll try to use those for his face too?
