Hi everyone, here is my latest miniature for your viewing pleasure.
A few days ago i was looking through the Ravage Mix Open magazine and thinking what it was that these painters had that made thier models so amazing. The main factor I noticed was they all had a very strong sense of light direction and the use of shading to create immense depth.
So in my quest to better my painting skills and move into the more realistic painting style I decided to ask a few questions.
A few days ago Anders (Ritual) had given an explanation on how light reacts on different surfaces over at World Of Minis. So i thought who better to ask than the fella who knows his stuff!
Then i started PMing Anders with a range of colour theory questions and begun to create an understanding of colour use and tonal depth.
This then became a series of WIPs in which Anders helped explain where to apply colours and which colours to choose.
All shading and shadows are painted and not a trick of my lamp! And iv overcame the intimidation of using black and white for extreme low/high lights (EricJ manages this style expertly)
With all this going on, i decieded to paint a model which really showed the struggle of the 40K universe, the never ending war over pieces of desolate land.
So please enjoy my Death Korps Commander:
CMoN VOTING LINK
And last but not least a HUGE thanks to Anders for his patience and help. A big cheers to Eric Johns (whose stuff i looked at alot whilst painting this) and all the painters who were featured in the Ravage magazine. You all help me push my skills to the next levels.
A few days ago i was looking through the Ravage Mix Open magazine and thinking what it was that these painters had that made thier models so amazing. The main factor I noticed was they all had a very strong sense of light direction and the use of shading to create immense depth.
So in my quest to better my painting skills and move into the more realistic painting style I decided to ask a few questions.
A few days ago Anders (Ritual) had given an explanation on how light reacts on different surfaces over at World Of Minis. So i thought who better to ask than the fella who knows his stuff!
Then i started PMing Anders with a range of colour theory questions and begun to create an understanding of colour use and tonal depth.
This then became a series of WIPs in which Anders helped explain where to apply colours and which colours to choose.
All shading and shadows are painted and not a trick of my lamp! And iv overcame the intimidation of using black and white for extreme low/high lights (EricJ manages this style expertly)
With all this going on, i decieded to paint a model which really showed the struggle of the 40K universe, the never ending war over pieces of desolate land.
So please enjoy my Death Korps Commander:
CMoN VOTING LINK
And last but not least a HUGE thanks to Anders for his patience and help. A big cheers to Eric Johns (whose stuff i looked at alot whilst painting this) and all the painters who were featured in the Ravage magazine. You all help me push my skills to the next levels.
The base is fantastic too - I really like the dirty snow. Only thing I would improve is perhaps the back of his coat, the highlights look a little stark. Other than that, an amazing piece of work - definitely my favorite from you so far. Your improvement since you joined this site has been staggering, a real pleasure to see. Voted and commented! :drunk:
