Deathwing

[Pomba]

Hi all, I had a problem with making good photos of my minis, and like someone said macro mode will see what our eyes cant..

That person was right, again i try to paint a model that needs much blending ( Yeah i have to like a very hard army to paint ;P), a Terminator of the Dark Angels chapter.
I made a test and it looked nice in real....but now on the photo i just say no comment

Maybe someone can help me here what to do to get a smoother blend or something...after making a photo I just want to throw it away in trash and I am scared to paint my converted nice minis.

http://imageshack.us/f/856/20120421434.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/f/256/20120421433.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/f/687/20120421432.jpg/

This are the photos with other light sources
I would be greatfull for some tips.

 

[RuneBrush]

I don't think they look too bad? However I was distracted by the enormous mold like running down the leg...

 

[Pomba]

this isnt an actual model hehe its just spare legs for the test

 

[freakinacage]

Yeah but still, that mould line....

 

[Willdorling]

Hi pomba,

Mould line aside I have a couple of suggestions.

Purely on blending we'd need to know what method you are using. Transparency or wet blending?

For me the paint job is already reasonable, the colours you have chosen are difficult as the contrast is great. Sometimes the area you are working is too small to achieve a great blend so then the placement of the colour, highlit and shadows take precedent over a perfect blend.

My mai suggestion would be to look at where you place your brightest highlights. When I look at the hip plat and bottom plate you look to be going for the edge highlighting technique. Placing ever brighter layers towards the edges of the plates?? If that is the case you maybe want to keep the highlighted areas a bit tighter. I think this technique really comes into its own with very smooth edges, shallow shadows and very bright final edge highlights.

In real life sections of plate would not catch light in this. The other alternative is to try a naturally lighted approach. I am doing this on my spacemarines in my wip and I am copying arsies amazing ultramarines in the gallery....although this technique is used by many. It looks way more contrasty and I think would look super on deathwing!

final note - don't do anything with your converted minis until you are comfortable and remember keep those paints thinned down.

Cheers
will

 

[Pomba]

Thx Will for the advice.

I took spare legs from terminator to train a bit, because i have converted Space Hulk ones and dont want to spoil them hehe

Here I used first coat of black, next bestial brown to get it brighter, next layer was bubonic brown ( then i used on them flesh wash but i prefer after next try wash with bestial brown it just looks better and more matt like )

Next for the highlights I mixed bubonic brown with bleached bone after it dried i used only bleached bone ( for both layers i watterred it down pretty much)
Last highlits was wattered donw bleached bone with skull white mix and small line of skull white on the edges.

I think now that i should leave it with bleached bone + skull white as last highlit, but still for example i like the style where people make ( especially on the parts that trouble me the most like the bigger leg parts or shoulders etc) that it looks like it is brown the main colour and highlighted a bit to the cream colour, but still i cant imagine that i would make it good. ( the same with the painting that looks like it has a lightsource, artistic style or something)

Im just looking for some tutorials on other methods so i can get a better note than 6,4 ( like my deathwing lord) and especially that the mini would look better on the photo and most important to get more skilled and not stand in one place all this time

 

[Pomba]

http://www.coolminiornot.com/305056

This is my first termi after some training hope you like it any comments apriciated

Made the blending by wathering the paints , one thing i must work is gold effect like non metallic metal but with normal metallic paints ( I made it on Maluss coldone but on smaller areas is harder ;P)