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Zab
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I just find she wears to much mascara
Nonsense. THIS is too much mascara...
by ElisabethAnna of deviant art
Demihuman
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Bailey, thanks for the info. I think I am going to snooze the wraith lord for now. Instead I started a sepia tone Reaper Bones Cthuloid monster. Probably won't be a strong entry but I want to support the contest. Also a good opportunity to brush up on some different techniques. For big organic monsters I like to use washes. I want to paint the Kroxigor with a similar style.
Teronus, you are right, the line under her eye is a tiny bit heavy and dark, but I decided it was to risky to try and fix it.
Teronus, you are right, the line under her eye is a tiny bit heavy and dark, but I decided it was to risky to try and fix it.
Zab
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Cool! I look forward to seeing that I'm painting up some of my Loka chess pawns in monochrome and if they turn out nice I'll likely enter too. At the very least I'll have a few pieces from the set to reference when I get back to painting the rest Just wanted something quick and low pressure to do while I await my NOFC charity stuff.
I'm painting up some of my Loka chess pawns in monochrome and if they turn out nice I'll likely enter too. At the very least I'll have a few pieces from the set to reference when I get back to painting the rest Just wanted something quick and low pressure to do while I await my NOFC charity stuff.
Demihuman
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Here's what i went with for Dark Age Mini's, I figure they are all pretty unique to the Dark Age line but will also make good cross over minis for RPG's The Dragryi particularly screams D&D to me. Maybe a Giant Githyanki? I Have also seen soem really cool PJ's on the brood gazelle. Maybe a Zebra scheme? Core robot is a pretty weird looking sculpt that will also make a great scifi monster.
Demihuman
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And here are some wip shots of my Bones Cthulhu guy for the monochrome contest. Pretty happy with him for a bout 2-3 hours total He's gonna make a great game piece for the crew. Speaking of which I got some gaming in this week. I have to say it's pretty great inspiration. Makes me want to paint faster. We played D&D 5th edition. which is actually very well done. Nice and streamlined for good story telling and fast combat.
He's gonna make a great game piece for the crew. Speaking of which I got some gaming in this week. I have to say it's pretty great inspiration. Makes me want to paint faster. We played D&D 5th edition. which is actually very well done. Nice and streamlined for good story telling and fast combat. 
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Streamlined, you say? I tend to like very advanced, complicated, and deep rules. Especially with my D&D and my strategy type games. Not necessarily complicated but a broad rule set that covers a ton of races and classes and sub classes. Not just rules for fighters, but rules for Beastmasters, Soldiers, or Berserkers. And these sub classes don't just have a combination of proficiencies that make them what they are, but actually entire unique abilities and sub sections which make up the class. I digress, but I just hope that this new system isn't too generic. Although I haven't played since 2nd edition, I'd like to get involved again.
The monochrome is nice though and really challenging I bet. You painted that fairly quickly to still keep those good transitions. I really wanted to take part in this but my idea was to do the little Jewish girl making her way through the rubble of a ghetto, surrounded by Nazis and other Jews. Though her jacket is a bright red. You know, Schindler's List. There's no way I'd have the time though.
The monochrome is nice though and really challenging I bet. You painted that fairly quickly to still keep those good transitions. I really wanted to take part in this but my idea was to do the little Jewish girl making her way through the rubble of a ghetto, surrounded by Nazis and other Jews. Though her jacket is a bright red. You know, Schindler's List. There's no way I'd have the time though.
Demihuman
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Thanks guys.
KB, I am starting to get a better feel for the Bones minis I might try to pick up a few more. I also have the pathfinder Dragon, and it's pretty cool. My process for the Bones minis is to remove as much mold line and flash as I can with a new xacto blade, wash thoroughly in hot soapy water, LT dry, and primer black with Reaper brush on primer through the airbrush. Then try to work in some shadows and highlights with the airbrush.
Moe, Pathfinder is an open license version of about 3.5 D&D. Basically the inheritor of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
BFOK, 4th Edition is for you! It's basically a wargame where you play a individual. It's all about setting up combo's, dialing in your gear and abilities and managing your healing. I think it drew pretty heavily on World of Warcraft, but is turn based, obviously. It is the game that got me to miniature painting, that and getting hit by a car which had me laid up for few weeks. I love 4th edition, but all my RPG buddies few like it is too combat oriented. Maybe I am a wargamer in an RPG'ers body...
5th edition really harkens back to the original basic D&D, there is still classes and races, but everything comes down to just a handful of rolls and the choices you make for your character are more important then how you tune them. Of course I have only played a few games in the system. I am sure people will find exploits soon enough.
Okay here is what I am thinking about going with for the monochrome contest. I will have a non-shopped photo as well but this is my idea:
Cool Mini (Photo) or Not?
I am getting prep work done on teh Kroxigors as well. I wanted to do a pretty simple cracked mud surface on the bases. I thought this would be a good way to show off the sculpting on the bases that they came with, but still have more interest than ballast. My original plan was to use crackle medium but it kept coming out bad and had a lot of trouble sticking. So I found this tute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWwCCbVYI6g
that uses egg shells to make a cracked mud look and that's what I went with. It was surprisingly easy. The hardest part so far has been sanding the egg shells back done to the bevel edge of the bases. Egg shells are hard and delicate... Who knew?
KB, I am starting to get a better feel for the Bones minis I might try to pick up a few more. I also have the pathfinder Dragon, and it's pretty cool. My process for the Bones minis is to remove as much mold line and flash as I can with a new xacto blade, wash thoroughly in hot soapy water, LT dry, and primer black with Reaper brush on primer through the airbrush. Then try to work in some shadows and highlights with the airbrush.
Moe, Pathfinder is an open license version of about 3.5 D&D. Basically the inheritor of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
BFOK, 4th Edition is for you! It's basically a wargame where you play a individual. It's all about setting up combo's, dialing in your gear and abilities and managing your healing. I think it drew pretty heavily on World of Warcraft, but is turn based, obviously. It is the game that got me to miniature painting, that and getting hit by a car which had me laid up for few weeks. I love 4th edition, but all my RPG buddies few like it is too combat oriented. Maybe I am a wargamer in an RPG'ers body...
5th edition really harkens back to the original basic D&D, there is still classes and races, but everything comes down to just a handful of rolls and the choices you make for your character are more important then how you tune them. Of course I have only played a few games in the system. I am sure people will find exploits soon enough.
Okay here is what I am thinking about going with for the monochrome contest. I will have a non-shopped photo as well but this is my idea:
Cool Mini (Photo) or Not?
I am getting prep work done on teh Kroxigors as well. I wanted to do a pretty simple cracked mud surface on the bases. I thought this would be a good way to show off the sculpting on the bases that they came with, but still have more interest than ballast. My original plan was to use crackle medium but it kept coming out bad and had a lot of trouble sticking. So I found this tute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWwCCbVYI6g
that uses egg shells to make a cracked mud look and that's what I went with. It was surprisingly easy. The hardest part so far has been sanding the egg shells back done to the bevel edge of the bases. Egg shells are hard and delicate... Who knew?
Scherdy
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Really neat atmosphere to the monochrome cthulu. The egg shell works really well with the lizardman. I've used it but I didn't get the smaller micro cracking I wanted but I thought after the fact to maybe try some of the crackle paint ON the pieces of eggshell (the GW crackle stuff makes some really fine cracking) to get a good variation of larger and smaller cracking. Could be worth a test.
Bailey03
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Looks cool! The photoshopped photo is cool... but I'd be careful using it in the gallery (and as part of a contest). I remember there was a sin city style piece in the gallery with a bunch of photoshop stuff (glow effect around the piece and word bubbles). I think the piece was well done, but the photoshop was a turn off. My suggestion is if you want to use the photoshop effect, do it on one of the images in the image series (first or last), and then have the rest be just the figure. That way you get across the effect, but people can still judge the painting of the mini without having to figure out what is real and what is photoshop.
wargamesculptor
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Nice base Demi, like the picture but think Bailey03 has a very valid point
Demihuman
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Thanks guys!
Bailey, that is what I was thinking. One 'shopped photo and two more normal photos. But if the normal photos turn out real good I might just ditch the shopped one. This is a quicky project but I wanted to add some atmosphere to it, but I also don't want to ruffle any feathers. Maybe I should figure out a display base for it. Shadow box?
Scherdy, I am going for a drying mud look so I don't think i want any more cracks. I think the eggshell with some pigment powders and inks will look pretty convincing. I do have soem crackle medium and have used it for basing before but it's not as predictable as I would like. It tends to distort itself around any thing that it touches in more than one plain and at it's boundaries. Fun stuff to have around though. I did my Hell Brute base with it.
Bailey, that is what I was thinking. One 'shopped photo and two more normal photos. But if the normal photos turn out real good I might just ditch the shopped one. This is a quicky project but I wanted to add some atmosphere to it, but I also don't want to ruffle any feathers. Maybe I should figure out a display base for it. Shadow box?
Scherdy, I am going for a drying mud look so I don't think i want any more cracks. I think the eggshell with some pigment powders and inks will look pretty convincing. I do have soem crackle medium and have used it for basing before but it's not as predictable as I would like. It tends to distort itself around any thing that it touches in more than one plain and at it's boundaries. Fun stuff to have around though. I did my Hell Brute base with it.
Demihuman
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KB, The idea of the bones mini's for gaming is really growing on me. I might have to do some e-bay lurking in the near future if I can continue to make it to game night.
Ok So it's already March and I still haven't done my New Years Mini Painting resolutions! In 2015 I resolve to compete in a real life mini painting contest, and play a tabletop war game with miniatures! I know sounds like a pretty tall order but shoot for the moon!
Finish Sh*t February was a success! I finished: My Black Reach Warboss, that I started eons ago, Joan of Arc, that I spent really a lot of time painting, I also finished another batch of infinity Fusiliers to table top standard, and a quick monochrome Cthulhu as a CMON contest entry. Photos shall be forth coming.
Now, new month, new project. I got some paint on the Custom Kroxigors. They are pretty interesting to paint. They are 3d prints and if you look really closely you can see this fractal texture all over their surface. They are made out of a resin-like material and are very nice in general although there is some flash like stuff here and there. The material is both hard to cut and tends to fuzz when you file it so it's a little bit of a PITA, but mini prep always is. I am painting these guys sort of following Mr. Wappel's tutorial here:
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/p/using-shaded-basecoat-technique-to.html.
So base coat, then glaze/wash, and that's why my colors look so light now. Zenithal primed and then spritzed with Moth Green. The white under parts are Weathered Stone. I am painting some of the scales different colors to break up the wall of green, Marine Teal and Burnt Orange. The marine teal might be too dark.
I am also using a lot of matte medium with this project. I find my self glazing as my go to blending technique and the matte medium really helps with that. I used to shy away from it because I really didn't want to add another variable onto my pallet, but I am getting more and more confident mixing my paints, and matte medium definetly helps with those big blends. Especially where you are trying to do translucent layers.
Gonna glaze the green with a dark sepia ink and then a orange brown ink called quinacridone that has as tiny bit of a glossy iridescence to it.
Ok So it's already March and I still haven't done my New Years Mini Painting resolutions! In 2015 I resolve to compete in a real life mini painting contest, and play a tabletop war game with miniatures! I know sounds like a pretty tall order but shoot for the moon!
Finish Sh*t February was a success! I finished: My Black Reach Warboss, that I started eons ago, Joan of Arc, that I spent really a lot of time painting, I also finished another batch of infinity Fusiliers to table top standard, and a quick monochrome Cthulhu as a CMON contest entry. Photos shall be forth coming.
Now, new month, new project. I got some paint on the Custom Kroxigors. They are pretty interesting to paint. They are 3d prints and if you look really closely you can see this fractal texture all over their surface. They are made out of a resin-like material and are very nice in general although there is some flash like stuff here and there. The material is both hard to cut and tends to fuzz when you file it so it's a little bit of a PITA, but mini prep always is. I am painting these guys sort of following Mr. Wappel's tutorial here:
http://wappellious.blogspot.com/p/using-shaded-basecoat-technique-to.html.
So base coat, then glaze/wash, and that's why my colors look so light now. Zenithal primed and then spritzed with Moth Green. The white under parts are Weathered Stone. I am painting some of the scales different colors to break up the wall of green, Marine Teal and Burnt Orange. The marine teal might be too dark.
I am also using a lot of matte medium with this project. I find my self glazing as my go to blending technique and the matte medium really helps with that. I used to shy away from it because I really didn't want to add another variable onto my pallet, but I am getting more and more confident mixing my paints, and matte medium definetly helps with those big blends. Especially where you are trying to do translucent layers.
Gonna glaze the green with a dark sepia ink and then a orange brown ink called quinacridone that has as tiny bit of a glossy iridescence to it.
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