Guawol's WIP Log

Guawol

Guawol

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Back Again

With all the craziness going on in the world I have had some more free time and finally made it back to my paints. It has been a long while since I last posted any updates, I have had a hard time staying motivated after I moved and had to give up my painting desk because of space constraints. Here is the complete oni I started all those months ago.
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I probably could have worked on some areas a bit more, but I was happy with the outcome and wanted to keep on moving to the next model while I continued to feel in spired.
 
metalasmedium

metalasmedium

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I was here and read your post, indeed it's hard to get motivated some times but posting here and have ppl respond to our thread can gives you wings! I just came back as well to the forum after a while because i missed it!

I like the way you painted your metals, gives a nice overall look.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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That is always the hope. CMON has been a great place for motivation in the past and well as a place to really improve one's skills. Also welcome back and thank you for the compliment. I knew going into this model, that I would get a lot of practice with metals. I ended up deciding to go TMM because I wanted to get more practice with this technique before going back and trying more NMM.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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Oni of Souls

I started working on the next Rising Sun model, "Oni of Souls". I have done the blue one, the red one, the metal one, and now on to a lot of ppl's favorite color the green one.
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Most of my experience painting green is usually more towards the darker greens, like with orcs or goblins. Trying for more of yellow green will be new. I haven't made much progress yet. Basically choose a spot and started experimenting so I could get a feel for my color recipe.
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Guawol

Guawol

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Group of Oni

Just wanted to add a group shot of the completed oni to get a feel of what they look like together.
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I will hopefully post some photos of my progress on the oni of souls later today.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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Gloomhaven Organizer

I didn't get any work done on the oni as I was distracted by a side project that arrived in the mail, which took me the last few days to build and organize. It's not a miniature but it does relate to a game with miniatures. I bought a wooden game box organizer for my Gloomhaven game and expansion.
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It allows me to store the main game and forgotten circles expansion all in one box, as well as makes game setup and play much easier. :)
 
Guawol

Guawol

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Graishak said:
That wooden terrain is begging for some structural add-ons and paint :)
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Lol your not wrong, but that would be a very big project, plus I don't really sculpt or do much basing. I am always impressed by the work of others, but just never found it that fun for myself.

Here are some updated photos of the oni of souls:
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I need to fix up the left leg a bit more as I feel I kept to much of the dark green and I want to get a better transition of shades, but other than that I believe I am finished with the skin for now. I want to add some other colors to the model which will help me see where I need to continue doing touch ups to the skin.
Also I am looking for any links to tutorials or advice on doing human flesh tones, specifically for the gutted bodies. Since they have been cleaned and drained of blood I need a none rotting corpse skin, probably similar to a butchered pig.
 
Kuribo

Kuribo

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Good to see you still painting Guawol! :) I like these sculpts a lot (I keep telling myself I'm going to paint some Bushido one of these days, maybe I'll finally do it one day soon) and this Oni is no exception. I agree with Toad that the green skintone looks great and perfect for a beastie like this!
 
Dexter0015

Dexter0015

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Shame on you for reminding me I have all this beautiful miniatures on my shelves, looking at me with a sad look, desperate to be painted...


On a more serious note: great start on the oni.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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@Kuribo - It's nice to be painting again. I definitely should have restarted sooner, with all the extra time I have had.

Thank you for the kind words everyone! While the yellow-green skin isn't exactly like the color on the monster's card I am still happy with how it's turning out. Especially after I added some more color to the model. It helped make the skin be even more eye catching while at the same time makes it less harsh.
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I got started working on the bone scythe (not sure of the name for that weapon), which I am pretty happy with. I plan on going back and adding a few more extreme highlights to it. I also started base coating the fur vest the belt and the bracers, which I hope to make progress on tonight.
 
gorb

gorb

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Love the tones on the skin, and the shading of that scythe.

I think the only thing that bothers me a bit is how the scythe hangs from his open hand. Do you plan on rebasing him at all, so that the scythe rests on the ground?
 
Guawol

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gorb said:
Love the tones on the skin, and the shading of that scythe.

I think the only thing that bothers me a bit is how the scythe hangs from his open hand. Do you plan on rebasing him at all, so that the scythe rests on the ground?
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I see what you mean about the scythe hanging there, but this model is part of the "Rising Sun" board game. A colored plate cover slots over the base to show who owns the model during game, so it doesn't really work with rebasing. That is also why I haven't done any basing with the previous models, plus I don't want to get all the basing material in my game box and all over the board as I play the game.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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I was able to get some good painting time in over the last couple days. Do a little painting, watch a show, come back paint a bit more. I was able to finish the spear's shaft, bracers, belt, and the oni's fur vest. I did a couple of washes of diluted red ink over the vest to try and give it a red tone so it would contrast a bit with the skin, hopefully making them both pop just a bit more. I also decided to make the shaft of the spear bone just like the scythe, I feel it helps spread the bone color across the model a bit more.
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I am definitely enjoying the process and I am starting to get that feeling of excitement, knowing I will get another model finished.
 
Guawol

Guawol

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gorb said:
This looks awesome! love the color on the fur.
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Thank you Gorb! I was quite happy with the fur vest as well.

Here is another update. Got work done on the trousers and the hair. I am both happy and unhappy with the hair. The back of the hair looks pretty good, but when looking at the model from the front I am having trouble making the locks of hair falling over his shoulders stand out how I want. I am thinking of going back and trying to increase the dark shade in the crevices between the hair strands. Hopefully that will help.
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