Help with Stern

[Atronach]

Last week i posted up Stern and well he was below 6. I guess thats expected with a rookie. I have lots of time and really want to get a good ground work for sales of mainly 40k models. Here are the pics feel free to pic the photography and the model apart. Constructive criticism is soo welcome.

Its in the actions ending today.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/168427

 

[Rodnik]

I won\'t \"tear him apart\", but I\'ll tell you a couple of points that\'ll help you along....that you should probably concentrate on.

First, your basecoat is inconsistent in coverage. You need to make sure that your paint stays consistent on the palette and provide enough coats of paint to cover the model evenly.

Brush control. You need to work on keeping your lines tight.

A couple of things to keep in mind while you\'re doing this.

---pull wet to wet. The largest deposit of paint is at the end of a brush stroke. So, when pulling paint for your basecoats, make sure you pull the paint in one direction--
For example, if you were doing a cloak, and you pulled the first paint stroke from top to bottom----keep pulling that from top to bottom. If you need to change directions for any reason--make sure the paint is absolutely dry before you do that.

The brush tip....when you need to pull a tight line. Be very aware of how the brush tip is formed. I tend to flatten mine for really tight lines--using more of a \"knife blade\" to get those lines---as opposed to the actual tip of the brush. Point is, just be aware of your tools and what they\'re doing.


If I were you, I\'d concentrate on those two things first. Smooth paint should be the goal.

Cheers!
Kev

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Personally, I find light grey to be a much easier priming color to start with. The black can tend to dull the colors much easier unless you really put the paint on thick. With a lighter color you arent fighting that.

 

[Atronach]

Thanks guys lets here more. Im a decent painter and have painted a long time just not to the level of looking good on camera.

 

[Celthulhu]

I would go one further than a light gray primer and go white. You get some brilliant colors from the dark GW colors that you never see on black primer. Dark Angels Green and Midnight Blue are amazing over white primer. Reds and yellows practically glow.

If you\'re doing ink washes, I would say try to ditch the inks as they make everything shiny. You see more detail with a matte finish. Reflection off a glossy finish erases detail.

When doing washes/glazes, just add a bit of water to the paint, instead of using an ink.

There\'s my two cents worth. Such as it is.

 

[Atronach]

Thanks again, i never use inks really unless its needed or unless its metal.