Hordes Warlock - Hoarluk

[BarstoolProphet]

A lot of fun painting this fellow.

I haven\'t got anything to say about him that would expand on my own comments on the image page.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/192742

 

[freakinacage]

ok i shall be as harsh as i can:
paint-
i like his skin but the rest doesn\'t seem to be done to that level. just about everything else could do withmore contrast, some more highlighting on the edges and some more shading. the scroll looks as if you have just put a brown wash on and left it at that - some of the darker paint has pooled and some of the dark lines are outside the actual creases (had that trouble myself).

modeling -
the straps holding his backpack on look as if they haven\'t been filled where they join, so it looks like a small gap (not that familiar with the model so i may be wrong there, could be a trick of the light). whats the deal with the scoll? it seems to be just bounding across the snow! is it part of the mini? it\'s jut if i were walking across a frozen wilderness, i wouldn\'t expect to see a clean scroll with no snow on! also the snow is a bit messy on the edges of the base (although part of me kinda likes that)

sorry if it sounds harsh!

ps love the eddy izzard quote

 

[BarstoolProphet]

I should have tried harder to get the scroll picture from an overhead view. It looks a lot better from there. Ah, well. My impatience gets me again, there.

The skin definitely came out best in these pictures, which is kind of sad, because I actually thought his hood, shoulderpads and gloves were the best parts of him.

That gap in the shoulder strap... well, ummm... yeah! Yeah! It\'s a trick of the light! *cough* The scroll is part of the model, and I asked that exact same question about it when I first saw the picture. Why\'s it rolling around like that?

It doesn\'t sound harsh. I\'m new. I will work on such things to improve.

Oh, and I found my WIP shot of the scroll to show that it really says all that...

 

[DarkStar]

One thing I still keep in mind to this day while painting is something I heard once, maybe here, and that is: \"When you think you\'ve highlighted enough, add two more layers of highlights and you\'ll be right.\"

I still use that as my mantra when judging my own pieces by eye and I think that saying would apply here as well.

You could really bring up some of those details and edges on the areas you are happy with such as the gloves and hood. Even if you\'re going for a muted scheme, always keep in mind what scale you\'re painting at and that the viewer\'s eye needs help distinguishing all of those tiny details.

Over-exaggerating edges, folds and creases, on leather, clothing, skin and just about anything at this scale goes a long way to making your mini\'s *pop* as it were.

For this red leather such as you\'ve used on the gloves and hood, keep in mind that you can always approach highlighting such things with a fleshtone as your highlight color. Leather after all is simply flesh. To give a convincing effect reach for your normal fleshtones and don\'t be shy when it comes to enhancing your details and such.

 

[arogers907]

That\'s good advice. Both on the adding additional highlighting and on using flesh tones for highlighting.

I sometimes use different flesh tones for shading reds and greens, as well. I think it can give a lot of depth to cloth or skin.

-Andy