How do I achieve beautiful realism like these submissions?
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generulpoleaxe
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bit of dry brush (usualy for removing excess) and stippling action.
you can gently brush them on.
allt he different aplications help to give different effects.
you can water them down or mix with resin, plaster etc for creating mud as well as other effects.
you can gently brush them on.
allt he different aplications help to give different effects.
you can water them down or mix with resin, plaster etc for creating mud as well as other effects.
Tinweasel
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So far as the color of the grime/weathering, for what it\'s worth it looks about the same shade as GW Graveyard Earth.
I\'ve found that if you apply \"dirt\" colors in thinned down glazes, or even do controlled drybrushing onto the figure lightly using paint that\'s already at a \"glaze\" or at least \"milk-consistency\" amount of thinning, you can get really subtle weathering effects.
Maybe not the best example, as I didn\'t go \"over the top\" in weathering him, but if you look around the hem of his robes at ground level, you can see my own example here: http://www.coolminiornot.com/183383
Have you sent a PM to the artist to ask, by any chance? I\'d be interested in seeing the reply.
I\'ve found that if you apply \"dirt\" colors in thinned down glazes, or even do controlled drybrushing onto the figure lightly using paint that\'s already at a \"glaze\" or at least \"milk-consistency\" amount of thinning, you can get really subtle weathering effects.
Maybe not the best example, as I didn\'t go \"over the top\" in weathering him, but if you look around the hem of his robes at ground level, you can see my own example here: http://www.coolminiornot.com/183383
Have you sent a PM to the artist to ask, by any chance? I\'d be interested in seeing the reply.
IDEA!!!!!
well this is how i did mine ( i will post pictures here if you would like me to )
Just a bit of experimenting and i came up with this
i might make it into a article seeing as ive written it out on another thread anyway
1.)Firstly, make a \'stippling brush\' by cutting the bristles at about half way. It should look like a brush with really short bristles.
2.)Get a tiny bit of GW\'s dark flesh (or simialar) onto the brush and wipe about half of it off (like drybrushing but leave a bit more paint on the brush)
3.) Poke at the areas where you want the dirt to go (usually in deeper areas such as in folds of cloth or in between armour plates.) This is known as stippling.
4.) Get a drybrush with some Dark flesh on it and get almost all of it off (basically no paint left)
5.) Drybrush this ALL OVER the area you want dirty.
6.) Re highlight with the original colour or drybrush it on if you overdid the dirt
ok!
well this is how i did mine ( i will post pictures here if you would like me to )
Just a bit of experimenting and i came up with this
i might make it into a article seeing as ive written it out on another thread anyway
1.)Firstly, make a \'stippling brush\' by cutting the bristles at about half way. It should look like a brush with really short bristles.
2.)Get a tiny bit of GW\'s dark flesh (or simialar) onto the brush and wipe about half of it off (like drybrushing but leave a bit more paint on the brush)
3.) Poke at the areas where you want the dirt to go (usually in deeper areas such as in folds of cloth or in between armour plates.) This is known as stippling.
4.) Get a drybrush with some Dark flesh on it and get almost all of it off (basically no paint left)
5.) Drybrush this ALL OVER the area you want dirty.
6.) Re highlight with the original colour or drybrush it on if you overdid the dirt
ok!
here is one that was my first attemptof weathering, gore and dirt
Im actually including this one in my diorama (its a lot better now)
i sometimes drybrush on a little tiny bit of mithril silver (on armour plates) to make some weathering/battle damage.
yeh this one isnt so good
i will get pictures next week of my text piece space marine (only the shoulder pad is painted and weathered)
Im working on a WIP that involves a lot of battle damage so i have a few test pieces and one of my imperial guards (test piece) has a lot of battle damaged armour and weathering and dirt on him
Im actually including this one in my diorama (its a lot better now)
i sometimes drybrush on a little tiny bit of mithril silver (on armour plates) to make some weathering/battle damage.
yeh this one isnt so good
i will get pictures next week of my text piece space marine (only the shoulder pad is painted and weathered)
Im working on a WIP that involves a lot of battle damage so i have a few test pieces and one of my imperial guards (test piece) has a lot of battle damaged armour and weathering and dirt on him
airhead
Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
go back over the rocky ground and re-layer the colors. The blood would pool in the lower areas, not on top of the rocks.
A heavy dry-brush (almost a wet brush with the same \'almost miss it\' technique) of the rock colors to make it look like the blood is not the highlihgt.
A heavy dry-brush (almost a wet brush with the same \'almost miss it\' technique) of the rock colors to make it look like the blood is not the highlihgt.
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