BloodASmedium
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Get more work done I want more progress....dammit ...lol lemme know when there is new posts bud...told ya youde get leveled up with that book.
Khonner's WIP
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I had a pretty frustrating painting weekend. I've been fighting with the warrior's NMM sword to the point where I actually stripped the sword since there were so many layers of fail. I also worked on the firefighter's skin some more and added a little red to the skin, not sure if I should add more or stop. The face will have some soot and grim.. and I added the eye brows.. Comments welcomed! Thanks.
BloodFather of Kharnath
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Hi hope I'm not too late here. BaM is correct in his statements. Let me add that just because you want the bottom part of the blade in shadow doesn't mean you can't lighten it a bit in places. So your highlight on the bottom shadowy part is actually your midtone on the lighter upper part. Or you don't even have to go that light on the bottom of you don't want. You could start with pure black at the tip and the closer you get to the hilt, the lighter it gets, but not too light. It may only be a tad lighter than pure black, but it should be enough for the naked eye to pick it up. You need it to be lighter than the upper half of the blade here at the hilt, because the upper part is at its darkest here, so therefore the bottom should be light enough so that when you are looking at the sword as a whole you see the contrast between both sides of the sword.
Digganob
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I really like the spots you put into the cloak. That is some amazing detail work bud. The shield I already loved. The hair though is throwing me off though. I love the color choice but maybe needs some smoother transitioning? I dont know. Its all a hell of a lot better than I can do 
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Maenas
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Hello khonner! Waiting for your minis from the ME impatiently!!
Meanwhile I have done a little image to help you with the sword, I have only painted 3 swords in this way (I painted them plain metallic, before) but I think that is what BAM and bloodfahter where trying to explain you is this (hope this helps you out!) :
Hoping you get the idea, you will find thousands of better examples here at cmon gallery and on the internet, I have done it fast and in your picture for you to see it "live"
Meanwhile I have done a little image to help you with the sword, I have only painted 3 swords in this way (I painted them plain metallic, before) but I think that is what BAM and bloodfahter where trying to explain you is this (hope this helps you out!) :
Hoping you get the idea, you will find thousands of better examples here at cmon gallery and on the internet, I have done it fast and in your picture for you to see it "live"
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BloodFather of Kharnath
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Yep, that absolutely right. Your most recent version is the best because you have black to white contrast, but Maenas draws it up just like I described. I drew a pic to help explain before I saw Maenas' photo, but I'll include it anyway because it may help:
There re are other ways to do it, but this is the easiest and maybe even the best way in this instance. They key is to have white right next to black, as you can see at the tip and the base.
There re are other ways to do it, but this is the easiest and maybe even the best way in this instance. They key is to have white right next to black, as you can see at the tip and the base.
BloodASmedium
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bingo....that's the greatest disply of a computer example I've seen..keep it simple so you get the hang of it keep it to a midtone covering the whole blade like you've done and a shade and a highlight after that you can push the shades down to black and the highlights further to white...but from here it Def looks like you have the idea try to mimic that computer image.it's a great example from maenus.a d BFOK HAS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE AS WELL.
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BloodASmedium
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Gr8 gr8 job khonner your getting noticeably better and better each time you put a brush to a model...feels good don't it.
Coyotebreaks
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the fireman skin tones are looking really good to me, the sword i feel needs more contrast, the light and darks need to be more extreme
good work though, keep at it.
good work though, keep at it.
