Kretcher WIP

Canny

Canny

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Beautiful works mate, maug is looking verry exceptional great colours, get some complementary colors in there maybe orange hair or elbows and knees something like that consult your wheel. :) neat details on the hammer of the mouse.
 
K

Kretcher

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Thanks for all the nice comments, and Canny yes there is orange planed for the hair at least :)

Currently working on another project that should be given away. It is an infinity figure and the one getting it don't know who will send a painted figure to him/her. So I am also waiting for a mystery package from someone in Sweden :) Sadly I can´t post any WIP on it here since there might be a chance for the person to be on this forum and it should be a surprise. Will post after it has been sent. Hopefully in 2 weeks time.

/K
 
K

Kretcher

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Now the secret Santa package has been sent, still cant show pictures thou. So now I can go back to work on King maul.

/K
 
BloodASmedium

BloodASmedium

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You do realize it's my time to check in and visit my man kretch! @ Ide like to add I hope you see yourself getting better that's how easy it happens you probably are just trotting along and think your going through the motions but when I check in (its usually after a decent time lapse) when I do I expect to see a fair amount of escalation in your skilks.to my surprise it's like you jumped up a few levels since getting your award winning firefighter done....so great job and as I said paint everything and keep on painting...you can only get brtter.
 
K

Kretcher

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My secret santa package has arrived to the new owner so now I can post the picture of it here. It is a bit of a speed job but tried to get it above my average speed painted stuff. could have done some transitions and edges better but it is not to bad.

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/K
 
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BloodFather of Kharnath

BloodFather of Kharnath

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If I may offer some advice after reviewing some of your recent work? Let me preface this by saying you've produced some ace work of late that you should be very proud of, and also that I don't claim to have mastered anything that I am about to discuss. Alright then, constructive crit below:

Your shading and highlighting is spot on, and you are leaving smooth blends on your figures, so you've definitely mastered those fundamentals. Though the blends are nice, the paint isn't going on very smooth in places. I have this issue as well sometimes so Inunderstand the difficulty. The female's face on the previous page is a good example: she has a very grainy texture to her. This could be caused by a few things:
1) Your primer is crap and leaves chunky, grainy paint behind. Sets you up for failure from the start.
2) You are over working the paint. After going back and forth one too many times trying to get good blends and such, you put down too many layers, and it's all just too thick.
3) You are not letting the paint dry enough before adding layers. This tear apart the previous layer and the displaced paint dries irregularly, leaving behind a grainy surface.
4) You are not diluting the paint enough.
5) The paint you are using has dried in the pot and contains chunks of dried paint.
6) Your brush needs to be cleaned more while painting in order to avoid leaving dried bits of paint on the figure.
7) You are applying too many layers in your glazes.
8) You are brushing against the grain or in a direction that leaves the paint in pooled areas.

It it is likely a combination of some of these, but I would guess that #3, #7 and #8 are the chief culprits. Remember to always be very light and gentle with your brush strokes, especially after the base layer is down. And if you see a speck get left on the mini of a little clump of paint, do not hesitate to stop painting, get out tiny blade or toothpick or something and remove it.

Smooth painting is really just pushing the wet paint around on the surface until it all spreads out smoothly and evenly. Much like buttering bread.
 
Canny

Canny

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Looking great K love the present. Armor looks shiny and eye catching something you should be pleased with.
 
K

Kretcher

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BoK nice write up, in this case the primer didnt work out well, to cold in the room I think... and well probably some of the others also :)

Currently working on a new mini without finishing the others (no surpirse there) I am trying to follow Ben Komets The rocketeer video and paint Similar to learn some stuff, mostly NMM that I am not good at. Decent result so far but need smoother layers then I put down the paint, will try to correct that and also get better brush control to leave darker areas and "black lining"

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Maenas

Maenas

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Those rockets and armour look like a difficult thing to do as a NMM... (lots of filigrees) I've just done NMM on swords so far.. so I cannot help much. Following with attention your advancements on these. ;)
 
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