Mephiston - an attempt at higher quality painting

titan136

New member
I\'ve started on my mephiston model!:

meph_wip.jpg


This is the second miniature where I planned on spending more than 3 hours painting it.

I typically paint for the tabletop but lately I\'ve been looking to improve my painting and colors.

I typically don\'t use white primer as I prefer the naturally created shadows that black primer provides. However, with such a neat model, I had to try my hand at a slightly higher quality of painting.

I\'m trying to focus more on color theory, lighting and the smaller details. For example, the face was done with several washes of purple and blue to bring out the yellow-y skintone.

The inside of the cloak which Ive begun painting is a dark green which I feel will bring out the reds and pinks and yellows of the skintone and armor. the blonde hair was also washed with dark green for contrast.

I\'ve also determined my lightsource to be the upper right hand side of the frame and will shade and highlight accordingly instead of just doing random extreme highlights on the armor like i usually do.

So far I\'ve spent about 4 hours on the mini.

I\'m having trouble deciding which color to paint the tubes leading out from his psychic hood. I\'m thinking green but I don\'t want it to overpower the bright reds i\'m planning for the armor.

any thoughts?

here\'s a closeup of his face
closeup_meph.jpg
 

DaN

New member
Face looks cool so far - hair looks slightly YELLOWY, but still good.

I look forward to seeing how you do your reds, as it\'s a colour I struggle with...
 

Bengoodall

New member
yes, his hair is yellowish dan, but he is a blood angel, and we all know what blonde haired blue eyed pretty boys that lot are :p

And my votes for green, keep it dark though.....
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
looks good. although i dont think he looks good floating like that! i agree with the comments about the hair, too yellow, try some brown to dull it just a tad
 

Manus

New member
should be interesting to follow. I have to agree with some of the others, try to wash some of the perm out with a bit of brown.
You could easily use green for the tubes, but if you want a slightly less colorful color:rolleyes: you could use a grey.
 
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