Monochrome mini

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Routaporsas

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I have planned to paint a monochrome miniature, but even though it might sound quite easy thing to do, I doubt that it\'s that easy. Especially if you want to do a great job like in case of this mini by Haley:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/pics11/img4667406df1b61.jpg

Any tips and advices? And is there something really important things I should bear in mind when painting monochrome mini? Of course it depends what kind of feel I want to achieve, e.g. if that mini is supposed to look like some old WW2 photo or something like that. Actually I planned to paint Eldar Harlequin :eek:

Don\'t know if my minis are familiar, but I think it\'s safe to say that I already know all those basic techniques. So that\'s not going to be a problem. But it\'s not a bad idea to ask some tips and help.
 
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DaN

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Browse the gallery and save a picture of the mini you like that\'s already been painted...

Open the picture in an art program, and make it greyscale (Black and white, 256 colour)...

You can then use this as a reference.

There are a few monochrome figures already on CMoN, one that comes to mind is one inspired by Sin city.
 
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quadrille

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When you loose contrast by colour, as you will when painting monochromatic, you must achieve contrast by value instead (light/shadow). So my advise would be to make the shadows very deep and highlights very bright. It is also a good idea to add (albeit very subtle) hints of other colours, like in your example. It will make it look less like a statue and more like a cool effect.
 
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Undave

Flockwit
I\'ll be interested to see what this thread turns up. I was contemplating starting Flames of War but instead of painting an army in whatever colours they\'re supposed to be I was going to try to make it how it would appear in contemporary photographs and news reels ie. black and white
 
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No Such Agency

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Originally posted by Undave
I\'ll be interested to see what this thread turns up. I was contemplating starting Flames of War but instead of painting an army in whatever colours they\'re supposed to be I was going to try to make it how it would appear in contemporary photographs and news reels ie. black and white
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That\'s a pretty cool idea, though you\'ll also have to find terrain materials in matching monochrome...

Anyway, I\'ve *ahem* done two monochrome paint jobs, HERE and HERE. My advice is, yes, contrast. My first didn\'t have enough, though I tried for more with the second (done years later).
 
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Thunderhawker

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But be careful about the amount of tint and to keep it a warm or cool tint accordingly. If you use both you could end up with a mini that looks like the movie \"Payback\". though the washed out color mini could look cool too... hmmm...
 
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Undave

Flockwit
Originally posted by squidders
The advantage of doing them like old news reels is that they also walk blindingly fast too! lol
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Hey yeah I\'d get an extra couple of inches of movement at least lol
 
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Routaporsas

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Thanks for the advices but we\'ll see what I manage to produce. Hmmm maybe I do it by using analogous colors, but I wasn\'t sure what to call it.

Haa, something about those terms:

http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/monochromatic.htm

http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/analogous.htm
 
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Thunderhawker

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Yeah its a very subtle difference than can be painful when your college art professor bonks you on the head with it on a regular basis. But yeah to be specific the first example you gave was of an analagouly painted mini, though it was a sweet example:)
 
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