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[lossleader]

Hey guys.

This is my first try at NMM. I am trying to decide if this is a style worth pursuing or not. Although I can see that using this style could improve someone's painting skills dramatically, even if they go back to metallic paint.

What do you think? Id welcome any advice/criticism.

peace

http://www.coolminiornot.com/343132

 

[Avelorn]

Welcome to the forums!

Not bad, you are definitely getting the idea. I like the style you do, looks realistic and pretty well defined at the same time. I think you could try working on your technique some though and NMM steel with all the greytones are very difficult so it's a good way to do just that. Do you dilute the paint much?

Many like me switch between NMM and metallic paint on different models depending on what suits the mini and idea.

 

[Zab]

Welcome. Nice start. You need a bit more contrast and some finer highlights. Try blocking out the major dark, mid and light areas and then making some thin mixes of those colors to add the blends later. I see you've already figured out that adding different colors to the nnm makes it more interesting.
Here is any easy NMM tutorial i found helpful when i recently embarked on the whole nmm journey into madness:

You can take what you learn with NMM and apply it to TMM to push to realism even more. It's a fun skill to have but a hard one to learn.

 

[Canny]

Nice tute Zab I will use the white lines on my librarain's sword. LossLeader your NMM is a good start keep it up, as Zab said just go a little further into each end on the spectrum light and dark. I just found this recently, Sprokets blog which has some good info, maybe a little more than just your standard NMM but worth a read and think about for progress.

 

[lossleader]

wow, that video is very helpful, thanks! And that sprockets blog is beautiful, they have a really amazing palette. I will just have to practice a lot. Getting the paint thinned correctly is a challenge.

I am thinking I should probably check out some NMM in person, I haven't really had a chance. Maybe the games workshop near me will have some around.

thanks again!

 

[TrystanGST]

Best bet is to look at a few models that inspire you, and then practice. And practice. And Practice some more. The trick to NMM (besides contrast) is knowing how the light is supposed to interact with your surface. The more you practice, the easier that process will become.
That video is good for showing you smooth blends and maybe color selection, but I've never been a fan of that particular GW approach to NMM. It doesn't read as metal to me. Just stylized grey. It's the same thing they do with their power swords, just in grey instead of blue.

 

[Brendan]

Looks good, make sure you are watering down your paints and also be sure to add more layers in order to get a cleaner transition from the base to the highlight, I find that a very very watered down chaos black or equivalent applied to the darker areas throughout the process (with exception to the final highlight) works well.

 

[Tommie Soule]

Hi welcome to cmon!
Good first nmm!
Aim for thinner neater aplication of paints as the guys above say. I would add- keep it simple- as a general rule across all of your future learning.

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