Ogre, need Comments to improve.

[Enkiel]

Here are the Ogre i been working on for the past few months. I\'m a very slow painter, and i usually like to work on every small detail, but for those, went a different route and painted them once assembled. Result aimed is high quality Tabletop, something that i\'m proud of playing with, and that\'s all.

The idea behind them is that they\'re coming from the mountain, so they are covered by piece of pelt, and the base will most likely be a mixt of water and snow/ice.

I posted on a different site the WIP of the project, hoping to get some C&C to improve my painting for the next regiment, but, well, its not coming as fast as i\'m painting.

First one i\'ve done are the Bulls.

On this one you can see the weapon (which i\'m pretty proud of), the Tarnished Bronze Gutplate (no metallic paint used), and the extra hand weapon, which is magnetized.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/208463


Here is a group shot of my 6 bulls. I tried to make each of them a bit different, while keeping some kind of cohesion between the 6.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/208447

 

[ScottRadom]

Alrighty, here\'s my take on it.

You\'ll notice the score is quite a bit lower on the single fig vs. the group shot because by itself the Ogre looks just okay, but together it does look like a real good tabletop fighting unit. So, first off, mission accomplished on a better then 5.0 tabletop unit!

On an individual model basis thought I think there\'s a few parts that could easily boost the models individual look and score.

-The metal effect is nice. Looks real good to me. I would advise to put a few highlights of the metal on the ironfist to make it look more like rusted metal. Things like the bolts and edges could go for a little bit of the original metal color to make the thing look like it\'s still in use.

-The pelt. Doesn\'t look finished, as you admit. I think it\'d be an easy thing to put a wash down, highlight (drybrush or better yet going over the pelt with a brush painting in fine strokes) the original color and at least one lighter version of the basecoat. Should look better, especially from a tabletop distance.

-The eyes! Try painting them! The worst that can happen is you fill them in with the basecoat of the flesh again.

-The flesh. If you look at your flesh you will see how the recesses in the muscle are extremely dark, then it contrasts immediately into a brighter flesh color almost as extreme as a black to white sort of look. Try doing a less dark color in the recesses and use more highlighting transitions to the lighter part of the model.

These are a few things that are actually really easy to do. You won\'t have a problem with any of it because your basic painting is strong. These guys would look great on the table as is.

Also I am not the strongest painter on the site, so feel free to ignore any of my advice (That\'s my standard disclaimer for this sort of thing!). So have fun!

-Scott

 

[Enkiel]

-The metal effect is nice. Looks real good to me. I would advise to put a few highlights of the metal on the ironfist to make it look more like rusted metal. Things like the bolts and edges could go for a little bit of the original metal color to make the thing look like it\'s still in use.

Original color, as in a light grey? I though about doing the edge (like p.52 of \"how to paint citadel miniature\", basically some fine brush stroke on the edge)

-The pelt. Doesn\'t look finished, as you admit. I think it\'d be an easy thing to put a wash down, highlight (drybrush or better yet going over the pelt with a brush painting in fine strokes) the original color and at least one lighter version of the basecoat. Should look better, especially from a tabletop distance.

Quite frankly, i\'ve tried many thing on the pelt, but just the way i sculpted it, its virtually impossible to paint it correctly for me. I tried a wash on the brown pelt on my bellower, and it ended up looking like old cake topping that stayed too long on the counter... very unrealistic. Maybe some highlight are gonna be needed, but since i really had no clue what to do with it, i just decided not to touch it until i know exactly how to make it look better...

-The eyes! Try painting them! The worst that can happen is you fill them in with the basecoat of the flesh again.

I tried on my LeadBelchers (still WIP), and i think i did ok. I might go for full red eye tho, to make them more \"bloodthirsty\"

-The flesh. If you look at your flesh you will see how the recesses in the muscle are extremely dark, then it contrasts immediately into a brighter flesh color almost as extreme as a black to white sort of look. Try doing a less dark color in the recesses and use more highlighting transitions to the lighter part of the model.

The recess is basically Devlan Mud Washes... i might try a bit lighter wash on my Irongut (my LeadBelchers already have their skin painted unfortunately).

These are a few things that are actually really easy to do. You won\'t have a problem with any of it because your basic painting is strong. These guys would look great on the table as is. Also I am not the strongest painter on the site, so feel free to ignore any of my advice (That\'s my standard disclaimer for this sort of thing!). So have fun!

Thanks, and i like to think too, that they\'d look good on the table, especially if i can make a very good looking base... which i\'ll try eventually. I\'m scared to screw it up big time actually.

And thanks for the advice Scott, i\'ll definately try them out on my next batch.