One Gas Blowing Goblin (So Far)

[battlescenerylady]

Hi all,

So, yes, he\'s a Rackham, and no, he\'s not an Ophidian. If you\'re so inclined, take a votey vote for this guy:

I have a few more angles at the voting link

Those pics came out wickedly extreme closeup... But don\'t show, at least, as many errors I was making two months ago when I started painting.

Also, getting a new camera, so I\'m hoping manual controls help.

This was my first real attempt with any complicated (or just about any) freehand. What a pain it was, and though I\'m not fond of the whole checkerboard concept, I do think it came out pretty well. Had some troubles highlighting it, but overall I\'m happy with it.

(Opted for the traditional Rackham checkerboard because I couldn\'t think of what else would look good on the nose-codpiece.)

I think the symbols on the little bottles came out pretty good too, for freehand.

Eyes are easier with a ten aught brush!

The thing that was the devil about him was putting those arms on... after he was almost entirely painted. I got some zap a gap on my freaking fingers, and of course pulled off a crapload of paint. I was PISSED. So he\'s not as smooth as he could be, but still a definite improvement over some of my earlier pieces.

shoe/battlescenerylady

 

[supervike]

Welcome to the forums!

I think this is a pretty good attempt.

A couple of suggestions and hopefully contructive criticisms....

I think you need a bit more contrast. You can achieve this in two ways. You can black or brownline everything, which is basically painting a dark line between any two \'different\' areas. For instance, between the arm and sleeve. The other way to contrast more would be to work up your highlighted areas more. The darkest recesses could have one color, but the highlights might be 4 or 5 shades lighter (maybe even more).

Combining the two is ideal.

A matte finish is probably a good idea too...that will take away that glossy sheen, and give you a much more realistic looking end product.

Keep at it!!

 

[battlescenerylady]

Hi and thanks!

I did actually spray him with a matte finish, but I think my lighting was a little too bright, and reflected off him badly. Either that, or I messed up spraying him.

Yeah, I think a few bolder blacklines is a good suggestion. (I did some, but it\'s hard, because I always feel like I\'m being so glaringly heavy with them, so I go light... then you can\'t see them. That, and I\'m never sure exactly where they\'re necessary...)

Thanks again!

shoe

 

[supervike]

Also, try out the Works In Progress section of the forums....

Its amazing how many painters give out great advice. It\'s a pretty good bunch here!

 

[battlescenerylady]

Will do! Thanks. I updated the picture (and fixed the link) to a better set of photographs. The painting lamp was reflecting off him badly... Natural sunlight seemed to help (it was too dark earlier this morning, and I didn\'t realize how bad the glare was.)

He looks a little happier now, though it\'s amazing the mistakes a macro lens will show.

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Welcome to the forums.

A couple things, Matt sealer does not mean Flat..it just means its not glossy. Look for a good flat coat like Testors Dull Coat to seal your miliatures. They will look much better.

Also get a sheet of light gray or blue colored paper to take photos of your miniatures on. Large enough so it lays flat on the table tob and curves or arcs up behind the figure. It will look better and reflect light better. A couple 100 watt daylight bulbs like GE Reveal will give you plenty of light for photos.