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Persifal
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Thanks Ten Ball!
This is result of today's nmm mayhem. I fear a lack of contrast between steel parts and pure black of the body of the stormbolter. What do you thinking about?
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
This is result of today's nmm mayhem. I fear a lack of contrast between steel parts and pure black of the body of the stormbolter. What do you thinking about?
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBlood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Persifal
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I had no luck to find bailey03's Horus, only Praetor. Bailey03 is great artist, but his style is very different to my. My test with photo editor failed, all tone added to black did not look good 
. I found, adding some light blue glaze to the steel will add great contrast. I must try it on the mace.
. I found, adding some light blue glaze to the steel will add great contrast. I must try it on the mace.
BloodASmedium
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Ill say it again artists like me are a dime a dozen !!! Artists like Parsifal pekar are a rarity a few and far between. These are the guys that take highlighting for standard methodical approach and then elevate it so high(eg making lines of light being 1,shiny and2,reflective and ) YOUDE have to really have an adept understanding of not only how light plays on surfaces but how light acts on materials, like you see here!!! 1silver golden demon with multiply into many. Hell be another individual that will have 16 plus demon statuettes as the years take passing!!! Well done my hat is off to you.
Persifal
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Hey BloodASmedium, I'm in little shock from your post. Thank you for your words, I appreciate it. I don't feel that I understand reflections clearly, but I'm trying. With golden demon, I was very l lucky last year, this GD, if it will be, will be very hard to me to claim another.
And Progress on the Captain from last past days. The steel on the bolter is glazed with blue. I think it helps a little. The right hand is prepared for highlighting. Legs are almost finished for now. The little skull on the left leg is painted only with Rhinox Hide and highlighted with Ushabti Bone. No mixing, no glazing only one highlight. I'm wonder what I'm able only with two colors. I tried this, because I saw one WIP was posted by nmm beginner on the facebook. He made only highlights over dark basecoat and result was great. This solved my big problem about positioning reflections in process of building colors. I hope, some glazes wit Snakebite Leather will add more gold look to the skull. Comments and criticts are welcome!
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
And Progress on the Captain from last past days. The steel on the bolter is glazed with blue. I think it helps a little. The right hand is prepared for highlighting. Legs are almost finished for now. The little skull on the left leg is painted only with Rhinox Hide and highlighted with Ushabti Bone. No mixing, no glazing only one highlight. I'm wonder what I'm able only with two colors. I tried this, because I saw one WIP was posted by nmm beginner on the facebook. He made only highlights over dark basecoat and result was great. This solved my big problem about positioning reflections in process of building colors. I hope, some glazes wit Snakebite Leather will add more gold look to the skull. Comments and criticts are welcome!
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBlood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Persifal
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Update of my WIP BA Captain. A lots of detail painted. A lots of nmm gold. I was follow instructions of David Faust-Du Sablon from Facebook and added some glaze of Sunburst Yellow over the gold, thanks for it. I dont know how I forget this step from the nmm tutorial from 'Eavy metal Masterclass which I try to follow. I see some errors i the colors on the square amulet with gem, I must repair it. Thanks Joe Tomaszewski for advice about missing reflections, many thanks.
All comments are welcome.
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
I was follow instructions of David Faust-Du Sablon from Facebook and added some glaze of Sunburst Yellow over the gold, thanks for it. I dont know how I forget this step from the nmm tutorial from 'Eavy metal Masterclass which I try to follow. I see some errors i the colors on the square amulet with gem, I must repair it. Thanks Joe Tomaszewski for advice about missing reflections, many thanks. All comments are welcome.
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Persifal
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Another progress from the weekend. The reflection on the shoulder, which Canny mentioned is not fixed, but red armor is finished on the right hand and I added some details there(the white skull, armored cable). I started work on the Hammer of the Baal. Nmm on the hammer looks in real very weak. Photos are better and it seems that it is not completely lost and the beginning on the clear basecoat is forget for now. The head of the hammer missing some highlights and the blue energetic effect missing something... I don't know, I have a couple of different opinions. Someone like very much, someone dislike to hate. What do you think?
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Because Captain goes well, I prepared a base for him. It is broken and ruined building. The crushing claw is a spared bit from the Carniflex kit. I plan to make Carniflex with one of the guns and talons, so it not hurt me to use claw on the base. The base is under one layer of the Tamiya grey primmer, so it is not visible much, but it is better than photos of the base without primer. Material for concrete is on the air cured white clay, balsa, wire and Evergreen I profile.
Base for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Base for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
Base for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on Flickr
C&C are welcome.
Blood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBlood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBlood Angels Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBecause Captain goes well, I prepared a base for him. It is broken and ruined building. The crushing claw is a spared bit from the Carniflex kit. I plan to make Carniflex with one of the guns and talons, so it not hurt me to use claw on the base. The base is under one layer of the Tamiya grey primmer, so it is not visible much, but it is better than photos of the base without primer. Material for concrete is on the air cured white clay, balsa, wire and Evergreen I profile.
Base for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBase for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrBase for Captain WIP by Tomas Persifal Pekar, on FlickrC&C are welcome.
Canny
Active member
Owwww Me likes it! Claws and all. Also nice angle to the base, it will set him off nice. Im not verse enough with lightening to answer helpfully, but I agree its almost right.
I think the shape of the lightening is bang on though especially from the sides.
My thoughts are;
Maybe some black lining on the afew of the lightening so it looks like its cracking from deep with in?
Or making the hammer darker so there is higher contrast?
Again I think some one will definitely be able to answer.
I think the shape of the lightening is bang on though especially from the sides.
My thoughts are;
Maybe some black lining on the afew of the lightening so it looks like its cracking from deep with in?
Or making the hammer darker so there is higher contrast?
Again I think some one will definitely be able to answer.
Avelorn
Sven Jonsson
Amazing work so far! Very clean, I think you'd fit in well with the EM team.
As for the lighting effect. Try to see it more as a light source. Tint the parts closer to the lightings in blue and have it reflect further away in the highlights. For example on the shaft.
If you feel a bit unsure about source lighting remember that you will have one colour of light so mix it into the colour of whatever the light is hitting. No light blue to dark blue if it is not hitting a black or blue surface. That will make it look like paint instead of light. Even very good painters continuously make this mistake.
As for the lighting effect. Try to see it more as a light source. Tint the parts closer to the lightings in blue and have it reflect further away in the highlights. For example on the shaft.
If you feel a bit unsure about source lighting remember that you will have one colour of light so mix it into the colour of whatever the light is hitting. No light blue to dark blue if it is not hitting a black or blue surface. That will make it look like paint instead of light. Even very good painters continuously make this mistake.
Persifal
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Thanks Avelorn, I will try to mix blue with middle grey, It make sense.
I have not too much time last weekend, so I made only partial progress. I tried combine gold, steel and cooper/bronze on the hammer, I don't know about this. I'm not sure if it isn't too much materials. Let me know your point of view!
I have not too much time last weekend, so I made only partial progress. I tried combine gold, steel and cooper/bronze on the hammer, I don't know about this. I'm not sure if it isn't too much materials. Let me know your point of view!
Avelorn
Sven Jonsson
Stick with one of the copper and gold I think. I like the copper better even if it is a bit close to the main, red, colour. If that is indeed a problem perhaps you could switch colour on the gem to a more contrasted one and still go with the copper. Otherwise I guess gold would be a better fit.
