Recent submissions - fishing for feedback

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treide

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For some reason it is taking awhile for some of my recent submissions to gather votes/feedback (special thanks to those who already left comments), so I thought I would fish here!

http://www.coolminiornot.com/152891
http://www.coolminiornot.com/154230
http://www.coolminiornot.com/154894

I know the NMM on the Skaven\'s sword needs alot of work. I think I tried to make too abrupt a transition between light and dark. I find silver/steel/iron metal very difficult for some reason.

Any other suggestions about painting technique, basing or photography greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

treide
 
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MathewBaich

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ok, what I see over the pieces in general is that they all don\'t have quite enough contrast and definition. the nmm needs to be much brighter than it is now to be believable, try going all the up to white on the very edges next time and try to highlight about three more shades up in general when you\'re painting. hope that helps :beer:
 
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treide

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Thanks! I agree that I need to take the highlighting to another level. The minis look \"done\" to me IRL, but when I photograph them they do seem a bit flat.

BTW, you have some great minis in your gallery - your goblin sniper is excellent!
 
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OrkBoy

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I voted and commented on all of them treide, looks like you have thing for painting beasties ;)

Cheers,
Tom
 
Avelorn

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
Nice work on al of them!

The skaven suitable dark and.. skavish.. :) I especially like the way the skin separates just slightly from the skin, I never liked the pink flesh version of skaven. I think that you could have gone with metals on it though as its easier to get the skaven atmosphere with them I think, using washes and inks on metals. The NMM is a good start but I have some pointers. First when you start experimenting on placing highlights with NMM it\'s often good to think in an opposite manner like in this article by cyril. The lightest part on one side of a blade should so to speak be right next to the darkest part of the other side. Secondly avoid using edging except when necessary to keep the illusion of reflected light. Edging can often disrupt that sensation. Finally it\'s hard to say exactly what to do when it comes to NMM.. it\'s all about experimenting. But studying how the \"masters\" solve the issues on different materials and try to mimic how they place highlights is a good exercise. Smoothness of highlights is not the biggest problem when it comes to NMM, you can get away with pretty rough transitions I\'ve noticed as long as you place the highlights in such a way that they sell the illusion. But if you want to work on your transitions you can always try to mix intermediary layers and smooth the highlights out with glazes. The gold on the model is a bit to light I think for a skaven.. try to use more and dark shadows with just a few sharper highlights.

The second one is very nice, good contrasting colourscheme on a wicked miniature (got to check up that line) What I felt is lacking is that last sharp but very small highlight that helps defining volume and making the mini \"pop\" I like the base very much as well :)

The third one is my favourite! I think you gave this little fella a perfect atmosphere and colourscheme. Great work on the base! You even made me want to paint this sculpt, so well done! ;)
 
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