Rusty painting

[vbt]

I've posted a few times in the CMON gallery, but was given some advice to post here for more advice and critique.

Painter for around 2 years now, but really only have a handful of complete models. RL keeps getting in the way.

[url="http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/vbt]Here is my gallery[/url]

The model I've been working on recently was a necromunda Pyromaniac

I've tried to ramp up the contact on this model after some discussion over on one of the other threads.

Thoughts?

 

[Webmonkey]

Yep,.. this is the place to get both encouragement and critiques. The people here are friendly and always willing to help with techniques, or just an additional "eye",.. as sometimes you spend so much time staring at something, that you become "blind" to the flaws in it. Being that you are still relatively new to the painting scene, always try to keep in mind the first rule of painting figures,..

RULE #1),.... There is no "wrong" way to paint a model,...

Just as long as you are painting, and enjoy the outcome of your work,.. then it's good enough. That being said, if I were to critique your work,.. I'd say the following,..

1) I see you've done some OSL on the top of his head and arms, and a bit down the chest. But if you look at the placement of his arms, they are over his head and behind him,... meaning that most of the light should be on the back/top of his head, his shoulders and down his back, more-so then down his front.

2) the film exposure is a bit dark perhaps. it's hard to see the seperation between his skin and his pants. Either get a bit brighter lighting, or paint in a slightly brighter color to give some seperation and definition.

3) again, photography,.. things are a bit blurry and out of focus in some of the shots. Try setting your ISO down to around 100, your aperature to somewhere around 16, use the macro function,.. and maybe try a few different color background with each model. A simple change of the backdrop can really change the way the light bounces around the model and the way it looks in the final shot. The photo can really make or break a mini,.. regardless of how well it's painted.

Just my two cents.

 

[gohkm]

I like the OSL you've done, it's more subtle than most. I agree with Webmonkey, the OSL placement seems a bit off - with the angle of the arms, it seems that more light would be shed on his back, than anywhere else.

Also, the flames themselves, they do not appear 'hot', more like a slow burn. They may benefit from a spot highlight of white, in the deepest recesses, to show proper heat. The downside is that you'd probably have to intensify the OSL to keep up the illusion.

But, generally, well done, mate. The glowing inset on his chest, that is really nice.