Shadow Steed: based on WoW's Death Knights

[Witchwater]

<p><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Thought I&rsquo;d disappeared, did you?</span></p> <p>Well....I did.</p> <p>But I&rsquo;m back!&nbsp; With pictures!</p> <p>As you may or may not know, I am part of a D&amp;D group.&nbsp; One of my friend's characters is able to summon a Shadow Steed. &nbsp;It's supposed to have all the color sucked out of it -- it's essentially a horse made only of shadow.</p> <p><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;I paint minis, so he asked me to pick up a figurine for his Shadow Steed. &nbsp;Although it's supposed to be all made of shadow, he said, it would be AWESOME if I could paint it up like the Death Knight horses from World of Warcraft (see <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/death-charger-gallery.html#8">this page from Blizzard's official site</a> for a picture of what one of those looks like)</span></p> <p><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">...So I thought I'd try my hand at painting a Death Knight&rsquo;s horse. &nbsp;He selected which pieces he wanted for his horse (the set I offered him had many different bodies / heads to choose from), and I assembled and painted it:</span></p> <a href="http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/Witchwater_album/Shadow%20Steed/?action=view&current=ShadowSteed1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/Witchwater_album/Shadow%20Steed/ShadowSteed1.jpg" border="0" alt="Shadow Steed" /></a> <a href="http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/Witchwater_album/Shadow%20Steed/?action=view&current=ShadowSteed2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg133/Witchwater_album/Shadow%20Steed/ShadowSteed2.jpg" border="0" alt="Shadow Steed" /></a> <div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">It was weird, painting something that was mostly black.&nbsp; And I had a HECK of a time with the glowing hooves.&nbsp; But all in all I&rsquo;m pleased with how it came out. <p>And for those interested, the figure came from the Games Workshop's &quot;Chaos Marauder Horsemen&quot; pack.</p> </span></div>

 

[skeeve]

It looks very cool, but, I would add bright blue reflections on all metallic parts on the "lower" side of the horse. Especially the chain. It has two parts, one that clings to the neck - that I would leave as is. THe other part is hanging. THis is what I would focus on. IT will look really cool if you put deep shadow on the top part facing sky (yeah, I know - counterintuitive), and puut bright blue reflection on the bottom fading into the shade on the top.
Same goes for the chaos symbol - much brighter lower tips and much darker the upper ones

 

[Witchwater]

Hiya, Skeeve! Thanks for the input! You know, I did try doing exactly that with the hanging chain, but unfortunately my Blue Glow skills are still VERY mediocre. I decided to paint over it in an effort to save the mini's overall look.

Fortunately I have other horses now, thanks to that boxed set. Looks like it's practice, practice, practice for me.

Thanks again for the input -- I truly appreciate it.