Sir Malcolm, Templar Lightbringer

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frenchkid

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oki left you a comment and voted.. And so that I don\'t repet myself here\'s the comment :
Nice mini, it as a good overall feel. the NMM on the armour looks really good. But on the sword and shield it\'s definetly lacking some smooth blending, and I don\'t think there should be that dark line runing up the sword. Gold NMM looks pretty good, I\'d say it\'s lacking some deeper shading. The cloak needs to be shaded more in the recesse, right now it looks a bit flat, try doing a couple of glaze of red+dark green, it\'ll give you a nice rich red wich should go well with the mini. The a darklining missing between the white robe and the cloak. And the white needs to be shaded a lot more. Nice little story to go with the mini
 
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ansquer

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commted and voted ...
NMM is really nice... but you have to work clothes painting. Need more highlight and blending. Need lining betwen red and white... I dont like the dark line on the sword... This mini can be a 8.x. tony
 
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Broke n English

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Been and voted...

...love the background story ;) The figure itself is nice,my favourite part being the watchful hand,very eerie :D There\'s a good tone on the NMM,the reflection on the sword is cool,what colours did you use? I would give the NMM another highlight at the edges of the plating and a little more definition in the cloak :D Cool mini stressed out Sire ;):cool:
 
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Frustrated Father

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Thanks for the comments and critques, I do take them to heart.

Yeah, the white clothes inside I wasn\'t the happiest about but I had started with a much darker color and then decided I didn\'t like it so I kept lightening it up. I think maybe a wash with .... what I brown, perhaps graveyard earth or something darker would maybe make the folds pop a bit more and then highlight again. I\'ll have to try that.

As for the sword ... yeah, I\'m still trying to get the \'hang\' of this NMM thing. I thought I had hit it fairly close with the armor, but the sword I knew I was still lacking in. I might just rework that sword before I send it off as part of a miniature exchange I\'m in (paint and send on) on another forum.

Now, on the armor, should i have taken, out to the very edge, the lightest color that I have now, and then come back with progressively lighter approaches with the grey/blue combo I was using up to hot spots of white?

The colors I used were Sombre Grey (Vallejo), then washed heavily with black, picked back up with Sombre Grey, then I mixed 50/50 Sombre with ... I think it was Ghost Grey, then just Ghost Grey for the lightest highlight. I tried staying away from white so that it wouldn\'t look too extreme. Should I have perhaps gone that route?

Black lining ... that\'s something I always seem to shy away from. I\'ll go ahead and make the distinction though and see how that works. One of those things that I just don\'t think about while I\'m painting it.

Thanks again.
 
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sivousplay

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I will ditto some things others have said ... first the areas that could use some improvement ...

I too do not like the dark line on the sword ... I think since that\'s the high point and that it would look better as a bright line ... also the blending on the front of the sword is not as nice as the back ... you could try to use another shade that is a 50/50 of white and the base color and do the same diagonal lines over 1/2 of the white and into the base color about the same amount to create a more blended look. Same thing goes for the armor but it\'s not quite as obvious there.

I like the shading on the ivory under the shield, but the creases don\'t seem to have enough definition.

I like the red and the freehand and if you could do that cool freehand, maybe a logo, name etc on the shield \"ribbon\" would add some extra umphh to the shield. If you don\'t feel comfortable w/ writing letters w/ a brush, the Pigma micron pens are awesome for that kind of detailing.

Nice job on the face ... you\'ve captured an expression which is always better than a flat face ... looks like his left cheek is a little rough ... always better when touching up fine details like the face to use as thin a paint as you can and just go over the area a couple of time to get the coverage you want. It\'s always better to use two thin coats than one thicker coat.

Keep up the good work.
jim
 
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Frustrated Father

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Ah, this is the sort of help that I\'m looking for as well - some paint tips in how and where to go over it (I\'m about to put this bugger back under the brush).

Yeah, freehand I don\'t like, I do have the Micron pens though taht I think I will take a stab at on the ribbon. I mainly use it for my eyes though as I feel that I have a bit more control over it (no tipping of the brush, if that\'s the right term).

The sword I will have a go at with the suggestion you made, I\'ve come to the conclusion I need to get rid of that dark line (heh) after having it pointed out a few times.

lol

As for the face, yeah, his cheek is a bit rough but that is due to the sculpt itself and has nothing to do with paint as I kept my paints pretty thin. I\'m not sure if the sculpt is normally like that or I just got one that looks like the cheek has a chunk missing, but I chalked it up to him having a battle scar or some such and just rolled with it. Got feeling that I just got one slightly fubared.

Thanks again everyone for suggestions - keep tossing them at me and hopefully I\'ll hit that 8 and maybe 9 one of these days.

(hitting PRINT button)
 
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