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[SkelettetS]

it would actually be easier if i chosen not to have blue arms, like the frog above, because blue i can blend to oblivion without loosing its... blueness. red turns orange/pink way too fast. and as i must take the blending on the head furhter than the arms obviously to get attention there, it turns ito a real problem

nooooooooo blood angels. but as a sidenote i will but that new forgeworld primarch, night lors guy. best sculpt in a long time from them and the chapter suit my style like a glove

 

[AndyG]

I hate red with a passion just cant do it so I will be watching your take on it with great interest.

 

[Kretcher]

I have once tried to go almost pink/white and dark purple in the shadows and after that glaze it over with red. that works ok, might work for you. It is some time since I tried red. not easy to get good if you want a lot of contrast.

/K

 

[BloodFather of Kharnath]

Currently painting red on the armor for Cannibal from Stephen Simon (you have the mini). After closely looking at red in various lighting situations, I find its best to simply start out with a standard, true red, and then darken. So the standard red is your highlight. Take it just a bit darker for the mid tone, then finally go dark and darker for the shadows. I believe that Sprocket uses this method.

I may even use oils to strengthen the darker reds, hoping that this makes the standard red look even more like a highlight. All color falls on a spectrum, and it can still have contrast, just a different type. For example, you can paint the opposite of what I described above. Make standard red the darkest red, and lighten with flesh more and more. You still have the contrast, it's just a much pinker and lighter red.

Another option is to what I described in the first paragraph, but have the true red take up more surface area, then go over some of it with VMC white glaze

 

[SkelettetS]

red belly is red


tweaking a lot back and forth, orange, pink, red-brown, bright violet... red glazes purple glazes. eh! getting pretty hot with some red ink in the process, making him a little bit shiny. i like that. no one will miss this frog when done!

 

[AndyG]

it is like me after a sauna!

 

[Kretcher]

Hey Andy we have saunas in Sweden if you come and visit, but most properly you should go to Finland and they would show you how to really use a sauna

Otherwise that frogsskin reminds me about summer and myself...

/K

 

[aniku]

A really nice red...

When are go gonna be able to see more of the minitaure????

 

[SkelettetS]

ty, probably when ive finished the head i take another shot, so only a month or two.

ok maybe not. but painting is going really slow atm.

 

[Gandalf the Grey]

I've never see a red like it, love it. I usually see the highlight yo orange but I love the way you have chosen. One for the memory bank.

 

[wargamesculptor]

Love the frog colour you've chosen, and the red has a real richness to it

 

[piggles]

Little crab/ snail using a skull as a house. Awesome base!!

 

[Demihuman]

Wow those ducks look really nice! They are the kind of thing though, that if they are off scale even a tiny bit it could hurt your scene.

 

[SkelettetS]

thanks folks i hope to publish some more photos soon, but as you all know, christmas is coming and time is even more limited

Little crab/ snail using a skull as a house. Awesome base!!

ty, for any other scene its a great idea, but this time all kind of death related stuff are out, so no skullz or swords or bolters etc

Wow those ducks look really nice! They are the kind of thing though, that if they are off scale even a tiny bit it could hurt your scene.

that is true. i do think they are pretty much in scale with the other animals in the scene. hmm. the worm is big though...! :bulgy-eyes: have to be something mutated hehe

 

[Ritual]

this time all kind of death related stuff are out, so no skullz or swords or bolters etc

Have you gone all hippie on us, Skel?? :silly!:

 

[Meph]

Maybe he's switching over to nekkid wimmin?

 

[Canny]

Awesome base just awesome! lovely reds too, very lobstery.

 

[Demihuman]

Hey Skelettets, I just finished pouring a pretty big resin water effect base. For my form i used plexiglass, and buffed it with car wax for a release agent. I am going to de-mold it today. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[SkelettetS]

weee back from the dead sort of, or more likely back at the office after some holiday break. seems like i have some threads to read through here.

some updates in short words...
finished painting the red on the frog, lookin quite dull in this image though.


masking!


airbrushing, feeling the bluuees


unmasking, etc. you see the effect.




current state, still not finished (feet, clothing and metal left) as i grew a bit bored and switched to the ogryn beasthandler project instead, wips coming up in a few days


...inspiration...

and a happy new year!

 

[Kretcher]

Trevlig groda i vilket fall, du återkommer förhoppningsvis snart till den igen.

/K