Sproket's WIP

Sionid

Sionid

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Congratulations, well done and well-deserved! Moreover, you've proven to yourself that you can make something awesome in a mere handful of days, and that has to feel pretty good.
 
Avelorn

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
It was quite beautiful in hand, yes! :) As I said, you have a very distinct style which is something I love.

Congrats!
 
ten ball

ten ball

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I'm so glad I decided to go for it and paint myself out of my post Euro blues. I owe it all to Lee who encouraged me at a critical moment (he also cornered me at GD and insisted that I give him his.[/QUOTE]

Yep, and as a reward you can snap the head off your demon and I will wear it as a pin badge (seeing GW never gave any out this year).

He he :)
 
Sproket

Sproket

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BloodFather of Kharnath said:
Searched your blog for how you made this epic rock and couldn't find anything. When you have a moment, can you quickly describe what the rock is made from, and how you painted it? Really been leaning on you for inspiration lately :)
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The 'rock' is a piece of wood I picked up from the roadside. It was just one of those lucky finds that come along every now and again. The painting of the rock was relatively simple as it has great textures. The bulk of the work consists of dry brushing increasingly lighter shades of grey over a brown base colour. There is then a little work with some glazes, layering and washes just to tidy things up.

BloodFather of Kharnath said:
Sprock, silly me I have another question for you. Please feel free to answer AFTER basking in your victories at GD. Don't want to take up your time with my annoying questions when it's so close to G Day.

My my question is a general one concerning your process. I see that on your blog you always mention a basecoat, a shade, a midtone, and a highlight. I am assuming you paint in this order for most projects. I am also deducing that your basecoat is normally between your midtone and your shade. But why is that? Why would it be this way and not just basecoat with your midtone? Because of lighting, for instance, if an object were to receive mostly midtone and highlights with a small shaded area, would you then basecoat with a lighter color? Thanks, just exploring your way if doing things. When I painted my first display mini, now that I think of it, I always base coated with a darker than midtone color. Thanks brother for your help and break a mini's leg.
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My method tends to vary depending upon the mini and the specific colour I'm painting. For example on flesh for the Frog & the Haomonculus I started off with a light base colour. I then worked down in gradual stages of layering & glazes to the shadows. The last stage was to apply the lightest highlights. On the inner (purple) skirt for the Haomonculus I started off with a dark base colour and worked up through the mid tones and then finally the highlights. Other times I may well use a mid tone base colour and then add shade & highlights. It all depends upon what effect I'm going for and what seems to be the best way of painting a particular mini or area of a mini. The one consistent thing is that I always add the final highlights last as this pulls it all together.

skraaal said:
Well done on the bronze! Outstanding for two weeks. If you don't mind me asking, how do apply your paint to un primed plastic? The one time I tried, I found it didn't want to adhere to where I was trying to put it...
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First up I make sure the surface is totally free from any grease or dust by giving it a thorough clean with an old toothbrush & and a dot of washing up liguid. I then paint on the base colour in several thin layers. It dosen't always go down very evenly at first but each coat covers a little more than the last. The trick is to work with very thin layers of slightly diluted paint and to make sure they are totally dry before the next one is applied. It can be a time consuming process but it builds up to a smooth even finish.
 
BloodFather of Kharnath

BloodFather of Kharnath

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Thanks for the response Sprocket! Private lessons from a x2 Slayer Sword winner. No big deal!

Currently applying your copper recipe, the one you used on the Infamy Ape, on my current project. I have to say that it's working out great, and after I make some more progress I'll leave you a link to my WIP, just to get your thoughts. Also used your skin recipe from your recent Infamy bust. All been very useful!!!
 
skraaal

skraaal

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Sproket said:
The 'rock' is a piece of wood I picked up from the roadside. It was just one of those lucky finds that come along every now and again. The painting of the rock was relatively simple as it has great textures. The bulk of the work consists of dry brushing increasingly lighter shades of grey over a brown base colour. There is then a little work with some glazes, layering and washes just to tidy things up.



My method tends to vary depending upon the mini and the specific colour I'm painting. For example on flesh for the Frog & the Haomonculus I started off with a light base colour. I then worked down in gradual stages of layering & glazes to the shadows. The last stage was to apply the lightest highlights. On the inner (purple) skirt for the Haomonculus I started off with a dark base colour and worked up through the mid tones and then finally the highlights. Other times I may well use a mid tone base colour and then add shade & highlights. It all depends upon what effect I'm going for and what seems to be the best way of painting a particular mini or area of a mini. The one consistent thing is that I always add the final highlights last as this pulls it all together.



First up I make sure the surface is totally free from any grease or dust by giving it a thorough clean with an old toothbrush & and a dot of washing up liguid. I then paint on the base colour in several thin layers. It dosen't always go down very evenly at first but each coat covers a little more than the last. The trick is to work with very thin layers of slightly diluted paint and to make sure they are totally dry before the next one is applied. It can be a time consuming process but it builds up to a smooth even finish.
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Thanks for the reply! ;p
 
AndyG

AndyG

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Please do the nurgle stuff soon ;) I need to see a sprocket take on them to restore my chi after seeing the piss poor job that the gw studio did on them. I could puke a better paint job than they've done :( So come on sir get painting some wonderfulness.
 
Pictish Mini Painting

Pictish Mini Painting

I'm actually a man!
Was great to see it in the flesh (Plastic?) in hand and for 2 weeks work, I was amazed. I loved the little block base too.

Looking forward what comes from the Sproket mind for Salute...though i'm worried as I may be in the same category as you :O
 
AndyG

AndyG

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That's the one I was talking about before! Lovely figure great conversion. But ye gods the GW email I got promoting it the painting the staff did on it was shameful on such a nice mini. You've got to ace this mate and show GW how it should be done. Will be watching this carefully.
 
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Alowan

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Awesome WIP post.

Might have been asked somewhere in it - I looked but did not find it - how do you create your grass and moss? It is nothing but amazing!
 
Demihuman

Demihuman

Active member
Nice tentacles! Love the bulk of him. Lots of detail but not too fiddly or busy. I also think the trident is very nice. His helmet seems a little plain to me. Nice and flat for freehand tho...
 
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