Starks\' WIPs (April 10th, Felix\'s Dwarf WiP)

[Starks333]

***just an update, i think the pants might need darkening so the jacket doesnt look underhighlighted and rather shadowed by his hunched-ness, i think its turning out...the staff is NMMed a nice dark silver along with the metal on the boots and the skull belt buckle, it might of been washed out and look solid colour, but i know it looks metal this time around, the skull is debateable as to whether it does or not because its so small and its shadowed

i havent quite figured out how to do the gold on the front, im not sure what shadowed gold looks like yet

Starks

 

[MathewBaich]

Thats a really good lookin demon prince and the imperial psyker is pretty sweet too.

 

[Starks333]

thanks!...i think im going to do another highlight on the staff silver one more should do it, it looks metallic right now but i want to make sure, last time i entered competitions i lost because something looked underhighlighted at the place so, no more of that!

then i can finish the boots and gloves, then the head, and then his weapons!

yay for being almost done!

Starks

 

[demonherald]

Yeah I find myself constantly going up to pure white for NMM highlighting.
DP looking awesome..
regards the model looking different out of the trulite.. could be purely down to darker lighting around ya. Have you taken it outside and had a look under daylight???

Anyhow keep up the great work looking forward to more progress.

 

[Starks333]

Originally posted by demonherald
Yeah I find myself constantly going up to pure white for NMM highlighting.
DP looking awesome..
regards the model looking different out of the trulite.. could be purely down to darker lighting around ya. Have you taken it outside and had a look under daylight???

Anyhow keep up the great work looking forward to more progress.

***ya ive taken it around now, my rule seems to be working \"when i think im done highlighting, highlight more\" it seems to work and i think everything is showing up now outside of my light, in natural light and everywhere else

i should have more work done later this week hope to have the psyker done and DP updates

thanks!

Starks

 

[TaintedBrush]

I love that color scheme you came up with for the psycher (paintings pretty good too )

As most know, I love chaos! That demon prince conversion is looking top-notch!

TB

 

[desertdragon1964]

way to cool.DD

 

[Starks333]

Thanks everyone, this is a practice model so im doing a lot of learning still, so im not making a big deal out of getting everything completely perfect...although i am a perfectionist and have redone a bunch of things


heres an update, i finally got my nmm silver to go on a part of this model SMOOTH...and NOT all weird like the bent staff *rolls eyes* anyways, i added some more veins to the head(underlayered them but they are too subtle to show up in the pic, the nmm silver has a purple hint to it to show the power going through it

Whats Left:

NMM gold on front, gun, gloves need a couple more highlights, purple staff needs to be done and then the base which will be the thing that reinforces the light source, im unsure how to do the base right now, as i (as always) attach him to it while painting and before finishing it, i might tear him off and pin him to a nicer base

**if theres a image size limit please let me know, i kept these ones bigger than normal(normal being the B/C required size) so they are zoomable when i send them over msn


Starks

 

[Starks333]

heres the trickiest thign ive ever done in progress---> the armour, im trying to shoot for something like the cover of the army book, with the colours all blending ogether(purples and blues) and well ive tried wet blending but i cant seem to keep warlock purple BRIGHT it always wants to wuss out of the party (PS the upper body is more complete than the lower armour wise)

the sword is also difficult to NMM because of the angle and its curvyness and the fact i still dont get it

I guess i need to do another layer or so of the blending to get it to show, i keep glazing or washing(whatever...) black to darken the areas that need to be darker, hopefully it will work out in the end, especially since thats how i plan on doing my whole army eventually

Starks

 

[Torn blue sky]

Bright lighter or bright colour?
To lighten it use something like Ice blue, to get a brighter colour add something like Warlock purple

The Demon prince is cooking on GAS!!! All the other stuff too :drool: More! MORE NOW! .... :drool:

 

[Starks333]

Originally posted by Torn blue sky
Bright lighter or bright colour?
To lighten it use something like Ice blue, to get a brighter colour add something like Warlock purple

***well its not one colour, the armour is actually midnight blue, regal blue and warlock purple(along with a purple mix of warlock and blues) all wet blended together randomly

im trying to get the effect the cover of the dark elves codex has on the armour, the purples/blues etc all mixed together

my problem now is keeping the scheme dark while doing the trim and the robe he has...im running out of colours i think im going to have to doo the robe a brownish grey because i wanted the trim around the chainmail black which is tricky when NMMing and including grey...hahaha

Starks

 

[Starks333]

Here are the finished pics of the psyker, not the best but its what i can do for now

i will rehighlight the guns gunmetal NMM if it fades, right now im letting it dry...the base is painted, very little if any of the shadow is an actual shadow

hope you guys like it, and you can see it in Montreal this weekend (i plan on showing this model and getting advice on it from the guys there, hopefully im doing well with my colours)

only part i dont like is the rear shot of the staff, as i changed my NMM recipe after that and it drove me nuts doing that part due to the bent staff and such so i didnt bother touching it up

Starks

 

[Ogrebane]

WOW I should check back more often. Psyker is coming along nicely as is the deamon prince. Great stuff.

 

[Starks333]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
WOW I should check back more often. Psyker is coming along nicely as is the deamon prince. Great stuff.

***actually the psyker is now finished(just mediocre pics)

the DP is on hold until i finish my second conflict entry(the elf) and then i will resume him

thanks!

Starks

 

[Torn blue sky]

Gooood , shiney, but goooood. I dunno. I think it Is more the pics that make it a wee bit off. *HINT*

More now...sleep later...

 

[Starks333]

Originally posted by Torn blue sky
Gooood , shiney, but goooood. I dunno. I think it Is more the pics that make it a wee bit off. *HINT*

More now...sleep later...

**i might of found a place that will allow me good lighting, oddly enough its close to the ceiling inside my home made light box...once i have the room cleaned up i will try and go about taking better pics...and maybe borrow my friends cam

i think however sometimes my blending is muted, usually my dark brown, as im not sure yet how to keep it dark while highlighting it, same with dark greys

Starks

 

[hubbabubba]

The skin tones on the psyker look good, I\'m looking forward to seeing some better photos.
I like the helmet on the demon, I liked the air vents though.

 

[Starks333]

Originally posted by hubbabubba
The skin tones on the psyker look good, I\'m looking forward to seeing some better photos.
I like the helmet on the demon, I liked the air vents though.

***i kinda miss the vents now too, but i think if i cover it up with freehand, it wont look as boring, so hopefully that works, its my birthday today so i probably wont get the photos working, but i will try tommorow or after Montreal



Starks

 

[hubbabubba]

Hey Happy birthday

 

[Starks333]

@hubba, Thanks! had a good day for the most part

anyways...

just a shot of the elf with gold...i suppose if i finish the sword and change the robe colour to a brighter one it might not ruin my dark armour as much

Starks