The Problem and the Solution

[cookster]

So i\'ve come to the realization that my problem and a problem of most painters is that I\'m afraid to use colors. In minis and paintings. However on most minis colors are pretty standard and painted to a realistic style (i.e. not abstract). Faces are skin color. Guns are metal. Pants are brown or green depending on what kind. So im looking for a miniature where i can go some what crazy and use whatever colors i want in whatever way i want.

 

[Modderrhu]

Grab a GW Space Ork for yourself. There is so much scope for orange and purple tattoos, yellow or red pants, and of course, green skin. I\'m finishing one right now, and it\'s been a hell of a lot of fun.

 

[SolusNexus]

Hi, im still fairly new at this (have painted and re-painted and am now stripping than repainting my SM\'s), but from what i can tell, and the things i\'ve seen on this site...you can really go crazy and choose whatever colors you want with the eldar, some of the eldar look incredible too...oh well just my 2 cents

 

[Tony Manero]

my grey knight dread is purple changing in green and NMM gold :bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy: my eldars are purple changing into orange and bone

not so much afraid of colors lollollollol

 

[Duende]

I like Dark Age\'s Dragyri for this reason. Since they\'re aliens from another planet, you can pretty much make them whatever colors you want. Even the fluff on them at the Dark Age site says that they come in all kinds of colorations.

Just my 2 cents worth....

 

[No Such Agency]

Well if you\'re a Warhammer painter, maybe Eldar?

I like to think of things like flesh-coloured flesh as... useful constraints that I paint under. They help define WHAT I am painting. Yes, it might be neat to make Aragorn purple, but it\'s not so much \"creative\" as \"random\". There is still lots of room for improvization on most minis, as long as you are not constrianed by some retarded game rules that affect what colour scheme you can use.

 

[cookster]

I think im going to try and paint a guardsman. Nothing more simple. I\'ll try and do something creative with him. Dunde do you have a link?

 

[Ogrebane]

Do some ogres. there big with lots of skin and they have no dress sense.

Hmm remind me of me really.

 

[supervike]

I agree somewhat with the original statement...

It is very hard to \'break out\' and push the color barrier...Thus most of my minis end up with brown on them.

On the few times I have \'forced\' myself to use different colors, I have been pleased with the results.

 

[EricJ]

Originally posted by supervike
It is very hard to \'break out\' and push the color barrier...Thus most of my minis end up with brown on them.

On the few times I have \'forced\' myself to use different colors, I have been pleased with the results.

I think it is hard, but very beneficial to push yourself in terms of color. It doesn\'t have to be wild like using the whole color wheel on a single mini, but rather there are more subtle ways improve your comfort with colors. My Dragyri wail for example was a test for me to see if I could paint an entire mini only using blues and greens. My Hyrekia was my test to really work on using white. And I\'ve had a couple others.

In terms of skin, I also agree it can get sort of boring to do the same skin over and over. What has really made it interesting for me is when I started working on the multiple tones skin has, trying for different effects, even if I\'m using similar colors. For example, now, instead of shading with a darker brown, I\'ll shade in layers with combinations of mainly reds and blues, with sometimes greens, and yellows mixed in. It definately added a lot of interest to that part of the process

Anyway, push yourself, and don\'t worry if something doesn\'t work out, it\'s what you\'ll learn from it that matters