TheLost WIP

[Bailey03]

Good luck with the bust. Try to work on soft and subtle shading for her face, definitely important for those female characters. You can do more dramatic shading on the hair and clothing (which then gives a nice contrast to the soft face).

The pictures in the latest post aren't showing up for me, though that may be my connection blocking the site that's hosting.

 

[crystella333]

Bailey beat me to it, can't see the pictures

 

[TheLost]

I think I fixed the picture issue, except now I have the double post issue again... lol technology...

 

[TheLost]

over the wolf sholive scored higher in MHO

Thanks BAM. I think the score it received was fair. I'm not really up there when it comes to painting, so I don't expect more than a 6 or 7 most of the time.

 

[Rothskin]

This bust is absolutly cool, very nice modell.

 

[TheLost]

This bust is absolutly cool, very nice modell.

Thanks... unfortunately, it will be on the back burner for a while.

 

[BloodASmedium]

not worry mate if you need to take breaks I have a secret I know about miniature painting.I found out years ago and I'll share it with you,it's OK to take a rest and put projects on the back burner because...you ready.....here's the secret.....THEIR NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!! LOL they have a unique ability miniature models,that they can stay in no activity mode for long periods of time.isn't thar awesome..lol just busting your chops remind me when you get more active as I have so many w I p I try to follow sometimes things slip through the cracks unintentiinally...so just lemme know as I'm interested in following yours bud.still feel the w of should've been at least and 8 plus average and I stand behind it.btw the base is really cool.and very smooth base coating on that bust that's the most important step base coating it's sets a smooth stage for all the following phases including the blending.

 

[Rothskin]

After my sons birth im on a break for a indefinable time 8)

 

[TheLost]

Man BAM you crack me up That's a good point on the minis..they don't move lol. I'm trying to find time to paint, but it seems life gets in the way a lot.. thanks for your interest in my stuff, I appreciate it .

Oh and I've been told that you are the authority on painting orks... any chance you can share that secret too? I have a BUNCH of ork projects that I want to do; I got scale 75's ork flesh paint set, and it seems like it includes some good colors. I would very much appreciate your opinion. Thanks again!

not worry mate if you need to take breaks I have a secret I know about miniature painting.I found out years ago and I'll share it with you,it's OK to take a rest and put projects on the back burner because...you ready.....here's the secret.....THEIR NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!! LOL they have a unique ability miniature models,that they can stay in no activity mode for long periods of time.isn't thar awesome..lol just busting your chops remind me when you get more active as I have so many w I p I try to follow sometimes things slip through the cracks unintentiinally...so just lemme know as I'm interested in following yours bud.still feel the w of should've been at least and 8 plus average and I stand behind it.btw the base is really cool.and very smooth base coating on that bust that's the most important step base coating it's sets a smooth stage for all the following phases including the blending.

 

[TheLost]

That's a really good reason to be on a break

After my sons birth im on a break for a indefinable time 8)

 

[oistene]

Real cool, and simple too! I need to remember this approach.

 

[TheLost]

Real cool, and simple too! I need to remember this approach.

Yep! The great thing about orks is that you don't have to be careful with clean lines and angles... randomness is key.

 

[ten ball]

Glad your back, hope you get things sorted mate

 

[TheLost]

Hey does anyone know of any sci-fi model manufacturers that make big robot or machine models, other than forgeworld and GW? I'm looking for some mech-warrior type models and sci-fi tanks. Thanks!

 

[crystella333]

Hey does anyone know of any sci-fi model manufacturers that make big robot or machine models, other than forgeworld and GW? I'm looking for some mech-warrior type models and sci-fi tanks. Thanks!

Pop this question over on the General discussion thread and you'll get alot more info thrown at you

 

[oistene]

Dark Age CORE are killer robots, take a look, they are in the CMoN store.

 

[TheLost]

Finally had some time to paint... not too much progress, but something is better than nothing. I feel like my skill has gone down from not painting for so long. Here's a picture of what I'm currently working on. Enjoy.

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Right now the mini is basically primed and pre-shaded. I'm going to try to paint the mini using the zenithal lighting process - I've never done that before. From what I can tell, I have to add the color of the "light source" to the highlight areas of the mini using blending or glazing. If anyone has any tips or if I'm missing something, I'd love to hear what you have to say.

Also, I'm going to try TMM on the armor of the mini.. barely started on the sword.. anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance!

 

[TheLost]

Had a little time to paint this weekend and made some progress on the sword blade. I think it turned out ok for my first try at TMM... if anyone has suggestions or comments, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Actually, any kind of comments - good or bad - would be great! Thanks!

 

[TheLost]

I also had time to start on a base for GW's Necron Overlord model. When I saw that model, it was a must have for me.

I'm thinking of having the overlord in the center of the base, framed by two necron obelisks (black squares on the base). The black lines coming from the center of the base are going to be cracks. I want to try and make it look like the overlord slammed his staff in the ground and cracked it, thereby awakening other necrons. And for those necron aficionados, if you look at the cracks on the top of the base closely, you'll see that they are going to look like the necron symbol.

The base was made by supergluing 2 different thicknesses of cork.

Anyone have suggestions on how to make the obelisks? Thanks!

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[Darthmarsh]

That's a nice looking mini mate. Difficult to critique your TMM as its not really showing up in the photo. There's a really good tutorial in the article section of CMoN (granted it tackles armour rather than swords though) I'll see if I can find it for you. best advice I can give is treat you TMM the same way you would NMM. Paint alternate dark, light, dark bands down one side of the blade and then the opposite on the other side (depending on how you want it to look and your light source) then paint in your brightest highlights. You can add interest with thin glazes of colour to represent the reflected surroundings.

edit: found it http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1649-metallics