Thoughts on finishing a Scibor Dwarf

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ScottRadom

Shogun of Saskatchewan
Hey, I am painting this for the Little Angels charity auction/contest over on WAMP. This is where I would call the mini done but if anyone has some advice I'd love to hear it.

There are several problem with the mini in terms of I didn't spend the appropriate amount of time prepping it. I gotta be more patient in the prep of mini's, and I know that now. It's just that I asked for some patience for Christmas and it's STILL NOT HERE so I am just about giving up on that. My next model I am going to time myself and spend at least an hour on prep. Anyway, anyone spot some paint stuff I should do on this one?

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GreenOne

I paint my thumb.
Looking great Scott. Love the fur on his back, and your metallics improved a bunch since last I checked.
As for advice, I'd say, something to better define the feathers on the helmet, and some more highlights on his face, around the eyes, tip of the nose, cheeks etc. Also shading more the underside of the slate, maybe with dark brown to separate it from the dirt underneath.
 
Tercha

Tercha

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What is he carrying?....I thought a 1st it was a pipe....but the sides are thick enough for him to be carrying molten lead!...some strange dwarven device for the working of mithril?... nice work on the painting!
 
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exilesjjb

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dwarf looks very good scott only thing to improve it is a little more on the flesh, not enough contrast for me but the fur/hair on the back is brill what colours did you use, like the metalics too
 
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ScottRadom

Shogun of Saskatchewan
Thanks for the comments guys!

Exiles, for sure I am going to up the highlight on the flesh. It needs doing!

The fur was basecoat of Vallejo Burnt umber. Liberal wash of Black Red, then I shaded the bottom half more with black brown. I have since added a bit of watered down citadel black wash to make it darker at the bottom of the cloak.

Then I just highlighted up using a lot of my fav Vallejo Model color brown. Flat Earth, Orange Brown, Cork Brown, and then added some PP Menoth white Base into the final stages, then a little PP menoth white highlight at the extreme parts. I'm glad I've gotten good feedback on it as I tried very hard to act on some of the greta advice I've gotten in the past. I've been told often that I needed to go darker to lighter for that old contrast thing and I am really trying that now. I very much look forward to the next piece I can take some time on.

Thanks again.

Will do the flesh.

GreenOne, I went back and did add some more shading between the slate and the dirt. You were right, good call!
 
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SkelettetS

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i really like the 'cold' silver/blue colorscheme, dwarfs nowdays all seems to get covered in gold. look nicely smooth blended too, nice one!
 
Einion

Einion

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In terms of your paintwork I think it does look pretty much done. The flesh could do with a bit more highlighting, ditto the shirt, but overall from what I can see in the pics I think you've put in enough contrast.

ScottRadom said:
It's just that I asked for some patience for Christmas and it's STILL NOT HERE so I am just about giving up on that.
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ScottRadom said:
My next model I am going to time myself and spend at least an hour on prep. Anyway, anyone spot some paint stuff I should do on this one?
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Obviously it varies hugely from casting to casting but I can regularly spend 2-3 hours doing cleanup on a single figure if the casting has some issues (and sometimes a lot more). This is for white metal obviously, for a very clean resin piece it might only take about 15 minutes to half and hour.

I think the thing to do in cleanup is to expect it to take some hours, then if it goes more quickly you feel you're ahead of the game. If you think it should only take 10 minutes and you're feeling hard done by at the 20-minute mark you're more likely to just go, "Sod it, that's enough." and stop. Even if the work is not actually done.

Einion
 
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GreenOne

I paint my thumb.
An hour for prep is pretty fast actually; I tend to spend as much time prepping as most folk spend painting the whole thing, and then as much time painting as they'd spend building the pyramids...
 
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GreenOne

I paint my thumb.
Basically, it would be the whole preparation process, from unpacking to priming. Many stages which consist of ridding the cast of all imperfections by shaving, filing, sanding, gapfilling, scrubing and so forth; in order to get the smoothest possible surface to paint on.
Automaton's articles usually make a point of describing the whole process he goes through and putting just enough emphasis on the importance of it.
 
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ScottRadom

Shogun of Saskatchewan
Thanks to everyone for the comments and the support! Esp. GP about the metals. It's been a lot easier with that fig of yours for reference amigo!

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Excuse the silly question, but what do you mean with "cleanup" and why does it takes 2-3 houres?
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Yeah, clean up is super important. However, I used to blast through a mini in 4 hours, and I though THAT was a lifetime to spend on a single fig. At that pace my results were okay-ish but there were PLENTY of painting problems that sort of stood out way past any assembly or clean up problems. I am very happy that now I can look at a finished mini and realize that in some regards I let myself down with a lack of patience in the prep and cleaning and less so in the painting dept. Not at all pretending that I've mastered anything, but I can see improvement. A good feeling!

Einion you make a good point about planning for a longer time frame for cleaning, then if it takes less I'll be happy. I find it very easy to trick myself. When you can trick yourself does that mean your gullible, or a master manipulator? Hmmm....
 
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