TrystanGST's WIP thread

[TrystanGST]

Ah, glad to see you working on this guy. Such a cool KD model (though that can be said about quite a few of them). The subtle color variations on the face are really nice. Have you figured out what color scheme you're going to use for his armor?

Blues and silver mostly. I wanted a complement to a yellowish/gold skintone, even though it ended up more khaki. So I will have to find a way to work some warm colors in there too.

 

[TrystanGST]

Fancy pants. It's tough - the colors go from a dark navy (GW kantor blue) to almost robin's egg blue (GW blue + white), and yet it doesn't look like I did much of anything.
I'm trying to find a nice subtle pattern I can work into the pants that won't overwhlem them.

 

[Zab]

They look like velour or velvet. Gold would go nice with the blue and tie into the face, also see if you can find a pic of a sari (whoa, I typed blue sari for google images - good luck choosing) that has a simple pattern or go with paisley - paisley fixes everything.

 

[wargamesculptor]

What colour blends did you use on the face Trystan, as I need a similar tone for a project I'm doing ? Very nice work so far, you have a natural flair for these animal humans !

 

[TrystanGST]

Zab - thanks! I'll have to take a look.
Wargames - The face was based with P3 Bootstrap Leather, then re-based with P3 Hammerfall Khaki. This was shaded up with white.

 

[wargamesculptor]

Thanks Trystan will give it a go.

 

[TrystanGST]

@wargame - no worries. If I was you, I'd probably just skip the Battlefield and start with the rucksack tan (or equivalent). Otherwise you're just adding work for yourself.

No painting updates, but I do have a newer pic of the base I'm working on.

It's eating GS at a prodigious rate. Going to have to order some more. My only concern at this point is that the bricks are too neat. I'm going for an old Pompeii feel, not a modern townhome one. Granted, part of that will be remedied when I "crumble" the edges, but still.

 

[wargamesculptor]

Looking good so far ! You can always split some of the bricks laterally to give a more old world feel were they didn't have all the bricks the same size and had to make some up.

 

[Zab]

Looking good. The regularity can be carved out later and pigments do a lot to vary the look of regular surfaces. Have you thought of switching to apoxie sculpt, or super sculpty? If GS is your preferred medium, Galeforce 9 sells huge tubes of GS.

 

[meaty_nosebleeds]

beautiful work on the sculpting, you can also try applying liberal texture with a toothbrush or something to give it a worn old look as well as the other suggestions.
as for the lion knight's pants, i would suggest a light brocade patternis a good way of putting a lot of detail into the pants without taking away from the entire mini. just choose one of your lighter coolours and spiral and happy dots away!

 

[TrystanGST]

Hadn't thought of the toothbrush - good idea! I'm probably going to scrap the bricks that are there and start again once my new GS arrives.
Anyways - pants. Just went with some simple dotted lines.

The camera phone isn't catching a lot of the middle tone ones, so the effect is somewhat lost in the photos ><

 

[Crackpot]

Hey Trystan, great base so far, but I would suggest to use milliput, it's great for these kind of textures and much much cheaper than GS!

 

[Canny]

nice work there looking forward to the display updates. You have twinkled up the trousers nicely.

 

[TrystanGST]

Thanks guys.
Crackpot - I am going to scrap the GS bricks, and do what you suggested here and in your own WIP. Should have some much better bricks this weekend.

A bit more Lion goodness. The silver needs some tweaking still, but until I have the surrounding areas at least blocked in, it's hard to do.

The orange/yellow is just blocked in. No shading there.

 

[Canny]

In the words of community's Pop Pop, POP POP!

 

[TrystanGST]

Crackpot is a genius.
Switching to milliput, using talc powder..wow.

Much better. The bricks are thinner and less uniform. Start removing a few, chipping some others...we might get somewhere yet.

 

[Canny]

If you feel like getting fancy I would put some sort of lintel in the door way to make it look a bit more realistic, unless its a hidden steel one. Just have a google (brick lintel) and see what you think. I like the bricks so far they are looking good with the different sizes and layers.

 

[TrystanGST]

Canny - good point. I will definitely be altering the bricks around the doorway.

 

[meaty_nosebleeds]

beautiful work on the bricks there tryst, much better than the old ones. the silver is looking great too, it must be hard with all the embossed detail to get it looking that sharp

 

[TrystanGST]

3 updates in one!
First - the wall on the base. I knocked out some bricks to give it a more run down feel.

The Lion Knight. The shirt looks the same color as his pants right now, but will actually be lighter. That's just the shadow color.
I'm also torn on the sash. I love the yellow/orange, but I'm not sold on the shading. Simply sliding along the yellow/orange range isn't the same as increasing/decreasing hue.
There's also the matter of freehand on the sash. It could be cool, but what color? And how to work it in to his theme?

Lastly, I decided to get involved in those monthly sculpt-alongs so I can work on my putty wrangling skills. This month's theme is anime/cartoons.