wip source lighting
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MaestroOfMayhem
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Areas like around the leg where it touches the flamer should be highlighted more I think. And it looks great!
Ok my 2 Kroner\'s worth.
A couple of points I\'ve spotted:-
The fingers on the foremost hand are all evenly lit, I think that the first finger would get the most illumination and the rest would be shadowed.
The Trailing Knee, I think, would get less light therefore the area of illumination would be less.
Lastly the trailing shoulderpad would only have the very edges picking up the flames.
Sorry if I sound as if I\'m nitpicking, but this is a very complex piece of work to do and you deserve the credit for:-
A) attempting it
and
B) putting up a work in progress asking for suggestions.
I\'m looking forward to the finished article.
A couple of points I\'ve spotted:-
The fingers on the foremost hand are all evenly lit, I think that the first finger would get the most illumination and the rest would be shadowed.
The Trailing Knee, I think, would get less light therefore the area of illumination would be less.
Lastly the trailing shoulderpad would only have the very edges picking up the flames.
Sorry if I sound as if I\'m nitpicking, but this is a very complex piece of work to do and you deserve the credit for:-
A) attempting it
and
B) putting up a work in progress asking for suggestions.
I\'m looking forward to the finished article.
Thanks for the comments!
@dragonsreach Yeah I see what you mean, I actually had less lighting around the trailing parts, but then I thought it looked like the effect couldn\'t really be seen at all, so I addded some more...it\'s so easy to overdo it. I have now shaded the fingers and the trailing parts, and have added some lighting to the gun instead. The really hard part is the face though...I guess it\'s because the flesh tones are so close in colour to the flame reflections. I will definately write an article, the actual technique wasn\'t as hard as I thought, the hard part is to know where to use it. Er...shouldn\'t really be saying that before I\'m done I guesslol
@dragonsreach Yeah I see what you mean, I actually had less lighting around the trailing parts, but then I thought it looked like the effect couldn\'t really be seen at all, so I addded some more...it\'s so easy to overdo it. I have now shaded the fingers and the trailing parts, and have added some lighting to the gun instead. The really hard part is the face though...I guess it\'s because the flesh tones are so close in colour to the flame reflections. I will definately write an article, the actual technique wasn\'t as hard as I thought, the hard part is to know where to use it. Er...shouldn\'t really be saying that before I\'m done I guess
lolLegacy Account
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I think you\'re doing a cracking job so far.....
LouisCypher
New member
it\'s good so far!
when i had to do my light sourced mini, i found useful to use a real light source like a lighter or a light-pen to see what areas had to be highlighted
my second tip is to use a black background as it really helps in the final pic
my third suggestion is to use more yellow, because it is a very bright colour and stand really out
my fourth is to put some reflections on the hairs and the left tibia (but as it is a wip, maybe you just did not work on them so far)
anyway, it\'s a great job!
keep it up!
Luca
when i had to do my light sourced mini, i found useful to use a real light source like a lighter or a light-pen to see what areas had to be highlighted
my second tip is to use a black background as it really helps in the final pic
my third suggestion is to use more yellow, because it is a very bright colour and stand really out
my fourth is to put some reflections on the hairs and the left tibia (but as it is a wip, maybe you just did not work on them so far)
anyway, it\'s a great job!
keep it up!
Luca
Chrispy
Active member
Why must people attempt things whle I\'m trying to get my thoughts down in an article?!?!... Oh, well...
Couple of things wrong:
Her far shoulder pad would not get any light, and if it did, it would be a lot less noticable than what the current color is.
Green cannot reflect orange!! There is no orange pigment in green, there is yellow, so thus the highlights would look yellower, like this comparison:
On the left is a swatch of color that\'s around the same as your gun, on the left is how it would look if orange light was on it. Notice how it\'s lighter, which gives the effect of illumination, but not orange.
Some things right:
You didn\'t highlight the black parts. Black absorbs light and color, so it cannot reflect orange back.
You also made a sort of \'Field\" where the light will go, but it needs to be more \"glowing\" by putting brighter colors near the source, and gradullay making them darker (ie, the armor closer to the light gets highlighted more than the one furthest).
Hope this helps!! :bouncy:
Couple of things wrong:
Her far shoulder pad would not get any light, and if it did, it would be a lot less noticable than what the current color is.
Green cannot reflect orange!! There is no orange pigment in green, there is yellow, so thus the highlights would look yellower, like this comparison:
On the left is a swatch of color that\'s around the same as your gun, on the left is how it would look if orange light was on it. Notice how it\'s lighter, which gives the effect of illumination, but not orange.
Some things right:
You didn\'t highlight the black parts. Black absorbs light and color, so it cannot reflect orange back.
You also made a sort of \'Field\" where the light will go, but it needs to be more \"glowing\" by putting brighter colors near the source, and gradullay making them darker (ie, the armor closer to the light gets highlighted more than the one furthest).
Hope this helps!! :bouncy:
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praetorian0_1
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...and if some rules lawyer tries to tell ya that melta guns blast melta juice not flame- tell him that the heat is igniting the atmosphere around the discharge beacuse its soo darn hotlol:flame:lol
:flame:lol
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MaestroOfMayhem
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The green could reflect the white of the flame though, and that could have a reddish hue, so some of the green could be red as long as there is a white area inbetween. Maby not, I\'m pretty tired to be thinking about painting and fire.
ipaintminis
Active member
doctors....why couldnt you just say leg? lol
i think it looks really nice...and now im worried about the one im doing...i think im doing it wrong!
hope not!
Chrispy
Active member
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coccyx
commodious
dinghy
ditty
dongle
functor
futtock
hairy woodpecker
humuhumunukunukuapuaa (you have to be from Hawaii to get this)
masticate
mukluk
nutcracker
penal
pianist
prolix
puckfist
quondam
Shih Tzu
Shitake mushrooms
testy
Titicaca
titmouse
titter
titular
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uvula
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Braveheart712
New member
It looks good but..
Two comments, please don\'t hate me..
First off, with all do respect Chrispy, I have to disagree. With a really intense light source orange highlights will appear on a green surface, since in this case we are not talking about reflected light and wavelength absorbsion but actual illumination from a colored light source. Take a room and illuminate it with a red party bulb, with this light source being so intense it overpowers the natural highlights.
Second, and I know this is picky, but isn\'t that a melta gun, not a flamer? Doesn\'t a melta gun fire a charged partical beam rather than a billowing cloud of flames? Outside of this minor detail I do like your mini and think it is well done.
Two comments, please don\'t hate me..
First off, with all do respect Chrispy, I have to disagree. With a really intense light source orange highlights will appear on a green surface, since in this case we are not talking about reflected light and wavelength absorbsion but actual illumination from a colored light source. Take a room and illuminate it with a red party bulb, with this light source being so intense it overpowers the natural highlights.
Second, and I know this is picky, but isn\'t that a melta gun, not a flamer? Doesn\'t a melta gun fire a charged partical beam rather than a billowing cloud of flames? Outside of this minor detail I do like your mini and think it is well done.
Wot?? My thread got all hijacked without any warning?? Ah, well, I see it as a step forward in my CMoN carreer
*edit* and it just went back on topic
Anyhow, yes, it\'s a melta gun, thing is I didn\'t know that, I never played 40k. I just thought this would be a great mini to try light sourcing on. Calavera was kind enough to tell me though. But who says melta bolts can\'t be orange?? (everyone I guess)
*edit* and it just went back on topic
Anyhow, yes, it\'s a melta gun, thing is I didn\'t know that, I never played 40k. I just thought this would be a great mini to try light sourcing on. Calavera was kind enough to tell me though. But who says melta bolts can\'t be orange
?? (everyone I guess)