Yet another newbie thread

[Jingjang]

Dearest coolminiornotters!

I\'ve noticed a couple rookies asking for general guidance here recently, so I built up some courage and decided to share my amateur attempts with you and see if they generate any constructive criticism

I\'ve read most of the recent general advice, and since I only started painting late December 08, I haven\'t really progressed to trying some of the more advanced techniques, such as blending, but my ultimate goal is painting display-case level models (since I have no intention to play the tabletop game at all). And I realize that it may take me ages to get there...

Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Below are some pictures of what\'s probably my best shot so far (don\'t mind the fact that the Nob can\'t really steer the bike since both of his hands are carrying something killy, I just want cooler looks, not realism sculpt-wise):

This is a somewhat final picture, took me about 15 hours to finish:

This picture is 90% final (you can see some tiny unpaintd areas here and there):

And a really huge picture of all 10 miniatures that I\'ve managed to spoil so far is available here.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

My biggest suggestion is to add at least one more layer between your lightest and darkest colour. I would actually suggest more then one more layer, but even one would help greatly.

Your transistions from light to dark are too stark. There needs to be more midtones so that the transition looks smother to the eye.

 

[DIablofollower]

I agree with what Gilvan said, basically just a great contrast between the shadows and highlights, meaning more of both. Also two things I\'d like to throw in is water your paints down a bit more, as well as when you take pics try and take them on more neutral backgrounds. A gray or black would work well for the biker pic.