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Malifaux Pere Ravage Update #3

Hi again,

After finishing off Pere Ravage, I have moved on to Gas Pig. I haven't had any issues with the pig skin and other details, but again, getting nervous about the NMM. Practice makes perfect I guess.

Any comments welcome.

Cheers
 
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KruleBear said:
Pere looks cool and you can't go wrong with a hog wearing shades.
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Thanks Krule. The plan is to have a trail of fire heading towards Gas Pig but I don't want to overdo the OSL. I'm hoping that painting a dark trail behind the pig will give the impression of him leaving a trail of gasoline to be ignited. I'll see when it's put together.

Appreciate the comments, thanks again.

Cheers
 
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Scibor Dwarf Update #1

Hi All,

Been a while since my last post but I'm still plodding along. Started working on this Scibor Dwarf. Did the base colour and first shadow on the cloak. All other colours just blocked in. I'm thinking a brown leather for his quilted jerkin and will figure out pants colour while after that's all done.

Comments are welcome.

Cheers
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Scibor Dwarf Update #2

Worked on flesh, beard, and jerkin. I'm thinking grey or khaki for his pants. Any thoughts?

Comments and criticism welcome.

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Scibor Dwarf Update #3

Finished off the pants, boots, and cloak highlights last night. Primed the ax blade and gun Vallejo German Grey in preparation for the metallics.

Im planning on making the ax pretty clean as I feel a dwarf would take care of a fancy ax like that. I'm trying to find as many tips and step by steps for painting TMM as it is my weakest area.

The gun will have a gun metal barrel, gold accents, and a wooden hang grip. Links to SBS and/or examples would be appreciated. As would any other comments.

Cheers

Captain927
 
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Scibor Dwarf Update #4

Hi All,

Been a few weeks since I last posted, but a Mexican holiday will do that to you.

Anyway, back to the grindstone. I have finished off the Scibor Dwarf Adventurer and will make a base for him as I plan on entering him in the Sword and Brush Competition here in Toronto. I did TMM for the gun and axe, with brown, grey, and purple shadows and a lighter metallic highlight.

As always, let me know where I can improve as I would like to get better.

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Hey buddy. If you look in my gallery or my w I p I do only TMM. I do quite a bit of it .when I shade I glaze in layers of Devlan mud(agrarian earth shade) and then the darkest parts of this gradient get the glazing of druchi violet. The grad earth shade is the intermediate or "light shade" and the purple in the "druchi violet" is the strong shade. Next step is to highlight the top parts of the metal. I use the term full coverage -as opposed to edge highlighting which picks out just edging.after the highlighting is blended it's now time for my favorite part -the edge highlighting. Using a fine point and the "side" of your brush run it across the edges in a perpendicular fashion. Repeat until the metallic edge begins to become prominent it may take a few passes.any further questions just pm me.hope this helps.
 
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BloodASmedium said:
Hey buddy. If you look in my gallery or my w I p I do only TMM. I do quite a bit of it .when I shade I glaze in layers of Devlan mud(agrarian earth shade) and then the darkest parts of this gradient get the glazing of druchi violet. The grad earth shade is the intermediate or "light shade" and the purple in the "druchi violet" is the strong shade. Next step is to highlight the top parts of the metal. I use the term full coverage -as opposed to edge highlighting which picks out just edging.after the highlighting is blended it's now time for my favorite part -the edge highlighting. Using a fine point and the "side" of your brush run it across the edges in a perpendicular fashion. Repeat until the metallic edge begins to become prominent it may take a few passes.any further questions just pm me.hope this helps.
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Hi BAM,

Thanks very much for the comments. At the moment I'm using VMC, but I've seen how useful some of the GW washes are. I'll have to make a trip to pick some of those up. I'll PM you some additional questions. Thanks again for the help. It's greatly appreciated.

Cheers
 
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This model looks cool :) I think he could use some more contrast though, some higher highlights mainly. Also I agree about gw washes, they can be very useful, their glaze range is quite nice too, albeit limited to just a few colours
 
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Sicks said:
This model looks cool :) I think he could use some more contrast though, some higher highlights mainly. Also I agree about gw washes, they can be very useful, their glaze range is quite nice too, albeit limited to just a few colours
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Thanks Sicks.

I have been thinking the same, but have been reluctant to go too far for fear of messing up what I have done already. With the palette being primarily green and brown, I'm unsure how to tackle higher highlights, without it looking like stripes. My blending has a way to go to be up to the standards of the folks here.

Perhaps its my "historical" painting, but I find it easier to do stark contrasts in shading and highlights on orcs and goblins, than humanoids. Any tips on how best to approach it other than practice, practice, practice?

Thanks for the comments.

Cheers
 
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Theres a few different techniques for blending but I tend to use glazing, which is basically paint thinned so much it becomes more transparent, for example if you took your mid green on the cloak and made a glaze you can paint along the edges of the highlights or anywhere there's a visible step between colours, this helps the colours sort of fade into each other, you can do it the opposite way round by using the highlight colour instead and quite often I find myself going back and forth with glazes of the 2 colours until it blends nicely. I use gw lahmian medium to make my glazes which is basically a transparent paint, it helps thin the colour without making it as runny as water does so I find it easier to control but many people can do it with just water to dilute. Unfortunately it will take practice as most things in the hobby do.

Other methods for blending if you wanted to look them up are wet blending and 2 brush blending but I don't have much experience with these methods, I tried them once upon a time to find which one I found right for me but ultimately they're all different paths to the same goal.
 
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Sicks said:
Other methods for blending if you wanted to look them up are wet blending and 2 brush blending but I don't have much experience with these methods, I tried them once upon a time to find which one I found right for me but ultimately they're all different paths to the same goal.
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I'll try out the glazes a bit more. It seems like it works well. At the moment, I try to do two shadows and two highlights, but the cloak only got one of each.

I tried wet blending once after seeing it on a Ben Komets video, but I'm no hero. I know my limits, ha ha ha.

Thanks again. Much appreciated.

Next step is the base.

Cheers
 
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Rackham Goblin Update #1

Hi All,

Quickly started this Goblin up while I'm mustering the motivation to complete the base for the Scibor Dwarf and the Malifaux Goblin.

Base coated with Vallejo Olive Green, 1st Shadow of VMC Camo Olive Green, and 2nd shadow of German Camo dark green.

Started blending the shadows in the face and feet, but still pretty sloppy. The eye is yellow, but isn't showing up well in the pictures. I thought I'd glaze some purples and blues to his right eye as the mold has it swollen shut. I'd like to glaze the blue and purples into some of the shadows as well and want to fancy up his lower lip. Also, a purple colour. Any suggestions as to how best to do this? Shall I go more pinky?

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Rackham Hoblin Update #2

A fair bit of detail work to the face completed. I'm toying with the idea of one more highlight. I hope to move on to his armour and equipment tonight. I've painted one eye as a black eye, but it's still not quite right. Anyone have any experience with painting bruising on minis?

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Scibor Dwarf Adventurer *COMPLETE*

Well at long last, I finished off the base for my Scibor Dwarf.

Base is made from wood block, cork, drywall putty, with foliage from Woodland Scenics.

Not it the best photo, but I'll try to take some better ones and start up a gallery I guess. Thanks for everyone's support and advice.

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Love the tree, and overall colour tones on this one. Cloak looks good too. Only thing throwing me off is the skin tone - gingers tend to be quite pale, and his skin is a bit too brown for me. Maybe a few more extreme highlights in the beard too, to make it pop?
 
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bgcdazzler said:
Love the tree, and overall colour tones on this one. Cloak looks good too. Only thing throwing me off is the skin tone - gingers tend to be quite pale, and his skin is a bit too brown for me. Maybe a few more extreme highlights in the beard too, to make it pop?
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Hi BGC,

Thabks for the comment. The tree turned out pretty well for one of the old metal Woodland Scenics offerings. I thought the Dwarf looked like a Ranger, so stuck with a colour palette and scene that I felt was appropriate. Regarding his skin tone, I see where you are coming from. His hands are slightly lighter, but I purposely painted him a bit darker as I assumed he would be a bit weather worn. As far as his face goes, it does look a bit browner in shade. I tried to mimic the face being lost in the shadows of the cloak but perhaps a gray glaze would have achieved the result better. I have a few more dwarfs to paint so I'll try out a lighter tone for the next one.

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