Golaith Ranger

[Crunchysock]

This is my first mini. I started with this guy.

I made his new axes, wrapped them in his hands, added the hood and changed his shoulder armor to make it look more like leather. I read lots of tutorials about painting and basing and have a painter friend that worked with me and showed me some techniques last week (thanks MClimbin). Please leave me your critiques and criticisms, I can take it. I would really like to improve at this so I'm open to all the advice I can get.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/284689

 

[supervike]

Pictures are a bit dark.

First things first, I think you are off to a great start here. But, you'll need to really emphasize contrast more. Exaggerating highlights and shadows will help the mini pop out.

On the plus side, I think you've taken a very questionable quality mini and turned it into something interesting. Good job!!

 

[Crunchysock]

Pictures are a bit dark.

First things first, I think you are off to a great start here. But, you'll need to really emphasize contrast more. Exaggerating highlights and shadows will help the mini pop out.

On the plus side, I think you've taken a very questionable quality mini and turned it into something interesting. Good job!!

I hear you about the dark pictures, I just tried lightening it up a little. I'm going to try and watch some tutorials on contrast, I tried blending (I think I'm using the right term) into some highlights but I couldn't do it without a defined line that I didn't like. Thanks for the pointers.

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[Dragonsreach]

I'm going to try and watch some tutorials on contrast, I tried blending (I think I'm using the right term) into some highlights but I couldn't do it without a defined line that I didn't like.

Blending, (at which I SUCK) requires very considerable control of the liquid state of the paint.
You might want to consider extremely staged layering instead.
So starting with the main colour add tiny touches of highlight and work up.
Then for the shadows tiny touches of the darkening colour and work them into the creases.
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Rough guide.
Talk to Mike (Mclimbin) about glazes, specifically about using yellow to brighten green.
Other things to consider is that in order to make some colours "look right" you have to work counter intuitively and add colours to the shadows which you would normally think "Add What", for example Green skin with tones of Brown looks right for natural shadows. Also tones of Purple added work nicely.

 

[10 ball]

Photos still dark, paint looks a bit 'chalky' to me. I would go for layering as Dragonsreach suggests to start with.

 

[Crunchysock]

Dragonsreach, thanks, I'll work on that. I only got to work with Michael for a few hours, hopefully I'll get a chance to pick his brain some more soon.

10 ball, paint may be chalky, I bought it all 5 or 6 years ago and it's been in my non-temp controlled attic for at least 3 years. Will that make paint chalky? It didn't quite look so chalky before I went at it with the dullcote. Here's a couple pre-dullcote pictures.

Here's one after dullcote but not in my really bad lighting box I rigged up.

 

[freakinacage]

really don't like the mini but you have done a brill job with it as it is your first mini! keep practising