Hi Shawn Classroom #1 for OSL... TAB

[Larre]

remember one thing about OSL dude... the light that hits the model can NEVER be brighter than the light source itself. I wpuld say that yoy either have to make the OSL weaker and not as bright... or you make the flame brighter. personally I would do both!

// Larre

 

[cabalier]

OK this is my new try hope you can see it well i do the flame lighter, and the body darker, and more orange. i think there is an improvement, but as i say in the first post ani idea is welcome.

This mini is for a local paint competition and the ending date is the saturday so every commet is welcome.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

The flame is much better. The colors on the little figure (the glow from the flame) need to be not so colorful - duller.

 

[cabalier]

sorry for the late answering really thanks, as i say this mini was for a competition and the ned date was today, so i was on a hurry finishing all the things, i have no pictures but i get the miniature in a month so i will make pictures then.

thanks shawn

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Wish I could have been more helpful. haven\'t been feeling too well lately.

 

[TheLeviathan]

Well, time for a real eyesore now. Both my painting and my photography! (this was taken with a friend\'s camera, I\'m only half responsible...right?? : /)

Edit: Ok, soon as I find some webspace to put this on. GAH!

 

[Shawn R. L.]

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[rosac]

ooh, i have a mini i could try this on!! would a ringwraith with glowing sword work?

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Let\'s get it started!!

 

[TheLeviathan]

Here they are. The pics aren\'t great, and they make the sword look pretty poorly blended, but here goes anyway.

 

[DaN]

I\'m finding the background very distracting myself Dunno about you Shawn

I know it\'s something Eldar, but with the closesup and the background, I\'m not sure what it IS exactly we\'re looking AT, so I would imagine trying to decide where to OSL would be quite difficult

May I suggest simply placing some mid-tone blank paper or card behind next time you take a pic?

 

[TheLeviathan]

*chuckle*

Sadly, those pictures where a one time deal for now. I borrowed a camera from a buddy of mine to take them, he\'s a few states away now.

I\'ll take more as soon as I\'m able.

What the pictures are of is an eldar walker, from the back. Those are the backsides of his star cannons. I wanted to make them emit light on themselves and the nearby frilly things that come off the back of the model.

More pics as soon as I\'m able, though not sure how soon that\'ll be.

 

[DaN]

I thought it was something like that, but I\'m not particularly familiar with Eldar - especially the new, uber cool stuff

Although, if I win the lottery I\'ll certainly be gettin\' some

lol

 

[cabalier]

i win

hahha i win, thanks shawn, i win the contest, actually i think i dont deserve it, buuuut who am i to correct the shoop owner. aniway as soon as my mini came back to me, i will continue working on it.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

@TheLeviathan - I\'m going to have to confess ignorance. I\'m not familiar with that model and am not sure what the light source is supposed to be.


@cabalier - Congradulations!!!

 

[cabalier]

hi shawn. my mini is back and this is his aperance by now. i already improve it but i want some more of your magic tips and tricks.

 

[cabalier]

hi shawn. my mini is back and this is his aperance by now. i already improve it but i want some more of your magic tips and tricks.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

The flame looks fine - dont touch it. The fig he\'s holding needs to be darkened a bit. On the side that is facing the flame put a wash over it. The light\'s are too light and the red\'s are too red.

It appears that the top of the little fig is white. Try to make that into a grey. Like I always say in this thread - have the lightsource be the ONLY place where there is white.

On the front left -chest? - area of the dreadnot, drybrush on some rust color. This will cause the light to extend to that area. If there are areas of the arm that are visable IN A STRAIGHT LINE from the lightsource, highlight those also with rust.

Next time you post a pic try to have more than one light lighting up the fig. One on the left and the right and one above NOT on the same plane as the fig. Have the lights and the camera on the same plane.

 

[emopainterguy]

Hey Shawn, I just wanted to thank you again for your help on my GD entry, I think I mentioned I made first cut. I thought I\'d post the \"finished\" product here for you in case you hadnt seen it yet.
Thanks again.

Of course any tips on improving it would be greatly appreciated still

 

[Tinweasel]

First I\'ve seen of this thread, oddly enough, and I was wondering if I could get some feedback on something I just painted as (a) \"test figure(s)\" for OSL for a Necron army I just started painting. I\'m nearly done converting the Lord and will probably go to town on him with nifty effects out of fairness\' sake... so picture a similar scheme to this, only with more badassery:

I\'m also working on a Gandalf the Grey on the bridge on Khazad-Dum facing off against the Balrog. I\'m not painting a Balrog, but I am definitely doing Gandalf with the ambient/Balrog flame lighting and his staff held aloft with the white light from the crystal - ideally I\'d like to do a custom bridge display base that\'d show more of the orange light from the Balrog\'s flame.

I guess so far as this thread goes, at what point would it be appropriate to post something for feedback? I\'m just starting the blending to highlights on his robes now having settled on an appropriate greyish-purplish-red basecolor for his outfit. (Looking at daylight pictures of him from the movie, he\'s not strictly grey as his robes have got more of a bluish-purplish tinge, so I figgered I\'d start there and work my way up to highlights and then do shading in the off areas working in some orange.)