Assorted WiP and finished models
Hi all,
After long time I decided to signup with CMON.
I used to paint almost every day but then life got in and I stopped.
I solidy started again and trying little by little to get back to my level.
I had a fresh start and I looked at painting like I was learning again, trowing away some of my old techniques and picking up new. I dropped the black bases in favor of white/zenithal base (make it black then airbrush white). I then experimented by only glazing on this base but then I come back to the old layering method. The glazes were missing something in my opinion, but I took some of that knowledge to switch from simple layering to layering + glazing.
My last WIP is this Keratis warrior.
I used here some techniques I made up with layering + glazing for the flesh. I tried to create some good contrasts on the armor, that was one of my weak points, I always used to start from a extremely black color and build up to a base color (like for red I would do black + dard red, then add more red until I had the base color and then adding a brighter red, but never daring to go up to that). This time I tried to go up 'till white and then wash again and then use white again for extreme lights.
Another of my weak points is metal. I tried for a while a NMM technique but didn't give me the expected results, so I switched to true metallic. My metals are really bad and I think the use of this technique put me light years ahead of my "splotch metal, highligth and wash" technique. My metals aren't still satisfying but they look WAY better now.
Enough word, here's the model. Almost complete, just missing few details.
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Looking foward to hear comment and suggestions how to improve my painting.
Hi all,
After long time I decided to signup with CMON.
I used to paint almost every day but then life got in and I stopped.
I solidy started again and trying little by little to get back to my level.
I had a fresh start and I looked at painting like I was learning again, trowing away some of my old techniques and picking up new. I dropped the black bases in favor of white/zenithal base (make it black then airbrush white). I then experimented by only glazing on this base but then I come back to the old layering method. The glazes were missing something in my opinion, but I took some of that knowledge to switch from simple layering to layering + glazing.
My last WIP is this Keratis warrior.
I used here some techniques I made up with layering + glazing for the flesh. I tried to create some good contrasts on the armor, that was one of my weak points, I always used to start from a extremely black color and build up to a base color (like for red I would do black + dard red, then add more red until I had the base color and then adding a brighter red, but never daring to go up to that). This time I tried to go up 'till white and then wash again and then use white again for extreme lights.
Another of my weak points is metal. I tried for a while a NMM technique but didn't give me the expected results, so I switched to true metallic. My metals are really bad and I think the use of this technique put me light years ahead of my "splotch metal, highligth and wash" technique. My metals aren't still satisfying but they look WAY better now.
Enough word, here's the model. Almost complete, just missing few details.
View attachment 43988
View attachment 43989
Looking foward to hear comment and suggestions how to improve my painting.
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