I don\'t remember where I read it, or who said it, but somewhere on the CMON forums I remember hearing someone say to \'always push yourself with each mini... pick something to practice and go at it\'. Sage advice indeed.
Having said that, I tried to learn some things with this mini:
1) Painting annoying colours. It\'s a big swath of orange, red, and white, traditional annoying colours all.
2) Weathering. Paint chips and scuff marks primarily. Some rust spots on the metal.
3) Freehand. Simple freehand really, just some numbers and faction symbols, but I usually don\'t do freehand, so it was a bit of a challenge.
On to the photos and self-critique
I put this in WIP because while he is more or less finished, he\'s not varnished up yet and I intend to make a few more corrections with him.
I\'m reasonably happy with how the general paintjob turned out. I think the highlights and shadows are relatively accurate. However, the painting could have been more smoothly blended. This paintjob was primarily done with layers rather than any sort of blending technique.
Need improvement on weathering and freehand. The problem with my weathering is that some look authentic (like cracks and scuffmarks), but others just look like light or dark lines on the mini. Not sure how to improve that short of better brush control. Same with the freehand, I wish I was a bit neater.
One thing I\'m really unhappy with is the metals, especially the boiler thing at the back. I don\'t think I highlighted, shaded or did anything properly with it, and am at a bit of a loss.
That\'s where I turn to you, wonderful CMON forumites. Have you any advice on how I should improve/fix this mini? Is there anything else that I missed, could have improved, or was good at? Anything I should look out for?
C&C Welcome, and again thanks for taking the time to read through this very long post.
Having said that, I tried to learn some things with this mini:
1) Painting annoying colours. It\'s a big swath of orange, red, and white, traditional annoying colours all.
2) Weathering. Paint chips and scuff marks primarily. Some rust spots on the metal.
3) Freehand. Simple freehand really, just some numbers and faction symbols, but I usually don\'t do freehand, so it was a bit of a challenge.
On to the photos and self-critique
I put this in WIP because while he is more or less finished, he\'s not varnished up yet and I intend to make a few more corrections with him.
I\'m reasonably happy with how the general paintjob turned out. I think the highlights and shadows are relatively accurate. However, the painting could have been more smoothly blended. This paintjob was primarily done with layers rather than any sort of blending technique.
Need improvement on weathering and freehand. The problem with my weathering is that some look authentic (like cracks and scuffmarks), but others just look like light or dark lines on the mini. Not sure how to improve that short of better brush control. Same with the freehand, I wish I was a bit neater.
One thing I\'m really unhappy with is the metals, especially the boiler thing at the back. I don\'t think I highlighted, shaded or did anything properly with it, and am at a bit of a loss.
That\'s where I turn to you, wonderful CMON forumites. Have you any advice on how I should improve/fix this mini? Is there anything else that I missed, could have improved, or was good at? Anything I should look out for?
C&C Welcome, and again thanks for taking the time to read through this very long post.
