Kroot WIP - C&C on skin

[Tin-Bucket]

Morning everyone. First post on the forums. I am working on a kroot I got off ebay. This is my third mini after a long long absence from the hobby.
I would appreciate feedback on the skin of the Kroot. I have also done some green spots on it with a toothpick and I hope they are visible ok in the pics.
The base is going to be a swamp like. I have already painted the bottom with blue-green and washed with Green-black ink and devlan mud. I am waiting for my order of water effect to arrive (hopefully by the end of the week) in order to proceed with the base.
Do you think the skin tone looks ok? It is Khaki based and transition through khaki to camouflage green. I am a little stuck on his "hair" colour but I think I will go for lighter shades of his skin.
Enjoy the pics.:bye:

 

[Wyrmypops]

Instant reaction, I like it. The khaki's on the skin, moving from a browny type in the shadows to a higher green content up top looks very natural. The added mottled green works a treat.

You intending highlighting further? Just that reptilian skin tends to be enjoy a high contrast (especially at the highlight stage) to give it that slick effect.

Planning on taking areas of the skin into further realms of colour? Like our noses and knuckles being more red than the rest of us, or furred animals coats fading to white. Could perhaps tint the knuckles and such with whatever colour kroot blood is, or give thema "thin skin" look by having a bone colour pushing through.

I'd consider using an alternative colour on the "hair". I know when I've painting things in predominantly natural tones I appreciate all the chance for variety I can get. Perhaps highlight what there is with another natural kind of tone added. Like Bubonic Brown.
Can be quite fun exporing all those different brown paint. Finding out how each looks highlighted with white added, or bubonic brown/elf grey/bleach bone added.

Looking forward to seeing his base all watered up too. You adding any swampy plants to the base too?

 

[Tin-Bucket]

I will certainly highlight the pointy scales on his arms further and try to touch up further on his beaky mouth. I ll try to push some more highlights in certain parts. I am trying to keep the tones natural as much as possible. I am just looking on reptiles' pictures on the net just to get some inspiration from mother nature.
I am not sure on swamp plants..I was thinking of adding some, but I need to find a way to model them..

 

[Tin-Bucket]

Another mini update of my WIP. I have just highlighted the bone splinters on its skin, the hair and I did a wood grain on the rifle. Let me know what you think

 

[cheelfy]

I think you should blend more some highlights of the skin, especially on the hands.

 

[BPI]

Hi Tin-Bucket, that woodgrain looks to have come out nicely, good work :good: While Cheelfy calls for more skin highlights, I want more shading More depth overall I guess. Shading particularly around those bone splinters, I wouldn't have noticed them without your pointing them out. Not as firm as a blackline but something to help define their shape & presence. I think that perhaps the spots on the skin could use a dark centre, again to help cement their existance.

Keep it up Cheers, B.

 

[Wyrmypops]

I'd echo BPI's suggestion of more shading, giving it more definition. The bone spikes could enjoy a dark brown in the recessess, the "hair" could benefit from a brown wash an all. That defining shading attention given all over could give it some real kick.

Lovely woodgrain. The way it flows, very nice.

 

[Tin-Bucket]

thank you guys for your replies. I did some more shading onto the mini. and I will try to get a highlight at the edges of its bone spikes; something to draw the eye to them. I am still struggling with taking appropriate pictures though. thing is that here in greece there is quite a lot of sunshine and my work place is next to the window. There have been too many times I check to see if the light is on. And I have figured out that sunshine makes my camera miserable at taking pics. anyways, this belongs to another forum section. Good news is I got my water effect bottle today and I will try to see how this works out before I place it on the base. It is the Vallejo Still Water effect. If everything works out ok I will prepare a mini tut on how to do swampy water

 

[Tin-Bucket]

Well, here are two pics of the base. The mini is almost finished. I will post it soon at the gallery section.

 

[cheelfy]

I like that base. It really looks as if he was walking in oil.