Nerona's WIP

[neronas]

Hello from Greece everybody, although it's been a long time that I've been painting minis and creating dioramas as a hobby, this is the first time that I decided to share something on the net. I'm sure that it will be more fun like this and I will have the chance to learn some things from all of you.

I'm currently working on a small diorama, its going really slow as I hardly find the time to work on it, but these are some photos of its current state:

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As you Imagine, at some point the mini will be standing in the rock beside the tree, but this isn't gonna happen soon .

I have still some things on my mind about the diorama, washing/drybrushing the grass, adding taller grass and maybe some flowers, adding some washes on the ground to make it more interesting e.t.c.
This is the point that I would like your help. First of all to help me with the diorama, the colors, what to add/remove...
The second point is the color palette for the mini, what do you think will suit the diorama?

Hope to hear from all of you soon,
Cheers

 

[Rothskin]

Great scene. The mini maybe dark with some red green?
Maybe this will help :
http://colorschemedesigner.com/

 

[Zab]

I really like this. What are the leaves made of, could you do a little trail of them blowing off one of the branches in the same direction that the mini's hair is flowing to give the wind a real presence?

 

[neronas]

Thank you both for your comments and suggestions.

For the leaves, I've just used some premade ones from decorplus that I've given some wash with some orange-red.

Zab I really like the idea of making the scene more dynamic. The problem is how to make the trail of leaves blown away by the wind. I can put the leaves facing the same direction put I doubt this will be enough.

 

[Zab]

Well you could glue some together in a wavy line around some wire to make it look like they are blowing away. I did something similar with my c'tan shard. It looks like he is smashing through a pillar and there are pieces following the motion of his scythe:

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I think you could do something similar by just adding leaves to each other extending out from one of the leaves on the tree or even a little line of them blowing away from the ground. Hope that helps

 

[Milosh]

really nice start. I can see the figure having mostly browns andd deep reds to match the leaves. I love that bonsai looking tree. Looking forward to more.