Pate's Death Guard

[pate]

Lol, yeah, unless you know it's there you sort of have to put the pictures next to each other. A little bit like "finn fem fel"
I'll probably en up with pure white on the armior. But on the cloth I dunno, there's not that much cloth around that reflects light in that manner. Ah well, I'll see when I get there I'll probably end up doing as you say in the end anywho, you bastard

 

[pate]

I've begun painting on the armor aswell, and yeah... I'll let the pictures do the talking. I don't even know why I'm posting these I already know that the color has turned out horrible Perhaps there's a shred of hope that someone will say "no pate, it's great! wont look like shit at all!";D

 

[SkelettetS]

huh? its not all that bad. and no, im not just saying that. the green at the deformed leg looks a bit brighter than the "healthy" leg (lol), if you keep pushing the highlight that way overall i think its going to work out just fine now, just shade it more, id go for black+purple/red for shading (green+black will just be too boring... imo!) never surrender!

 

[pate]

Hoorraay, I wont have to start over?;D The left leg does have more higlighting. I felt so at loss I stopped in the middle of painting it. I'll add some purple to the shading, perhaps it'll match the cloth better aswell

 

[pate]

I started all over on the armor. Didn't like the green I was getting, not one bit. Until I saw these pictures I was satisified with the blending, now not so much. It can be fixed though Overall I'm happier the way it's heading now. All the different armor pieces are in different stages and at best some parts are about 50% done I think, while in some areas the bledning hasn't been worked at at all. Anywho, let me know what you think. I'd also like some suggestions regarding a proper skincolor.

Also, when you post stuff in the gallery, what image size do you usually use for a 28mm fig?

 

[Tee999]

I like it alot pate. nice work.

 

[BPI]

Well Pate, it looks to me as though there's something pretty ambitious going on here. Good on you :good: I'm happy to just sit back & watch I think.

Haha, as if! More tweeblings...

Keep it neat though! On the bottom pic, the underside of his arm, nice red shading apart from that bright streak of basecoat green in the gap between armour plates. How come? It looks to me as though it's going to be a pain to get paint in there without going over your red.

For skin colour I think there might be room to pull in some of your reds on the angry boils & pustules, purple for shade & green mixed into the highlights. Working from a thin Dwarf Flesh base laid over the green. Do let the tint of the undercoat come through though, I wouldn't go for a full cover of Tallarn Flesh.

Did you consider a squirt of white spraypaint blasted from a single angle to aid with picking out the planes to highlight? It's not something I've tried yet but I think it would have helped you some, particularly for the cloak/cloth. I like the colours you're using but am not convinced yet, more highlighting required, particularly on the areas with more detail (holes & creases).

Cheers, B.

 

[pate]

Another update The green streak was there because when I was painting it I imagined that the "upside" of the edge of the armorplate would be exposed to the lightsource, but it's not. There are some annoying glares in the photos, like on the kneepad and the right armjoint making it look weird right at the transition of colors. I think I've gone with your suggestions on the skin BPI. Or close atleast. I've based with rotting flesh and then I've used purple and red for shading. Now I'm going to start to work on the highlights. I'm getting sort of satisified with the armor and it's roughly finished, the same goes for the cloth. Obviously some tweeking to be done, and some areas remain far from finished, like the feet I also noticed that I've spilled some dark red in the middle of the white on the left shin guard, arff.

Other stuff that's happend since last time: I descided to base the metal, the tubing and base the bonespikes white so they'd pop a bit on the photo and not blend in with the rest. I got bored when I started basing the rims of the shoulderguards though and went to bed. Therefor it's like 1/4 metal on the left shoulderguard I started to work on a freehand on the banner, my very first. I wont show you any pictures of that until it's done. Too emberassing, atm it looks like it's been painted by a three year old using crayons.

C&C^^

 

[SkelettetS]

one thing that strikes me is the shadowing of the right arm, the shadow should get darker the closer the armpit you get, the shadow you've painted on would work if he was holdong the arm straight out (which he obviously is not ) hope you get my point anyway.
oterwise i think he start to look pretty neat, i really dig the colourchoices so far, and hope you dont involve any blue and yellow colours later on

 

[pate]

Ah, but once I mount him the base the arm will be lvl and he'll be flying through the air superman style! Pate 1 - 0 Skel. Nah I see what you mean and I'll see about sorting it out No fear, there'll be no other colors than these presented to you so far^^ All my color choices I do to please you I'd like some advice. When I paint with white, or any other light color (like bleached bone, rotting flesh), I get like rings when the color dries. I have very diluted paint and I've removed all the excess from the brush. What's the trouble here, do I need to dilute it even more or is it due to excess water? I can't dilute my paints much further without the paint being classified as water deemed fit for drinking. I don't have the same problems with dark colors. I find it much easier do blend from base color to darkest shadow than when blending towards lighter. Hilfe, bitte!

 

[BPI]

Hi Pate,

Less paint on the brush & possibly not so thin. Do you blot between pallete & mini? Brushstroke should pull those white particles toward the area you want them on & there be little enough that it's already drying, no time to flood anywhere. Do keep gravity in mind though & hold the mini at an appropriate angle where possible? Might help.

For the tips of the raggedy purple cloak where the Rotting Flesh has gone on a little patchily, slow down your steps. Add a small amount of RF to the Warlock Purple & cover the lower area with a thin coat, blending up across the line into the Liche Purple from time to time. Keep adding a bit more RF & cover a smaller area each time. You can always glaze it back a bit if it gets rough, then carry on. If that feels too sudden, try Kommando Khaki in with either the Regal Blue or WP before the RF, it's a great midway colour & I find you don't need to thin it much so doesn't go chalky. By time you're putting your pure Rotting Flesh on a small area it'll go on cleanly & barely need thinning at all

If you find it easy to blend from mid to dark, why not blend from light to dark? There are plenty of pale Foundation Paints to basecoat with. Or just go from white?

He's coming on nicely, keep up the good work :good:

Cheers, B.

PS Do you think Skel'll notice my Kroot has yellow, blue, green & red going on?

 

[pate]

Thanks for the pointes bpi I was actually thinking about trying to base coat mini white and blend from white to darker. Afterall that's what you do when painting with water colors, white = the paper I'm definetely going to try that out.

Haha I dunno BPI. I bet he likes it because it's yours, he definatly has some sort of beef with me;D

 

[SkelettetS]

Hey pate, its called "tough-love"

Ah, but once I mount him the base the arm will be lvl and he'll be flying through the air superman style!

ok, in that case the shadowing at the backpack-thing is totally wrong lol

PS Do you think Skel'll notice my Kroot has yellow, blue, green & red going on?

hmm didnt notice that, maybe the effekt is more obvious when you put the mini on the base honestly, i think you're avoiding the "pate-painting-effect" by using not so bright colours hehehe