reaistic minis
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Shawn R. L.
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Alot of mini painting tends to lead toward the cartoon/sensational end of coloring - that\'s not a bad thing. Alot of things in \'real\' life tend to be alot duller that you might expect. Stop lights, neon signs, some car paint jobs etc are real bright. Most of the rest is much duller. I find when doing canvas painting I frequently use shade and tones of grey.
No Such Agency
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Man, I just searched the forums and reread some of \"RLobinske\'s\" posts. Too bad he took down his minis, it was hilarious how amateurish they were, considering how he went on and on about his superior style which was basically just blocking in the major colours. How quickly we forget...
Thanks for the memories
RLobinski - ah! happy days - name calling left right and centre. How heated we can get over a few gramms of metal!
I used to paint 54mm hsitorex minis and was an avid reader of Millitary Modelling magazine where \"realistic painting\" was discussed a lot. The main advice was to think of your model as being the real thing (difficult with a space marine or an elf) but set far enough away from you that it would appear to be the same size as your model (28mm?). The colours would then tend to be muted and not so vivid. In general this means toneing down colours by adding white or grey to create a slightly pastel effect. This is then highlighted/shadowed as normal.
When dealing with fantasy figures why worry - they dont have a base in reality (for most of us!) anyway so there isnt anything to compare them withlol
RLobinski - ah! happy days - name calling left right and centre. How heated we can get over a few gramms of metal!
I used to paint 54mm hsitorex minis and was an avid reader of Millitary Modelling magazine where \"realistic painting\" was discussed a lot. The main advice was to think of your model as being the real thing (difficult with a space marine or an elf
) but set far enough away from you that it would appear to be the same size as your model (28mm?). The colours would then tend to be muted and not so vivid. In general this means toneing down colours by adding white or grey to create a slightly pastel effect. This is then highlighted/shadowed as normal.When dealing with fantasy figures why worry - they dont have a base in reality (for most of us!) anyway so there isnt anything to compare them withlol
I disagree Nomis, i think that is a common misconception among painters aiming for reality and ultimatly goes down the road of RLobinskeism, by imagining the figure miles and miles away then you do destroy all concept of detail- you might as well take a file to the model.
What i think \"realistic\" painters should aim for is imagining a person and then imagine them with exactly the same lighting only 1 inch or however big the figure is tall, that way you retain the shading and highlights but loose none of the detail.
Dr Death
What i think \"realistic\" painters should aim for is imagining a person and then imagine them with exactly the same lighting only 1 inch or however big the figure is tall, that way you retain the shading and highlights but loose none of the detail.
Dr Death
Yellow one
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Realistic painting? Wow, all what think was sayed here before. Brown grey palette, yes. Exactly brown. When you paint sci-fi be careful with choise of additional colors. Dark blue chain sword will looking some strange in any cases. This is sample of enough clear and realistic palette. IMHO. Oposing side is extremely dark and brown model. In the mud to the ear, in worned clothing of unidentified color
Yellow one
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Matt varnishe is the greatest thing
Before:
and after:
Combination of matt varnishe, brown palette and good model:
Before:
and after:
Combination of matt varnishe, brown palette and good model:
Yellow one
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German infantryman is in almost real size. This is 200mm resin model. Grenadier is some smaller, he have a 40mm tall.
darkartminiatures
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@ Yellow one: Nice work.
@Spacemunkie: where can i get hold of the Darksons Designs guide that you have mentioned?
@Spacemunkie: where can i get hold of the Darksons Designs guide that you have mentioned?
