Ultramarine sergeant WIP

[L.E.J.]

{EDITED}

have really tried to work on my blending techniques on this one. working up from basecoat of regal blue through ultramarine blue then enchanted blue

lots of work still to do but what does everyone/anyone think of the colour?

thanks all...

 

[DaN]

Well the colour looks ok - but it\'s hard to tell - are those photos enlarged?

Either that, or the compression level of the JPEGs is set too high...

Or you have a crap camera

 

[L.E.J.]

they are enlarged but not sure how i have done it
will check the jpeg compression (wifey better at cameras than me lol) and re-post

[edited]

here we go:

 

[DaN]

MUCH clearer

Your paint seems a little blotchy though - are you wanting to end up with him seeming dirty and battle-worn? In which case it probably won\'t matter too much.

 

[L.E.J.]

not sure why the paint looks blotchy as i have REALLY thinned the paints down and have worked quite slowly but i agree they do

am going to give a cpl of washes of blue ink then try to re-highlight the lighter blues

 

[thekid420]

try not to do to many ink washes because whenever i do really thin watered down highlights the inks seem to show through and you will sit there and be adding 100 layers trying to dull it out.....

your wash is good enough already just try cleaning up the armour plates closer to your inks in the corner

 

[Cleezy]

Its looking good so far, the blotchy paint wont look to bad from 4feet when gaming.

What colour will you be doing the studs? Oly thing i dislike about this model is the chainmail.

Good luck with the rest of the model, will look good when done

 

[L.E.J.]

any suggestions on the stud colour?
was gonna make him part of the 4th company (green) so maybe do the studs the same colour?

 

[DaN]

\"Blue and green should ne\'er be seen\" Or something - you really want as little green as possible IMO, but it\'s YOUR guy

Personally, I\'d have the studs black or a metallic.

 

[thekid420]

i agree with dan adding green to the studs might make it look a little bit like a christmas tree ornament....

id say do the metallic just the same as whatever your coloring the chainmail,
it will definitly bring the piece together and make it look simple but effective

 

[L.E.J.]

thanks for the advice - will keep the studs metallic
have washed and added some highlights - have started to try and sort the leg armour out but not finished it yet: