Yeti’s Guild Ball WIP
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ArchArad
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Oops... erm... who says it wasn't ten ball I was excluding?
(seriously tempted to go back and edit the post so your comment makes no sense)
Hehe. I wouldn't put it past you my friend - we've known each other for too long.
YetiSA
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I've spent a couple of short sessions on shading the tartan... and I'm not particularly happy with it. Friday is fine - there isn't much tartan on her but Spigot isn't great. I went in a little heavily on the shadows so the entire thing is a little too dark and it's difficult to raise this back to the midtone because the tartan IS the mid tone. That's something I may have to live with but I think I'll try to raise the highlights a little further and see if that balances it out. The red has also become too dark but that should be pretty easy to pick up. With the previous models I put the red on after shading the blue and green, but that meant that the red wasn't shaded. This time I applied the red first and now it's too dark... may try to do it half way through the shading on the next one.
After I've finished the tartan shading I'll work on the details above the tartan (patches and stitches on Spigot, leather thongs on Friday) and add Friday's hip barrel. In game she has a skill called "I shoot better after a beer". I should note that this is a football game and she is the team's striker... they are brewers after all.
I also want to do a little more work on the reds, they are still a little flat, but beyond that I think I'm pretty happy. It should be one or two more sessions and then ready for the varnish... but I'm pretty sure I've said that before.
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I do have one question though. I've been adding a little matte medium to my glazes recently and it's helped a lot with the shine (you'll see the only really shiny part is the tartan at the moment). Initially I used Citadel's Lamia Medium but it's a very small pot and pretty expensive, so I picked up some W&N medium. Unfortunately it seems like i might have picked the wrong pot, instead of being liquid and clear like the Citadel product, it's a white paste. It seems to dry clear but when used with very small amounts of paint (like when glazing) it definitely affects the colour. I was wondering if I did buy the wrong product and there is actually a better one out there or if this is what they normally look like... if so, is there a work around or should I just get used to working with it?
After I've finished the tartan shading I'll work on the details above the tartan (patches and stitches on Spigot, leather thongs on Friday) and add Friday's hip barrel. In game she has a skill called "I shoot better after a beer". I should note that this is a football game and she is the team's striker... they are brewers after all.
I also want to do a little more work on the reds, they are still a little flat, but beyond that I think I'm pretty happy. It should be one or two more sessions and then ready for the varnish... but I'm pretty sure I've said that before.
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I do have one question though. I've been adding a little matte medium to my glazes recently and it's helped a lot with the shine (you'll see the only really shiny part is the tartan at the moment). Initially I used Citadel's Lamia Medium but it's a very small pot and pretty expensive, so I picked up some W&N medium. Unfortunately it seems like i might have picked the wrong pot, instead of being liquid and clear like the Citadel product, it's a white paste. It seems to dry clear but when used with very small amounts of paint (like when glazing) it definitely affects the colour. I was wondering if I did buy the wrong product and there is actually a better one out there or if this is what they normally look like... if so, is there a work around or should I just get used to working with it?
wargamesculptor
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If you can resist the urge to drink it long enough put a glass of lager in front of you while painting the glass as refrence. You'll see the glass goes through several colours around the liquid. ( When I say resist the urge I mean will make your painting more difficult with alchol in the system)
YetiSA
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Heh, unfortunately I don't have any dimpled glass to put it in.
wargamesculptor
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Here you go
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Hey bud saw your comment on aracharad and didn't see it until now. Sorry, busy with crystal brush preps...so as for articles on color theory there are tons of EM...but I'll do you one better get the book called.... Well.... Color theory by BETTY EDWARDS....GET THE BOOK DO THE EXCERCISES AND YOULL THEN HAVE AS MUCH PRACTICAL,USABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLOR AS THAT OF A COLLEGIATE LEVEL ART MAJOR ....TRUE STORY ANY QUESTIONS ILL BE GLAD TO HELP..REMEBER PIXKUNG COLORS (including shades and highlights) are just as important as the blending techniques ,TMM/NMM techniques and everything else.....here's a tip shade cool complimentary colors and highlight warm analogous!!!!
YetiSA
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I've given the tartan another session and I'm a lot happier. In particular I've raised the highlights, given a very light glaze of green to pull things together and brought up the red. It's still not quite where I'd like it but I'm going to leave it there and move on. I've also given a little more shading to the mug and the reds and attached Friday's hip keg.
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Finally, I started picking out the stitches on the tartan. I got some feedback on the last minis that the light blue I'd used was too close to the base so I decided to try a cream this time. Here is a side by side showing Spigot with the cream and Tapper with the blue. Every time I look at it my opinion changes. It does stand out nicely but I'm worried that it adds even more noise to a busy model. What do you think?
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I also notice that I made the tartan pattern a lot smaller on Spigot than I did on the previous two. I think I prefer the larger because you can see more definition... and it is definitely easier to paint.
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Finally, I started picking out the stitches on the tartan. I got some feedback on the last minis that the light blue I'd used was too close to the base so I decided to try a cream this time. Here is a side by side showing Spigot with the cream and Tapper with the blue. Every time I look at it my opinion changes. It does stand out nicely but I'm worried that it adds even more noise to a busy model. What do you think?
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I also notice that I made the tartan pattern a lot smaller on Spigot than I did on the previous two. I think I prefer the larger because you can see more definition... and it is definitely easier to paint.
YetiSA
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I have just finished Friday and Spigot and have given them a coat of gloss varnish. Tomorrow, if they are dry enough, I'll but them with matte, and this time make damn sure not to put too much on! After that is a photo session and they'll go into the gallery.
Next I'll be moving onto the team's big guy, a barrel loving behemoth named Stave, although I may make a small detour past another mascot, a snake called coin... We'll see.
Next I'll be moving onto the team's big guy, a barrel loving behemoth named Stave, although I may make a small detour past another mascot, a snake called coin... We'll see.
YetiSA
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Bah, I'm out of matte varnish so the beauty shots will have to wait.
In the meantime, I'm thinking about how I want to paint Coin the snake.
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He's the mascot from the Union team, which are a merc faction. The bulge in his middle is a bag of coins and the rope around his neck is to keep it there.
I thought that he looked a little like a puff adder, the most dangerous snake in South Africa. They're not particularly fast and their venom isn't particularly dangerous (relatively... it's still pretty nasty) but they are particularly lazy and don't move out of the way when humans approach... they also object to being stood on.
Anyway, here's what they look like.
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I really like the patterns but am looking for something a little brighter so I think I'll take the colouring from a Cape Coral Snake, another South African nasty.
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... sigh, I was planning on painting Coin as a break from tartan... how did I end up with a complex freehand pattern instead?
In the meantime, I'm thinking about how I want to paint Coin the snake.
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He's the mascot from the Union team, which are a merc faction. The bulge in his middle is a bag of coins and the rope around his neck is to keep it there.
I thought that he looked a little like a puff adder, the most dangerous snake in South Africa. They're not particularly fast and their venom isn't particularly dangerous (relatively... it's still pretty nasty) but they are particularly lazy and don't move out of the way when humans approach... they also object to being stood on.
Anyway, here's what they look like.
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I really like the patterns but am looking for something a little brighter so I think I'll take the colouring from a Cape Coral Snake, another South African nasty.
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... sigh, I was planning on painting Coin as a break from tartan... how did I end up with a complex freehand pattern instead?
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wargamesculptor
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Like the colours of the cape coral snake, would advise painting the underside and all the orange and yellow, then paint the bands with several black glazes should give the desired affect
wargamesculptor
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Glad I could help :smile-big:
wargamesculptor
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Would paint it yellow then glaze orange over the top, then with each glaze after work from further up the body from the under belly, hope this helps
