Yeti’s Guild Ball WIP
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YetiSA
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Thanks Shelagh
I managed to squeeze in a little more painting time than I expected this weekend and made some decent progress on my February competition piece.
I still need to do a bunch of highlighting (black leather, blades, handles), paint in the nipple ring chain
, add a little subtlety to the skin and add the blood effects, I'll be leaning heavily on BAM's post from a few weeks ago for that. Then of course I need to add a basic base because I don't have time for any more.
The competition closes on Tuesday next week and I won't have any time on Monday so I need to have everything ready for photographing by Sunday evening... it's going to be tight but doable.
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I managed to squeeze in a little more painting time than I expected this weekend and made some decent progress on my February competition piece.
I still need to do a bunch of highlighting (black leather, blades, handles), paint in the nipple ring chain
, add a little subtlety to the skin and add the blood effects, I'll be leaning heavily on BAM's post from a few weeks ago for that. Then of course I need to add a basic base because I don't have time for any more.The competition closes on Tuesday next week and I won't have any time on Monday so I need to have everything ready for photographing by Sunday evening... it's going to be tight but doable.
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YetiSA
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Got a little more work done last night.
I added a little more subtlety to the skin, particularly around the face, highlighted the brown and black leather and poked the metal a little. I really like the M&A paints... but turns out I don't have a CLUE on how to paint an axe! Fortunately it doesn't have much in the way of fine detail so I can give it another shot (it's bad enough that I didn't even bother taking a photo to show you).
He's now at a point where I could just about call him done if I had to, which means that even if I can't find more time to paint before the competition closes I still have something to enter. There are however a number of things that I still want to do so I'll start working through them and see how far I can get. I'd like to give the cream wraps some attention and make them a little more defined. There are also a bunch of small touch ups where I missed something or made a mess due to my rushing. Now that I look at it... the mustache needs to be highlighted (thought I'd done that). I want to expand the blood effects around the cuts and on his hand wraps. I may add a little blood to the axe too... and of course I want to give the axe itself another pass.
If anyone can spot other areas that could use some attention now would be a great time to let me know.
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I added a little more subtlety to the skin, particularly around the face, highlighted the brown and black leather and poked the metal a little. I really like the M&A paints... but turns out I don't have a CLUE on how to paint an axe! Fortunately it doesn't have much in the way of fine detail so I can give it another shot (it's bad enough that I didn't even bother taking a photo to show you).
He's now at a point where I could just about call him done if I had to, which means that even if I can't find more time to paint before the competition closes I still have something to enter. There are however a number of things that I still want to do so I'll start working through them and see how far I can get. I'd like to give the cream wraps some attention and make them a little more defined. There are also a bunch of small touch ups where I missed something or made a mess due to my rushing. Now that I look at it... the mustache needs to be highlighted (thought I'd done that). I want to expand the blood effects around the cuts and on his hand wraps. I may add a little blood to the axe too... and of course I want to give the axe itself another pass.
If anyone can spot other areas that could use some attention now would be a great time to let me know.
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YetiSA
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Right... so here's my first attempt at blood effects (inspired heavily by BAM's blood effects post).
I'm happy enough with the blood on the axe (although you can't really see it in these photos). I'm also relatively happy the smears on the apron... which you also can't really see in these pictures.
I've also put some blood on the hands and the hand wrappings which look decent but probably needs another look.
What I am struggling with however is the blood around the slices on his chest and back. Realistically, wounds like that would basically have washed him in blood (and probably kill him if we're honest)... but I don't really like that idea. So I've tried to keep the idea but tone it down... not sure that I've pulled it off though. :/ What do the more experienced bloodiers think? What can I do to pull it right?
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I'm happy enough with the blood on the axe (although you can't really see it in these photos). I'm also relatively happy the smears on the apron... which you also can't really see in these pictures.
I've also put some blood on the hands and the hand wrappings which look decent but probably needs another look.
What I am struggling with however is the blood around the slices on his chest and back. Realistically, wounds like that would basically have washed him in blood (and probably kill him if we're honest)... but I don't really like that idea. So I've tried to keep the idea but tone it down... not sure that I've pulled it off though. :/ What do the more experienced bloodiers think? What can I do to pull it right?
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BloodASmedium
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Lololololol that's actually really well done!!! I'm impressed.
what you can do in addition is make sure that a diluted wash like application is placed around every outer part of the sliced flesh...it'll be a wash consistency of a dab of black mixed with a blood color the paint this wash around all the edgings of the slice just enough not to much rem it'll be diluted so it should look crazy ...but if you chose to do it and stop here this is actually a very fine example of bloodied up wounds...my biggest trick is mixing a black dab or a dark brown with blood for the blood God.
what you can do in addition is make sure that a diluted wash like application is placed around every outer part of the sliced flesh...it'll be a wash consistency of a dab of black mixed with a blood color the paint this wash around all the edgings of the slice just enough not to much rem it'll be diluted so it should look crazy ...but if you chose to do it and stop here this is actually a very fine example of bloodied up wounds...my biggest trick is mixing a black dab or a dark brown with blood for the blood God.
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Sicks
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I tend to paint deep cuts with khorne red, put a bit of agrax earthshade in there and then add bftbg, the darker colour gives an impression of deepness although I'm sure BaMs method works too, also maybe add a small bit of reddening around the wound, the skin tends to go more pinkish or red around a cut, there's a medical reason for it but can't remember exactly, something to do with blood rushing the area to form a scab maybe? Anyways you wouldn't need much, just a bit of a glaze next to the edges
wargamesculptor
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The effect looks great YetiSA, you could also add small trickle lines where more blood is seeping out but just a suggestion.
Are you planning to dirty up the bandages on his feet as he's running across mud ?
Are you planning to dirty up the bandages on his feet as he's running across mud ?
YetiSA
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Thanks all. I added a little darker blood around the wounds and then varnished him. I didn't think of dirtying his feet... Weathering and wearing are things I've never tried before so I don't really think about it. I might actually give it a shot when I base him. He is ultimately a gaming mini so it'll be a very simple base.
BloodASmedium
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My perception on blood and painting it the way I do was based on a conversation I had with one of the eavy metal teams former member. What I do when I sit down to paint a realistic style I usually am not concerned about the party's cuts and scrapes. What I am concerned about and I Try to think what about the blood on a model that's NOT his. For example blood spatter spill back ,splashing etc...if my model has blood on his weapon ,he's definitely wearing someone's blood he butcher ...and wearing it in diff degrees of intensity.not for everyone ,but I absolutely LOVE it...war is never clean.i wish it was.hence my thoughts on blood
View attachment 47075 The best wait to show this is on my large model entry for this year crystal brush if their fresh wounds I use blood trickle (a signature of mine that can be found on almost all my models) I still keep the blood dark in the wounds as (it really is to show contrast). These are all mr berserkers wounds an his blood....further inspection shows bruising and more importantly blood smearing -this is not from him or his wounds- these are from him butchering people while being body to body hence rubbing against his enemies and transferring their DNA to each other...and well the berserker has more evidence of blood on him because ...well he won that battle..even further inspection on the shield strapped to his rear has evidence of people being smashed and hit with his shield hence more of the enemies blood on that....this for those who are curious of how and why I do what I do and how and why I pick the models I pick to accent these wartime injuries and make a more realistic mini.
this is totally a style thing and I absolutely love it on my models and since I do it so much I love to give insight on why.enjoy hope this helps yetiSA...
View attachment 47075 The best wait to show this is on my large model entry for this year crystal brush if their fresh wounds I use blood trickle (a signature of mine that can be found on almost all my models) I still keep the blood dark in the wounds as (it really is to show contrast). These are all mr berserkers wounds an his blood....further inspection shows bruising and more importantly blood smearing -this is not from him or his wounds- these are from him butchering people while being body to body hence rubbing against his enemies and transferring their DNA to each other...and well the berserker has more evidence of blood on him because ...well he won that battle..even further inspection on the shield strapped to his rear has evidence of people being smashed and hit with his shield hence more of the enemies blood on that....this for those who are curious of how and why I do what I do and how and why I pick the models I pick to accent these wartime injuries and make a more realistic mini.
this is totally a style thing and I absolutely love it on my models and since I do it so much I love to give insight on why.enjoy hope this helps yetiSA...
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YetiSA
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Thanks BAM, that insight is awesome. When I have two minutes to rub together I'll take another look through your gallery and really check out what you're talking about.
In the meantime, I've finished Boar and entered him into the february competition. Voting opens on the 16th.
There are a number of things that I'd have liked to spend a little more time on but with entries closing I decided to call it a day. I must say that it is very refreshing to get to this point on a model and just seal and base him... rather than starting on the tartan!
Here is his link in the gallery. As always votes, comments and criticism are greatly appreciated.
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In the meantime, I've finished Boar and entered him into the february competition. Voting opens on the 16th.
There are a number of things that I'd have liked to spend a little more time on but with entries closing I decided to call it a day. I must say that it is very refreshing to get to this point on a model and just seal and base him... rather than starting on the tartan!
Here is his link in the gallery. As always votes, comments and criticism are greatly appreciated.
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