Yeti’s Guild Ball WIP
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Almost Perftec! Aw, crap.
Agreed. :suspicious:Stupid robot witches. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! :curse!:
YetiSA
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Thanks for all the comments and ratings everyone. I'm pretty happy with the scores at the moment. I was expecting mid 6s so up around 7 is a bonus.
KruleBear, I went back and forward on the stitches for a long time. I initially intended to make them cream, but I was worried that adding yet another colour to those kilts would make them too busy... not convinced that I made the right choice here. I'll give cream a shot on the next couple of brewers.
Now it's back to the grindstone to get the Joker ready in time for Christmas (brother's present)... updates to follow soon I hope.
KruleBear, I went back and forward on the stitches for a long time. I initially intended to make them cream, but I was worried that adding yet another colour to those kilts would make them too busy... not convinced that I made the right choice here. I'll give cream a shot on the next couple of brewers.
Now it's back to the grindstone to get the Joker ready in time for Christmas (brother's present)... updates to follow soon I hope.
YetiSA
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Hey all,
I've spent a little time in the company of the Joker. I want him to be a lot higher contrast than what I usually paint, with the light source directly above him as if he's standing under a street lamp. I want the light from the top to be yellowish, fading to blue at the bottom.
Broadly I think that I'm achieving the effect (except that I want to add a little more yellow) but I'm not particularly happy with the lack of smoothness, particularly with the extreme highlights and particularly in the front. It's largely because I was a little impatient and took it up into the extreme highlights a little too fast and with paint that was slightly too thick. I've tried glazing with the original colour, which has helped but there is still a lot of splotchiness.
I'd appreciate any advice that people may have on smoothing the shading out... and on the model in general of course.
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I've spent a little time in the company of the Joker. I want him to be a lot higher contrast than what I usually paint, with the light source directly above him as if he's standing under a street lamp. I want the light from the top to be yellowish, fading to blue at the bottom.
Broadly I think that I'm achieving the effect (except that I want to add a little more yellow) but I'm not particularly happy with the lack of smoothness, particularly with the extreme highlights and particularly in the front. It's largely because I was a little impatient and took it up into the extreme highlights a little too fast and with paint that was slightly too thick. I've tried glazing with the original colour, which has helped but there is still a lot of splotchiness.
I'd appreciate any advice that people may have on smoothing the shading out... and on the model in general of course.
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YetiSA
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Thanks Giuseppe,
I see what you mean about the fading... I'll have to give it a little thought. Being shabby does suit the character but I would like it to be colourful. Maybe I should apply a light glaze of the base colour to the entire coat to try to pick it up, just worried about losing the contrast I do have.
I see what you mean about the fading... I'll have to give it a little thought. Being shabby does suit the character but I would like it to be colourful. Maybe I should apply a light glaze of the base colour to the entire coat to try to pick it up, just worried about losing the contrast I do have.
YetiSA
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I've spent a little more time on the Joker, neatening lines and smoothing things out for the most part, but I've also added the 'pin' stripes to the trousers.
The smoothing I did on the coat was my first attempt at a little wet blending, which worked quite nicely and was a lot faster than my normal glazing (which I have only used on my last 3 models). My only problem was that the paint dried a little too fast on the model so I'm going to invest in a little retarder to play with.
I'm a lot happier with the coat in general and especially the front, but I don't think it's quite there yet. Some of the shadows on the back are a little too deep and I've definitely lost some contrast on both ends. One more session should get it to a place that I'm happy with.
Pin stripes are... fine. Aside from their thickness, which seems to be my limit at the moment, I don't like the way that they interact with the shadows. I'm going to live with it for the moment but might decide to reset to purple and begin again, there isn't any fine detail there so I'm not too worried about slightly thicker paint.
Something else that I'm not convinced by at the moment are the buttons. In the actual costume they are coloured to match the material (both the green and the purple) but I'm wondering if they wouldn't look better in some contrasting colour (possibly black on the waistcoat and gold on the overcoat).
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Next up are the hair and face... which are terrifying me slightly. I'm only just getting the hang of normal flesh and I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with white makeup... let alone the free hand. I guess I'll make it up as I go along.
As always, any comments or criticisms would be appreciated.
Edit: This is a difficult model to photograph, especially with a cellphone. Actual colours are closer to the front view... forgive the forehead glare!
The smoothing I did on the coat was my first attempt at a little wet blending, which worked quite nicely and was a lot faster than my normal glazing (which I have only used on my last 3 models). My only problem was that the paint dried a little too fast on the model so I'm going to invest in a little retarder to play with.
I'm a lot happier with the coat in general and especially the front, but I don't think it's quite there yet. Some of the shadows on the back are a little too deep and I've definitely lost some contrast on both ends. One more session should get it to a place that I'm happy with.
Pin stripes are... fine. Aside from their thickness, which seems to be my limit at the moment, I don't like the way that they interact with the shadows. I'm going to live with it for the moment but might decide to reset to purple and begin again, there isn't any fine detail there so I'm not too worried about slightly thicker paint.
Something else that I'm not convinced by at the moment are the buttons. In the actual costume they are coloured to match the material (both the green and the purple) but I'm wondering if they wouldn't look better in some contrasting colour (possibly black on the waistcoat and gold on the overcoat).
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Next up are the hair and face... which are terrifying me slightly. I'm only just getting the hang of normal flesh and I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with white makeup... let alone the free hand. I guess I'll make it up as I go along.
As always, any comments or criticisms would be appreciated.
Edit: This is a difficult model to photograph, especially with a cellphone. Actual colours are closer to the front view... forgive the forehead glare!
YetiSA
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Yar, if he was in a diorama or part of a group I might have to stick with the original plan but as he's a stand alone I can change it if I want to. I think that I'll give a very light yellow glaze over the top just to take it out of white and give it a little more colour variation but I don't think I'll take it to full yellow light like I was intending to.
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WWhat I think is its well painted thus far,if it were me I WOULDONT mess around with osl yellow streetlights....that kinda thing is for practice minis and not Christmas gifts bud..good job thus far .
Maenas
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I agree with what BAM is telling you... And hello by the way ^^ I have just came back from a visit to your gallery, where I left comments and votings all over the place xD
I am also happy to have "met" my second southAfrican, previously to you both (you and Shelagh) I only knew those three girls doing wonderful and colourful cakes at a bakery on the tv. series.... ^^'
YetiSA
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Wow, I woke up to a flood of CMON notifications! Thanks for the comments here and in my gallery.
Yar, I came to the same conclusion about the OSL. It sounded like a great idea when I started out but with just over a week to go... Not so much.
I've made some progress on him over the last few days but it's all incremental stuff so I haven't bothered posting. I have had to forcibly stop myself from touching the overcoat anymore. Every time I try to rectify an imagined defect I end up adding another three. At the moment I'm fighting with the face, trying to shade it while keeping the solid white... Not easy.
Yar, I came to the same conclusion about the OSL. It sounded like a great idea when I started out but with just over a week to go... Not so much.
I've made some progress on him over the last few days but it's all incremental stuff so I haven't bothered posting. I have had to forcibly stop myself from touching the overcoat anymore. Every time I try to rectify an imagined defect I end up adding another three. At the moment I'm fighting with the face, trying to shade it while keeping the solid white... Not easy.
YetiSA
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Grabbed a could of photos after my painting sessing this afternoon. Here is how he stands at the moment.
I've redone his trousers and am (mostly) happier with them, although I still want to add a touch of highlighting to the black stripes. I also need to do a little more work on the white in the face (the photo has blown the white out a little, it's not quite as smooth in the metal). Then of course it's on to the makeup and finally the gun and base.
As always, I'd love to get any feedback that anyone might have.
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I've redone his trousers and am (mostly) happier with them, although I still want to add a touch of highlighting to the black stripes. I also need to do a little more work on the white in the face (the photo has blown the white out a little, it's not quite as smooth in the metal). Then of course it's on to the makeup and finally the gun and base.
As always, I'd love to get any feedback that anyone might have.
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bgcdazzler
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It's looking nice so far. For the makeup effect you could paint the edges of the face/hairline in regular flesh tone and then stipple white over it from the solid white of the face to naked skin around the edges. If that makes sense.
