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Night Lord Possessed Space Marines - finished!


JetfireUK

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Hi There,

 

I've been a lurker on this site for the best part of six months and have finally plucked up the courage to put something up on the site.

 

I really love the new possessed kit as it really allows you to try different techniques.

 

I entered the GW painting competition at my not-so-local GW in Belfast with a Lucius the Eternal mini. Unfortunately it's in the store so I can't get images yet.

 

The reason I've put this mini is in response to what the manager in the store said to me. I placed in the middle and the manager explained that my contrast and highlighting isn't balanced. So what am I doing wrong?

 

Again, please be critical and if someone can explain contrast - that'd be great. Cheers!

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/PossessedNo1005.jpg

BRILLIANT!

 

An awsome first post too. welcome, well not welcome, but hi I guess :teehee:

 

contrast is: 'The degree of difference between the lightest and darkest tones in an image.'

 

I think he means it goes from the dark parts to WHOA! bright. A teeny bit like the lightning. I like it with details like that, makes it more apparent, but the best way to rid yourself is to add more layers, going up in brightness not too much.

 

Like I said, its not that nesicary for that fellow in my opinion.

 

:teehee: I can't wait to see you other peices!

My guess is that hes referring to a lot of your colour scheme on the model is very similar, by that i mean that blue and purple are quite similar colours it makes everything look quite similar to the eye especially with all the shades being very dark, you might be able to resurrect it with using a small amount of quite a light colour for highlighting along some of the bony edges and such just to make them stand out a bit.

Contrasting colours would help a viewer to distinguish between objects like Black and White for example are contrasting colours because when you can have say a white shirt and a black tie the contrast between the colours means you can easily see the Tie against the shirt.

Im not an artist or anything so dont hold me to this but im fairly sure im on the right track, if you take a look on google or something for a colour wheel you might find a good description with that and generally colours opposite each other on a colour wheel are contrasting colours.

Thanks for the replies guys and making me feel welcome!

 

I used a colour wheel when I was painting the figure and chose blue for the Nightlords scheme and purple as it was a split complimentary colour (i.e. it was next to blue on the colour wheel). Should I have used a different colour such as yellow or red to produce a better contrast?

 

As for the blending - I still can't quite get the balance between light and dark - should I blend 1/4 of a shoulder pad bright and brighter or should I work the whole way across and gradually shrink the brighter areas bit by bit?

 

Thanks again!

It looks great, the only thing I could suggest is a further highlight on the purple as Cdr. King says.

 

You've built it up beautifully from the blue all the way to the purple, but it just looks like it needs another highlight, especially on the ridges of the horns and the claw

 

Great work

I think the choice of a complimentary purple was good, but the two similar dark colours just blend a little too much, i think just building the highlights to a brighter quite pale colour (maybe a pinkish or very light purple) would probably finish off a nicely painted model.
  • 2 weeks later...

Hi Chaps,

 

Thanks for the comments and criticism - here's my second Possessed figure.

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/PossessedFigures290608005.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/PossessedFigures290608006.jpg

 

I've also added a comparison against my first one - hopefully you can spot the difference in the two!

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/PossessedFigures290608004.jpg

 

Grateful for your thoughts and comments. I felt that this one was a little too busy to add the lightning effects, but let meknow what you think.

 

Cheers!

The purple highlights on the second possessed is great. There is more definition between the two colors on the second minature. They both look good, and are more than great for table top play, but the second one is definitely better.

 

Keep up the great work! You will get even better once you are more comfortable working with those colors.

Thanks for the kind words! I'll give your suggestion of a wash a go. At the moment I'm finding it difficult to balance contrast with a smooth layering of paint - it could be that I'm simply not using enough layers of paint - but that wash might solve that.

 

I didn't used to be a fan of extreme highlighting, but it seems to work well with these figures and gives them an unatural edge.

Good blend with the colours, do you have any hints in how you do it? I struggle painting possessed

 

Thanks very much! I tend to layer the paints and have the paint at a fairly watery consistency.

 

Blue - Necron Abyss as a base followed by Midnight Blue, Regal Blue, Enchanted Blue and Ice Blue

Purple - Hormagaunt Purple as a base followed by Liche Purple, Warlock Purple and Tentacle Pink

 

I also tend to mix the colours together so that the layers tend to blend together. I've chosen to do an extreme highlight to add a bit of contrast between the purple and blue. I'm still learning which is why I'm not great at it... yet. :no:

I never cared for Purple and Blue as colors together. It always reminded me of those Pop-Tarts. :( You have changed my opinion about the colors together, though. You pulled it off quite tastefully.

 

Do you have any other Night Lord models? Or is this the start of an army?

 

 

Alpha

Thanks you lot - your comments are really inspiring. I'll hopefully have some more progress on my third figure this weekend. I know, I'm a slow painter!

 

To answer the question on the army - at the moment the possessed are my only Night Lord figures, but I'm tempted to paint my Chaos Terminators and Raptors in the same colour scheme. I was never quite a fan of the dark blue and red so I'm going to stick with my dark blue and purple. I'm glad that the colours have more contrast on the second figure you are all helping me paint in the right direction.

 

A quick question - should I add the lightning effects to the second figure? I couldn't find a good spot to add them and wondered if it makes the figures look disjointed?

 

Any criticsm/comments are gratefully received. :huh:

  • 4 weeks later...

Hi Chaps,

 

Sorry to resurrect a zombie thread, but I thought that I should keep all my figures in one thread rather than having many. Anyway, I am a very slow painter but here's the results of my third possessed Night Lord:

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/SL270447.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/SL270449.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/SL270450.jpg

 

Here's a group shot of all three of my finished possessed figures so far - hopefully there's an improvement in my painting from left to right.

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/JetfireUK/SL270448.jpg

 

The only trouble I have had recently is the hot weather here in Ireland - my paints are drying out too quickly. :D

 

Grateful for any comments and/or criticism as always.

Excellent job on all three! I like them all :lol: My only crit is the direction in which you are taking your blue. Giving the purple skin tone a further highlight was a step in the right direction. However, it seems as if you are making the armor a lighter blue as well. It may just be the camera, but the dark blue you used in your first mini looks spectacular, whereas the last two look kind of chalky and bright. I would suggest sticking with the method you are using to paint the skin, but revert back to the method you were using to paint the armor in the beginning. IMO, it'll look ace :lol:

 

Cheers,

-Kal

Excellent job on all three! I like them all :) My only crit is the direction in which you are taking your blue. Giving the purple skin tone a further highlight was a step in the right direction. However, it seems as if you are making the armor a lighter blue as well. It may just be the camera, but the dark blue you used in your first mini looks spectacular, whereas the last two look kind of chalky and bright. I would suggest sticking with the method you are using to paint the skin, but revert back to the method you were using to paint the armor in the beginning. IMO, it'll look ace :ph34r:

 

Cheers,

-Kal

 

Hi Kal,

 

Cheers for the comments. You are right about the blue - the last two minis have been given a highlight from Necron Abyss right through to Ice Blue. I'm now starting work on my fourth possessed so I'll give a crack at the light purple with a darker blue. In some ways this squad is an ideal one for experimenting as the variations on colour can be put down to their possessed nature.

 

I'll also go back with the lightning effects too - the second mini had no real amour to add the lightning - but I reckon I can do something with the third one.

 

Oli

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