TrentL Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm just wondering if anyone has any articles, or video's on how one does the new Death Company eyes... they are infuriating me those tiny orbs seem to be like the eyes are popping out of their head. I'm not AWEFUL at eyes... for example: http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/LanthierFamily/Warhammer%2040k/Empire/Front-Empire-Spearman.jpg Its just I can't seem to get the DC eyes right with how they stick out ... and its really frustrating me, even leaving the area around the eyes black looks wrong because of how the face is modelled... and short of getting my pliers and "Fixing" the sitatuation by cutting off the heads of all my un-helmeted marine's I'd really like to not give up on what is proving to be very difficult for me to accomplish. and every so frustating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmk17 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 The trick is to fight the instinct to "center" the pupil. Spend some time looking in the mirror and at some photos. You'll notice that a person's eyelid tends to cover about 25% of the top of their eyes, so only when you "open your eyes wide" do you start to look like so many minis out there. Centering therefore isn't natural. http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/12 this article really helped me. enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicksy Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 yeah, i centred the pupils of a lot of my early models and they all look surprised and shocked ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Liam Shaw Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 The trick is to fight the instinct to "center" the pupil. Spend some time looking in the mirror and at some photos. You'll notice that a person's eyelid tends to cover about 25% of the top of their eyes, so only when you "open your eyes wide" do you start to look like so many minis out there. Centering therefore isn't natural. http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/12 this article really helped me. enjoy. wow, that is a great article!!! thanks so much for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmk17 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 no problem. some friends pointed me to it, when I started to feel the stress of a lot of un-helmeted space wolves. Another good idea is to bust out the digital camera and snap some pics of yourself looking in the direction you want to paint your minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Tekka Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 The trick is to fight the instinct to "center" the pupil. Spend some time looking in the mirror and at some photos. You'll notice that a person's eyelid tends to cover about 25% of the top of their eyes, so only when you "open your eyes wide" do you start to look like so many minis out there. Centering therefore isn't natural. http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/12 this article really helped me. enjoy. I was thinking of doing something very similar for my blood claws I have to paint. Nice and easy to follow instructions. Thats been added to my save file for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.