DrMidas Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Picasa Album with all images These gents got their hands dirty for the first time today. They cleaned Farsight's clock and Mr. Calgar punched out a tank. I'm loving my chapter champion. I'm thinking hard about picking up roman style helms for more veterans. It's very hard to do justice to that banner. My other recent project, and new favorite toy. I think the techmarine was playing "Missile Command" on it... More images in the picasa link at the top. C&C welcome, I'm trying to get better at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 They look nice man, very clean and nice choice of colours. Some of the colours look a little flat, the parchment for example. Some highlighting or a wash could do wonders. In a year or two you'll be pumping out top class minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generating Random Name... Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 These are great! if I can offer some tips that hopefully will take your painting to the next level (hopefully! :ph34r:): 1. Don't just paint your final colour over the basecoat, I'm mainly talking about the parchment, white and metals here, work your way up from dark to light, for example on the parchment I'd go for scorched/bestial brown>Bleached bone>Kommando Khaki on edges, and for the white, one layer of fortress grey before the white should do the trick. 2.A general tip, thin your paint. In these pics the blue looks quite thick, and it's obcsuring some of the detail, this may also help the reds aswell. What I normally do is take some paint from the pot and put it on a pallete (I just use a plate), then dip your brush in your water and mix it in. Also don't be afraid to paint on more than one layer of thinned paint if it doesn't like right, as you will get a better effect than with just one think layer. 3. last tip, Put less paint on your brush, this may seem simple, but with the thin paints it really helps. Like I said before they look great! Sorry if I seem patronising, just trying to help, and I remember that I used to paint like this a few months ago, and recently just started getting better. GRN PS. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 great work! You've got it well with the details and everything, just follow the advice above and you'll be even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varred Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I think the marine under champion has a bit too thick paint (just a tip bro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMidas Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I appreciate the feedback gents. I've been reading here and elsewhere to thin paints, but I wasn't altogether sure by how much or the right method. I tried watering down the pot but it got far too thin. My golds are a coat of calthan brown and the burnished gold on top, but thinner paints would make that better, I imagine. On Calgar, I also dry brushed the gold with bleached bone to age it a bit. I did the white with fortress grey and then skull white, tho I experimented with white over bone on the weapons. Again, I suspect thinner paint will allow that to show. It's interesting how blowing up a photo to three times the size of the mini itself can show imperfections you wouldn't otherwise notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generating Random Name... Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 It's interesting how blowing up a photo to three times the size of the mini itself can show imperfections you wouldn't otherwise notice. This happens to me all the time! It's actually quite useful, even if you don't plan on putting it online, seeing all those little nics of paint I leave about the place. About the thinning of paints, you can do it in the pot, but you either have to use a dropper, or make sure your tap is running (read:Dripping) really slowly, and just whip the pot under and back out quickly! Anytime you need help, this is your place! (Hopefully :lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Adam Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 When i thin my paints, i use a styro foam plate or the citadel painting platter thing. and i add the water using an eye dropper. first load the brush with paint and put it on the plate, then one drop of water... depending on how much you plan on painting. mix it with the brush, wipe away the excess off the brush and paint. its gonna take a lot of troubleshooting until you find the consistancy you want. another alternative is using valejo paints. i dont but i heard they are waterier than gw, which are thick as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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