zombie WIP

[Demi_morgana]

Well I like them too but unfortunatelly sometimes I also have to paint minis:
painting minis is such a pain in the a$$...

[Demi_morgana]

wip of a commissioned piece

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[Gildor]

Looks really cool
Interesting styl of painitng, fits like a glove to this model.

[Demi_morgana]

another wip - it's actually nearly done because all I need is painted model for gaming: we all know painted minis fight better...

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I need advice about painting black:
I want to make it look bit more interesting but there are no sharp angles which I could highlight so should I just paint top of the folds gray like on the pic above?
it's missing something... it's missing a lot of something

[arctica]

a green glow ^^ and perhaps some sort of pattern or something on his large cloak/clothy bits

[ToMaZ]

The black of the cloth doesn't look that good to be honest. Did you start of a black basecoat and work your way up?
I do like the copper with the verdigris, the silver metallic parts I like a bit less. It's probably the pic but they look grainy.

To add a more interesting touch, try to work in a bright colour on the lower parts of the robes, or something like this:

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(from Fluffy)

She did this by adding very thinned paintdrops and letting them dry for a bit. Then she used a slightly damp brush to 'suck up' the remains of the drop. Might be fun to try?

[mahon]

the robe is one of the worst sculpted things I've seen from PP. it must be terribly painter-unfriendly judging by the examples of painted models that can be seen on the internet...

[ToMaZ]

I have the same model, it's a very large, nearly flat surface. The model is on a medium base btw, so it's pretty big. You almost need to freehand on that lower part to make it look interesting. Or give it texture...

[Le6n]

Great looking mini you have there Demi, but you're right, there's something missing. I don't think that highlighting the black robe will do any good - it's flat, no folds... Maybe some glowing magical symbols on the robe could be interesting... Dunno

[Demi_morgana]

cheers guys!

a green glow ^^ and perhaps some sort of pattern or something on his large cloak/clothy bits

cs for glow I decided either not to paint anything on it OR paint it red-orange like on the reaper model so the army looks unified
as for pattern I was considering some swirls a'la rackham minis yet I know my sucky fh skills...

The black of the cloth doesn't look that good to be honest. Did you start of a black basecoat and work your way up?
I do like the copper with the verdigris, the silver metallic parts I like a bit less. It's probably the pic but they look grainy.

To add a more interesting touch, try to work in a bright colour on the lower parts of the robes, or something like this:

Click to see full-sized image
(from Fluffy)

She did this by adding very thinned paintdrops and letting them dry for a bit. Then she used a slightly damp brush to 'suck up' the remains of the drop. Might be fun to try?

I started with grey and I was glazing it to black leaving grey "highlights", after that I highlighted the folds and here we are - I don't like the result but I have no idea where should I paint highlights to keep the robe look more-less natural...
I was thinkling about sprinkling some paint off nearly dry brush but fluffy's thing might be cool thing to try - thanks!

the robe is one of the worst sculpted things I've seen from PP. it must be terribly painter-unfriendly judging by the examples of painted models that can be seen on the internet...

agreed...
and I am not whining about my lack of painting skills here