Serraphim's W.I.P

Serraphim · Post by **Serraphim** » 19 Jul 2011, o 18:19

mahon wrote:sounds good. whatever you do - be bold with it. being shy will result in boring miniatures.
and NMM is all about bold contrasts.

always try to find cool reference pics - not only realistic ones, but better impressive ones

I'm putting this in my signature, its perfect advice.

Post by **mahon** » 20 Jul 2011, o 13:03

thanks. read all the advice on the forum and you will see that you first have to learn to overdo something only to be able to return later and do it well and see how much was lacking before the experiment. forget the technique and smoothness for some time, just experiment with bold contrasts.

and by bold contrasts I mean going from pure white to black. yeah, it's overdone but you need to do it only as an experiment and exercise.

Serraphim · Post by **Serraphim** » 25 Jul 2011, o 04:20

When you do a milliput milk what type if milliput do you use? The super fine? And do you go back and sand it after it dries?

Post by **mahon** » 25 Jul 2011, o 09:38

apply it after some initial sanding - when there are only small holes in your surface that you need to fill.
sand it later? yes, if it's necessary

Serraphim · Post by **Serraphim** » 7 Nov 2012, o 18:34

Wow, over a year since my last post and since I last picked up a brush mainly due to buying a house and trying to fix it up. I haven't actually been doing anything hobby related (aside from playing), in that year, but this weekend I finally set up my painting table in my room, discovered that the majority of my paints are dried out completely, and sat down to paint. My goal for this miniature is 3 fold. Contrast first, then composition, then blending. I know that I need to work on the face more, but I wanted to get everything else finished so I could see just how much higher I needed the contrast to go. The leather just has 1 level of shading and the armour is still being based coated (I've lost a lot of the painting muscle, so my hand is cramping up a lot).

Sorry for the crappy phone pics.

Click to see full-sized image

Post by **sea.man** » 8 Nov 2012, o 11:46

Hard to judge, due to the blurry pictures. I can only say that the contrast on the face is good

Post by **Corvus** » 8 Nov 2012, o 13:35

Welcome back. Don't mind the absence. Sometimes you have more important stuff to do in real life than painting toy soldiers

What kind of figure is that? How did you do the base? Was it supplied with the model?

Serraphim · Post by **Serraphim** » 8 Nov 2012, o 15:52

The model is Epic Eiryss from Privateer Press, and the base is a part of the model.

Serraphim · Post by **Serraphim** » 15 Nov 2012, o 19:01

Unfortunately I dont have any pics, but I do have some questions:

1. I'm noticing that the highlights are starting to look a little chalky. Does anyone know what the reason for this is? I've tried to get rid of it with multiple washes and it seems to help a little, but avoiding it altogether would be better.

2. I'm having issues making my highlights bright enough. I tend to use bleached bone as my final "white" highlight, and I am noticing that it just doesnt seem bright enough. I know that I'll need a picture for this so I'll have one to post tonight. But just off the top of your head, could it be not enough layers? Paint is too dilute?

Thanks.

P.S: I should be getting my Rhul models this week (did a huge trade) for my FLGS' Journeyman League. The main thing with Journeyman is that you can win the league by just painting. So starting Nov29th, for 6 weeks, it's midget time.

Post by **Corvus** » 16 Nov 2012, o 17:14

Serraphim wrote:1. I'm noticing that the highlights are starting to look a little chalky. Does anyone know what the reason for this is? I've tried to get rid of it with multiple washes and it seems to help a little, but avoiding it altogether would be better.

What do you use to thin your paints? Tap water? Try using distilled water. Too many layers with too much thinned paint. Do you have pools of paint when you highlight? Try to avoid that.

Serraphim wrote:2. I'm having issues making my highlights bright enough. I tend to use bleached bone as my final "white" highlight, and I am noticing that it just doesnt seem bright enough. I know that I'll need a picture for this so I'll have one to post tonight. But just off the top of your head, could it be not enough layers? Paint is too dilute?

I always try to dillute my paint a bit less for the final highlights and add pure white (sometimes yellow-white, like Ice Yellow by Vallejo).

Hope this helps!!!!

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