Chest of Colors forum

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Maru wrote:
propoused collors - dark blue , red , green

Dark blue dosent fit right i tried i changed to purple
Red No cos of the beard, i changed to magenta since its a bit more colder
Green it has but dosent show

not that

blue dont fit - ofcorse - but if you mix it on model with red you will get purple in more natural hue then out of bottle 1
red + yelowish skin = magenta but controlable way end add of blue will instantly blend it to purple (plum color)

Green + red = rusty brown
green + blue = turquse but again less duled way end controled by you - depending how you glaze it to the layers

Ok so we are talking the same

Here is some stuff thats going on

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My dwarf already has the metals painted but no photos yet i painted the true metal style since nmm didnt fit well.

The ork is a skin experiment (not to my favourite ) ill try again after this one

My Artemis just turn out Athenas, and with kind of dressed lot to do still (besides theres too many good Artemis already )

And my two awsome sculpts , a panda bear and guess? ... another panda bear

Interesting progress, i like what you'd doing with the Artemis/Athena and your sculpts are cool very cartoony and cute.

Keep up the great work on the ork. Still much to do, but you're going in the right direction.

I also like your version of Athena. But the spear seems to be a bit rough. Didn't you have any better (straight) piece of wire? People tend to use brass wire with good effects.

And the last ones are pandas? Not a badger? Not a piglet? Not a wolf?
ok, just kidding...

mahon wrote:Didn't you have any better (straight) piece of wire? People tend to use brass wire with good effects.

nope

mahon wrote:And the last ones are pandas? Not a badger? Not a piglet? Not a wolf?
ok, just kidding...

the color deceives

My Dwarf is almost done, just need to paint little things like the dragon tooths
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And the base for him
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All the different parts look pretty good individually, but the fig doesn't convince me as a whole. It all blends together too much I think. Blacklining might help, but I think most of the colours are too similar on the top area and there is so much dark metal in the center on a small area of the fig, so it will still feel like it lacks a bit of direction and balance I think. (Sorry if that sounds harsh)

The base I do like. Icecycles are a great touch, but the snow looks a bit too much like powder.

EDIT: I know you're almost done with it. So maybe you can consider it advice for the next mini?

ToMaZ wrote:All the different parts look pretty good individually, but the fig doesn't convince me as a whole. It all blends together too much I think. Blacklining might help, but I think most of the colours are too similar on the top area and there is so much dark metal in the center on a small area of the fig, so it will still feel like it lacks a bit of direction and balance I think. (Sorry if that sounds harsh)

No harm done, honesty is the way , but i dont really understand what you are saying, since the focus of the mini is the face, care to give a example?

ToMaZ wrote:but the snow looks a bit too much like powder.

Its a mix of flakes and vallejo ice

What I mean is that the fig lacks a strong focal point at the moment. I honestly don't think the face makes a strong focal point right now. The shading and general colourtone looks too similar to the beard and eyebrows.

Take this on for example: Click to see full-sized image

Due to the colour difference and the contrast between hair and skintone the face becomes a good focal point. It doesn't blend together as much. I think that's what your fig needs. Stronger highlights and maybe a different colour worked in to the surrounding hair to make it pop more.

The second part I meant to say was that the area of the metallics is too dark and lacks defenition. The area where the beard ends and the metallics begin in particular looks too dark IMO. It might be the pic that increases the effect though.