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Well, what sort of comments would you like? Are you wanting general reactions or looking for tips to improve or what exactly? (There is a sticky post about comments.)
And welcome to CofC, Komrad.
"I like gypsy moths and radio talk
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything"
if you are looking for table top, these are great quality.
things you could improve :
lighten up the bases. You have very dark armours, so if you highlight the brown parts of the base more ( up to bleached bone ) you will get more contrast thus better results imho.
brighter eyes. Now they are black sockets in white masks
the armours look pretty good, but if you want to improve quality even more you can simply use more layers to highlight them.
on to the henchmen :
same comment about the bases.
the white's here are too messy, especially the white cloak. I think you shouldn't use black to shade white clothing, brownish tones are much better for this.
Parchments should be pure white, they look much better with brownish colours highlighted up to bone or sand, to give them an old, aged look.
Hope it helps ! be sure to post the rest of your army here too !
looks like a nice bunch to game with! sure will look killer on the battlefield. I'm curious about the base though, there looks like 2 layers of flock involved or did you paint the ground work green in places?
I agree with Mordred about the white. The strong white looks ok with the SOB cause its isolated and small details which contrast nicely with the predominantly black outfit. The Henchmen would probably do better with brownish tones.
Thanks Mordred, great tips! The base I got it from a shop that sells train models, I applied two layers of modelling flock, brown flock then some patches of green flock, then the grass.
I'll start snapping pics of my Imperial Guard army
Mmm red, I have painted some WW2 minis using Tamiya paints and they need thinner to be extracted. I have an old dirty Blood Red paint which is dry up, I used thinner to extract it and paint it over a black undercoat. Then I use a new fresh Blood Red as a highlight on the cloth folds, and finally mix Skull White and Blood Red together to make pink and using drybrush to highlight the folds on da cloth. *Phew.*
Ok, from what I can see on the red and the white cloak, it looked like you were letting your shading "pool" on there and then dry. That usually leaves a harder line between the shaded area and the main color, which is what I think I'm seeing here.
Whatever the cause, you can smooth that line out a little by going back over those lines/edges with a little bit of your main color that has been thinned with water (very thin). Don't put a lot on your brush, because you don't want this color to run into the shaded areas. Get your brush a little wet with it, then very quickly touch it to a paper towel or napkin. That will get the excess that would run everywhere off, but will leave some in your brush. Then lightly brush this over where the shading edges are more solid lines. It might take a few times of going over the edges, but it will eventually smooth the transition from main color to shade color to look more natural.
Does that make any sense?
"I like gypsy moths and radio talk
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything"
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