Chest of Colors forum

For whatever reason, I found myself unable to pic up a brush to paint any of my armies lately. So figuring that I needed a break from my usual colours and models, I picked up this sweet model. I will end up using it for 40K as a daemon prince eventually, quite possibly for fantasy as well if I magnetize the base so that I can put it on a square monster base. Anyway, here is what I have done so far. Taking my time and I am enjoying painting something different for a change.

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I think you chose good color set for the base - skintone will look really nice if you enchance it with washes/glazes of brown, red, blue and combinations of these colors
that's actually my standard procedure in case of painting zombies

A very promising beginning. Continue in this direction and show us more!

How would I go about that Demi? Over all of the skin, just in the recesses, little bit of both? One thing the pics don't show is that the skin paint is slightly.... chalky looking so I am thinking that glazes might help a bit with that and I am uncertain what would be the best method to go about it.

I have redone the wings so that they are a deeper purple colour and just about finished up the armour now. I am unsure of the wings though as I am thinking they might be a tad too dark. I would appreciate some thoughts on this in particular.

Here are the pics before the wing fingers and the raised areas of the armour were done

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And after

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I know I still need to do a little blending on the wings to smooth out the transitions a fair bit more, it is the colour itself I am highly unsure of.

I'd hit the wings with a few glaze layers of the skin-tone to bring it back into range a bit but the overall approach to the piece (especially the armour) is brilliant!

Maybe the pictures didn't show the reality very well, but the metallics seem to be unfinished - they look flat and artificial to me. The wings are getting better, but some pattern on them would help.

Nice job, but I agree with Cyberpaddy. The wings hit the purple fringe...

Can't wait too see how this turns out

/FF

Little bit more done. I added a bit of a lighter glaze to the wings that helps to tone down the harsh lines a bit, at least to the eye. Bone areas are mostly done with some highlighting left to go and the leather straps have been started.

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The wings do need a bit more work the more I look at them. I am not going crazy on the details of this model however as it is meant for tabletop play and not display by any means.

For tabletop quality it's brilliant

Got a bit more done now. The leather straps on the arms and legs are finished, as is the bone.

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