Shadowlight Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 This is the first mini I've been brave enough to post. After I took these pictures I did paint the stonework at his feet, I just haven't gotten around to taking new pics yet. Sorry. Tox Pics Feedback is appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuCulain42 Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I would give him a bit more depth around the eyes. I like the staff, to me it's what pops on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouse Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I agree with CuCulain42 on the eyes and I like the dragon on his shoulder and the back of his robe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niloc Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Welcome to the boards Shadowlight. Looks good, I agree, a little more black lining would help define areas on the mini. Keep painting, post often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowlight Posted June 4, 2005 Author Share Posted June 4, 2005 Welcome to the boards Shadowlight. Looks good, I agree, a little more black lining would help define areas on the mini. Keep painting, post often. I'm not really certain what "black lining" is or how to do it. I've mostly just been figuring out this painting thing on my own. If you have any good links about it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks a bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowlight Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 Welcome to the boards Shadowlight. Looks good, I agree, a little more black lining would help define areas on the mini. Keep painting, post often. I'm not really certain what "black lining" is or how to do it. I've mostly just been figuring out this painting thing on my own. If you have any good links about it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks a bunch. NOTE: Sorry to be annoying, but I tried googling "black lining miniatures" a couple days back, and in the first seven pages all I got were links about clothing, so if someone could give me a hand about this topic, I'd REALLY appreciate it. (Sometimes I have really bad luck with search engines.) Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artists Wren Posted June 9, 2005 Artists Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hiya. Blacklining, also sometimes called darklining, is a technique used to bring out the separation between different elements on a mini, sort of an exaggerated shadowing effect at places like where cloth meets skin. There are several ways to accomplish it, with different painters liking different methods. If you look at this Ice Queen, you'll see a fairly dramatic example of blacklining. This Hyrekia is more of a darklined, subtle approach. Which you like and use depends on personal taste, painting style, and what fits the paintjob in question. As to how to do it... 1. Take thinned black (or dark colour) paint and using a brush with a good tip, draw a line between the areas. So on your mini (which is very nice, BTW), you might paint a thin line around the fingers holding the globe to help them stand out from the globe, or around the dragon decoration to have it stand out from the cloak. 2. Prime your miniature in black, or prime white but go in and paint black or a dark colour along the separation areas. When you paint the basecoat colours onto the areas, paint just up to the line, so you leave a line of the darker paint showing inbetween each area. Rather than using Google, you might find it more fruitful to simply use the search tool on these forums (you can set it to search further back than the last 30 days, which is good when searching for techniques). There are loads and loads of sites with helpful info for the mini painter, some of them with just an article or two, others with whole guides. a few I find useful are: Reaper's Craft Articles Ellsweb.com Dr. Faust's Painting Clinic Cool Mini or Not Articles Hope that helps some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Looks like you are off to a good start! I agree with the others about making the eyes stand out more, but looks like all you need is practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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