lordoftheleaves Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Hey! Finally got a pic to work out...kinda. This is my first warlord mini ever! It is also my first attempt at elves, and the concept of washing! http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=att&disp=inline&attid=0.1&th=1058e5a3a5d4d99f Not to shabby for being a 15 year old gamer eh? Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordoftheleaves Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The image didnt F#@*in work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 HEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordoftheleaves Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Lemme Try Again! file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Cory/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Lysette..by%20me!.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelveteenRabbit Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Hmm... Well, the second one is directing to your computer, so that's not going to work. Reduce the file size to below 150 and just post to Reaper's site though? That's the easy way... And whatever you're doing at 15 is pretty cool that's for sure. Games were not as good when I was 15. I was stuck with crud like Rune Quest to role-play with and Warhammer 3rd ed. to wargame at that age. No internet to teach myself how to paint... Sigh. Hope you're having fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humansquish Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Unfortunately the pictures were taken with my camera which wants to make all the highlights look like mud. It definately looks better in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordColdsteal Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Very nice. I like your color choices. And you have so kicked my rear at what I was doing at 15 (or 16.. since that's when i started painting). If you are having trouble with pics, might I suggest checking out the following link to help improve your photo quality. ColdstealPainting Photo-Fu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubilee Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Looks good so far. I like the colors & the base looks nice. I bet she'll be pretty impressive once you pick up some photo tricks! One to start might be to get a uniform background - I can see some texture on that one and it's distracting from the model. I'm sure the Coldsteal link has more and better tips than I can give. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordoftheleaves Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Yeah, Its better than what my first minis looked like. IM thinking of posting the rest of my elves that I do. Thanks for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourningcloud Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 heh not bad for your first one, and i must say i also like the fact that Humansquish has a quote from me in his signature; not so much that he quoted me (which in and of itself is quite cool) but the fact that he read one of my very loooong posts, and picked that quote out from somewhere in the middle. Wow. i dont know that even I have enough dedication to read the entirety of some of my longer posts closely enough to pick out a quote. sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Not bad at all! Hmmm, the skin tone is kinda pale (like, sickly pale). Do you use a black undercoat, then paint the skintone right on? What I do is paint a coat of white over the black, then the skintone over the white. Maybe that might help? I dunno, maybe it's just my preference. zotherwise, very good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordoftheleaves Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yeah, i use a black undercoat mostly cause Im used to painting Evil.......Necrons Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....sorry. But thanks for the commments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Vaitalla Posted August 11, 2005 Reaper User Share Posted August 11, 2005 So, I don't normally hang out much in the Show-Off forum, because I don't have much time, but happened to see this...so, to put my two cents in, it looks like your washes are working out very well. However, washes tend to work even better when the basecoat is over white primer rather than black. Half the point of black primer is that it mutes the colors you put over the top, and makes your shadows for you, so you don't *have* to use washes. I think if you switch to white primer for a mini or two and then use your washes you'll notice a big difference! Also, it looks like the other thing that would really benefit you is thinning your paint a little. When I look at the staff and the dress I can see a bit of texture that's clogging up your details. Switching to white primer, again, will really help with this because you won't need to make the paint thicker to cover the black. Otherwise, quite a good job for your first Warlord mini! Those Werner elves have a punishing amount of detail on 'em and you handled it very well overall; nicely done. --Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Taking the pic into account it looks pretty good, much better than any of mine. The one thing I dont like about it is the green looking eyebrows, might just be the pic though. Prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawgiver Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 color choices are good. The strings on the shirt looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordoftheleaves Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 I have actually recently done a touch up on this mini, and once i can get a pic of it i'll post her up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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