Anti-Paladin,

[wellender]

I've been hanging out on the boards but never had a camera to post any of my work. I just got one and thought I would try to put a couple up. This is the Anti-Paladin, Brom the Barbarian, and Darbin the Deadly. The Anti-Paladin and Brom were my first two since my dad and I used to do it when I was in elementary school. Darbin was a couple years later. I don't get to paint very often and my space to do it in stinks so my skills are regressing a bit. Also, I'm not much for basing as I intend to war game with them at some point. Enjoy and tell me what you think.

[bikerdrew]

They are quite neatly painted. You might want to try a bit more highlighting and maybe a wash on the metals to give them more definition. Re-basing them on standard bases neatens them up and makes the easier to handle.

[wellender]

Thanks for the comment. Neat is really my main goal at this point. I'm working up to highlighting. I've tried it on a couple of models with some success. I really dont't mix paint, just work with it straight out of the pot for the most part. I do washes from time to time but have messed them up more then being succesful I think.

 

They are based on fender washers at the moment. I think that's how they are going to stay since I based my entire collection on them just about. But I do understand what you mean by them being neater on a a standard base.

 

Any recomendations for highlighting black? Especially on hair?

[zaphod]

Darbin is a little fuzzy but looks to be my fav of the three!

 

You mention painting straight out of the pot? Being neat is a start, and thinning the paint a little to get smoother layers is a good next step.

[wellender]

I do thin, I didn't mean it quite literally. I meant that I don't usually mix colors to get different tones. Just can't seem to do it the same way twice. I usually have a lot of time between the chances I get to work on them.

 

Darbin is horribly fuzzy. Need to work on the photo skills a bit. He's one of my favorites too.

[bikerdrew]

Highlighting black can be tricky. Go and put some scrunches in a black t-shirt or similar item and look at the way light effects it - paying attention to the flat areas, ridges and folds. You will notice that the flat areas don't look black - more like very dark grey, so start with that. Then put a thinned black wash in to the folds to make them look black - the side of the fold further away from the light should be darker. The ridges will look like a lighter grey - so that is where to put the most highlight. The problem is, that with miniatures being so small, all of this detail needs to be exaggerated to show-up - this can make it look a bit 'fussy'. Another other method (one I tend to use more often) is to just use solid black over the whole bit and just highlight the ridges with grey - your eye will fill in the rest for you.

[wellender]

Bikerdrew, I did the method you said you use more often on another model. He was grey and I used a lighter grey on the ridges. I kind of liked how that turned out. I wasn't sure how well that would work with black though. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestions.

[crossbones71]

I do thin, I didn't mean it quite literally. I meant that I don't usually mix colors to get different tones. Just can't seem to do it the same way twice. I usually have a lot of time between the chances I get to work on them.

 

Darbin is horribly fuzzy. Need to work on the photo skills a bit. He's one of my favorites too.

i read that it is a good idea to have a note pad and mark what paints u use on models in case you want to mix and if you decide later to build an army around a certain figure and color scheme.