Rocky Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Tried messing with metallics yesterday, got tired with it so went to nmm today. Didn't really like the origional mace, so swapped it out with a nefsokar one (couldn't get origional to go straight enough). I think It would look cooler if it as lit up like a lantern or something magical. The base is not done of course, I don't really know if I want to grind it off to use the base I made or try and incorperate it into one, if I grind it I'll have to make him a new foot, it's why I'm hesitating. He had a bat looking thing on his cape back, painted over it though, and it still kinda shows through. Meh, he's done though :), for now. EDIT)02569, Vlad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Great choice on the swap. That's a very good looking piece--I especially like the armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidVC04 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Nice work. Jabberwocky is right, the armor looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yeah, the armor does look nice. True metallics can be really tricky. It takes so many layers to get it right. NMM is much faster. Your skin tone looks a bit flat. You may want to think about layering on some more shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Fantastic work, he looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thanks guys. Yeah, the face came out kinda flat. I was trying to get it even more so though, I think his smile lines are too dark, as well as under his lip,(shoulda went with a pinkish gray color for shadows). I was going for the super pale, posessed, evil, stay in the dark all the time, just come out to kick some goodie two shoes bootie!! :) Thats why his pupils are huge also... alot of time in the dark. Something else I just realized, I didn't go back after to polish up the darklining. The nmm did go on very fast indeed. From scraping off what few mould lines there were, to putting on the clear coat it was about 6 hrs or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissiana Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I agree, the weapon swap improves this mini! Would love to know your recipes for your NMMs...I really like the contrast between his armor and the gold accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Great looking, love the armor, everything very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 for the grey metal paint black, so you can still kinda see the primer under neath. stormy gray/london gray Rainy gray pure white. Brown metal washed black then completely filled over with mahogony brown snakebit leather amber gold pure white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thanks for the recipes on the NMM. I always like to see what colors folks are using--saves me the trouble of experimenting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmaster Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Very nice work but it maybe just me but the cloak seems to need a little more highlighting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thanks again guys, and thanks for looking. Brushmaster, yeah, it could use a ton more highlighting and shadows on the red. To be honest I sorta gave up on it after painted the bat thing on his back, and did the coverup. Occasionally I can put down some very good lookin red, this wasn't one of those occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdrew Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Nice painting and conversion on this. The NMM on the armour is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stink Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I guess I'll reiterate what everyone else has said, the armor is fantastic...and also thanks for providing your recipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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