Wilwarin Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 This was one of the figures I had set to paint for September. She was an experiment in color relationships and with blending. I'm extremely happy with my blends on her because they came out very smooth, I thank Ollie for that!! For the color scheme I just used colors that were both friendly with the blue and yellow-orange that I used mainly. I know it seems a bit odd, but I think she turned out alright. I used the pale skin triad as well with tan to outline her fingers. I don't know what it is, but I can never seen to get Sandra Garrity's eyes right on the figures, they always seem too small for me :) I am happy with how these came out though. Also, the dark shadowing on her dress is from the picture itself. I had to keep my screened layer very high for the purple and blues to be seen on her overcoat. Comments and Crits appreciated and very welcome :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 The eyes on garrity figures are bad. They are way too small. Even the best of the best can't make them look all that great. If you want to practice eyes get some Werner, Derek or Gene minis. They have good eyes to practice painting. The paint job looks clean. Is there any shading or highlighting? It's hard to tell. It looks like there's some white on the yellow. I've seen some of your minis and they've always been clean looking. I'd say that you are at a place with your painting talent to really start kicking it up a notch. Learning to apply contrast to shadows and highlights takes everyone out of their comfort zone. But for good shadows start adding some other colors into the primary color you are working with. That is how you add depth and interest into a mini. For instance my recipe for skin is to always start out with GW elf flesh and add in a little bit of dark flesh for some redness. For my shadows I add in midnight blue. When you look at all of these colors many people get a little scared. But it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 The eyes on garrity figures are bad. They are way too small. Even the best of the best can't make them look all that great. If you want to practice eyes get some Werner, Derek or Gene minis. They have good eyes to practice painting. The paint job looks clean. Is there any shading or highlighting? It's hard to tell. It looks like there's some white on the yellow. I've seen some of your minis and they've always been clean looking. I'd say that you are at a place with your painting talent to really start kicking it up a notch. Learning to apply contrast to shadows and highlights takes everyone out of their comfort zone. But for good shadows start adding some other colors into the primary color you are working with. That is how you add depth and interest into a mini. For instance my recipe for skin is to always start out with GW elf flesh and add in a little bit of dark flesh for some redness. For my shadows I add in midnight blue. When you look at all of these colors many people get a little scared. But it works! Yeah, there are highlights and shadows, sadly the brightness of the almost obliterated them. I did take past advice and brought up my highlights to almost completely white, I stopped a very light yellow. I definitely need to start mixing colors. I'm not overly good at color stuff so I've always been scared to. I'll definitely give it a shot though!! Thanks, Fieldarchy!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Highlights don't necessarily mean bringing up to white. White will chalk up a lot of colors such as purples and blues. With yellow you really need to have a strong shadow versus high highlights. Deeper shadows will make the yellow color stand out more and give that brightness. Also if you find white is washing out the color hit it with a glaze of your base color. Use orange and brown maybe a hint of blue or purple to shade yellows and oranges. For your purple add a little bit of a blue, teal or bright pink into your highlights to add some more depth and interest into your piece. The important thing to remember while experimenting is that you will be out of your comfort zone the first few times you really try to mix and get really good highlights and shadows. It takes plenty of practice and patience. And if you don't like the way something is coming out then put it down and prime it again and start over later. The great thing about paint is you can always paint over mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Wizard Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I like the rich saffron color on the dress. Nice choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 I like the rich saffron color on the dress. Nice choice! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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