Darius Glenwell Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 This was a very interesting sculpt. Derek did a very cool job on him. Love the staff. But this is my first try at OSL. I used eggshells as green crystals. Got this suggestion from Scotty Khan. Thanks! Would love a little C&C on the OSL. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyradis Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 This guy looks really wicked, perfect for a drow. The eggshell crystals worked pretty darn well too! I would not have thought of using those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug's Workshop Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Cool. One observation: Try using a dark background for pictures of OSL minis. A light background makes it difficult to really pick out the light source and glow effects. At least, that's my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimwolf Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Great looking mini Darius. I like the egg shells, I think the effect comes off really well. As far as OSL, having had no experience with it what so ever, I think it looks good. Oh, and by the way, the eyes are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Glad you like the figure, Darius. Nice work! I like the way the green plays off the orange and purple. (But it looks like a dab of his red eyes got onto his hair.) A few things I consider when doing OSL: 1. A surface on which the light is shining should not be as bright as the light itself. (If you paint such a surface equally bright, you get the "can of paint exploded" effect.) And different materials will reflect the light differently. If it's a reflective surface, the reflection of the light may appear equally bright, but cloth or skin or leather should appear much duller than the light source itself. So, on metals and other shiny surfaces (including oily skin), paint some bright reflections, but be more subtle on the bone or cloth. If I know I'm going to add OSL to a figure, I intentionally darken the figure overall, to give myself room to make the high values of the light-source. Pure White is as light as I can get with paint, so if Pure White is standing in for "glowing object", then I don't take any other highlights up to Pure White. 2. The intensity of the light diminishes with distance from the source, so the light on his chin should be considerably less than the light on his feet. The lighting on the chin is a bit too strong now -- it looks like his collar is glowing right under his chin. 3. The light will keep radiating out until an object stops it. In a few places on this figure, you've made the green effect patchy where it probably should be more consistent, or added the green effect where it probably would be in shadow. Artistic license lets you get away with some variation here, but not too much. Good luck on your future forays into OSL. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Glenwell Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. I really appreciate them, and very glad you like him. Yeah the eggshells worked well for what I envisioned them to be, and the eyes were fairly easy to get to. Unlike Sandra's eyes! lol DKS: Thank you for the advice with the OSL. Since I haven't sealed him yet, what would you do to bring the over highlighted parts back to normal? Should I go back and paint his chin in the skin tone again and then lightly hightlight it a shade or 2 darker than the gems? Oh and I'll fix his hair too. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 DKS: Thank you for the advice with the OSL. Since I haven't sealed him yet, what would you do to bring the over highlighted parts back to normal? Should I go back and paint his chin in the skin tone again and then lightly highlight it a shade or 2 darker than the gems? Oh and I'll fix his hair too. :D You are welcome. Yes, a quick repaint (or glazing down) of the over-highlighted areas, followed by re-establishing the colored light, should work well. (Just add a hint of the brightness and color -- and don't forget to hit the underside of his nose with some light. When I'm working out OSL, I hold the figure up with the light-source nearest to my eyes and turn it this way and that, to "see what the light can see.") Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Glenwell Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Cool. Thanks Derek. I'll give that a shot and then post some updated pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajii Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 DKS is amazing that way always helpful, and not mean about it. i think you've done a good job here for a first time working on it OSL. it's a pain to get right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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