Arachne Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 This is a great WIP, I like the cartoony style of heavy black lining, all my minis are painted for heavy gameplay, and for viewing from tabletop distance (which is why I don't show them off...) I may try your style of lining. You've got me experimenting! I also like the look of the contrasting colors. My favorite edition is 2nd. The only D&D where "Sixteen daggers to the eye" is do-able. I miss oWoD, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 And she's pretty much done. I have to tidy up the base a bit. The edges of the stones will get a line of white. This will violate every rule on light and shadow, but it does look pretty neat and is something I do on all my bases with tiles or smooth. Mostly on my Parthas. They also get the black border on bottom. The torch was done with Coat D'Arms because nobody has more vibrant pigments than they. Bright yellow with a smidge of reaper linen white to stabilize it, then angel orange, finally vampire red. There are a few tutorials on fire out there on the interwebz that are pretty cool, but if you just want a quick effect it's just reverse highlighting. Bright to dark instead of dark to bright. See? Easy? Hair is walnut, then Reaper something or other that I got in my first order back in 2004. I suspect it may be warm walnut, but it could be anything. Then I slapped some Coat D'arms barbarian leather in to lighten the "warm walnut". I wasn't too picky about where I put the highlights, I just didn't want her to look like she was wearing a brown mop. The torch handle got a few quick jabs of Coat D'arms brown ink for variety, followed by some jabs of reaper woodland brown. So here she is sans dullcote. When I spritz her, probably tomorrow, I'll take another macro pic and see if it covered up my face ruining surgery. And if we zoom out a bit to intended viewing distance, well . . . who'd complain about that for a total of about an hour and half's work? I picked at her in between doing other things, and I only started this WIP yesterday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loim Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Love this WIP, thanks for taking the time. I have been toying with running a 2e PbP on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Finally my schmutzenfrau has been dullcoted. She's finished! It made virtually no difference in the pictures but it makes a world of difference in person. No, really. It does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalchaos Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I never tried myself but I like that dark lining technique you’re using. Most of the time I shade my minis with a wash but I’ll keep your approach in mind and try to integrate it on some of my future models. The final result is very nice. The torch fire is seems real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rright0102 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Nice, I too will have to try the dark lining technique. I mostly use washes. I've tride black primer, but it seems like I have to paint twice as much on that and I wind up overpinting the black and negating some of the benefits. My only complaint about your mini is that I don't think those are pants :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 They're pants. They've got a thread seam and wrinkles, that's how I found out they wasn't legs. Well, unless she has frankenstein legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hmmmm that's a hard call. I see wrinkles around the boots that lead me to believe that they are indeed pants, but the skirt begs for no pants. Its a conundrum! Great job on the mini! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 That distance shot really demonstrates how something too exaggerated for competition is very awesome in hand or on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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