Bones 77162: Yephima, Female Cloud Giant

[stevelabny]

My girlfriend and I painted about two dozen mega-minis a few years back, but thats about it. She has other painting experience. I'm mostly useless.

 

After inventorying the Bones, she painted up a nice Cloud Giant while I ruined some rats and a skeleton. Her eyes were intentionally left clear and "cloudy". Maybe she's a blind oracle.

 

She keeps improving, I'm not getting any better. But I guess i still have over 400 chances to try!

 

I guess I'm just looking for any kind of comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Flow]

I hadn't quite realized how cool Yephima's club was until these pictures. That giantess looks fun to paint; nice job!

[LittleBluberry]

What colour was the cloud giantess' hair? You don't see a lot of blue metallics, and I'm addicted to sparkly things.

[Teskal]

I love the green rat.

 

Blue metallic hair is an interesting idea. But somethink is wrong, I'm not sure what it is.

 

What colour was the cloud giantess' hair? You don't see a lot of blue metallics, and I'm addicted to sparkly things.

 

Possibilities:

1. Mix of Vallejo Metal Medium & any Blue

2. Paint first the hair silver, gold or whatever and use a transparent color like Tamiya Clear Blue. It would not be exactly metallic blue, only if light falls on this color.

 

Or something else...

Edited July 17, 2013 by Teskal

[Flow]

Reaper's Gun Metal blue is pretty darn sparkly blue, and could be lightened up with a touch of pearl white.

Edited July 17, 2013 by Flow

[CashWiley]

Could be 09104 Sparkling Blue.

[jdizzy001]

It is looking pretty good. The color choice is very appealing, you should thin your paints and add a wash to increase the contrast between highlights and shadows. Same for the skeleton.

[youwashock]

GITD rat rules. The giantess looks good, too. If you want to work on her more, I would just suggest to push the value scale a little. A few more lights/darks for contrast.

[stevelabny]

Ok, I'm back. Thanks for the likes/comments/tips. I'm trying to pick up a few things but I have little hope for myself (skeleton and rats) because I have almost zero brush control. Are there any tips for improving THAT? I'm just way too heavy handed. I liked the skeleton when I first did him but the more I look at him the less I like him. I think its also one of those "looks ok on the table but fails upon close examinaiton" minis. I've never been going for show-piece, just "slightly more unique and colorful than the prepainted d&d minis".

 

As for the colors... since some of you like him... my radioactive rat was just alien goo and neon pink. I figure since I already have a bunch of prepainted d&d minis, I need to make most of the staple creatures look different. My hellhounds might become ice hounds and I would bet good money that NONE of the dragons get painted basic colors.

 

And I checked with the gf about the colors she used on the giant. The hair is "soft blue" base, with "pure black" shadows and "Light Body Metallic Acrylic LUMIERE by Jacquard 570 Pearlescent Blue" (according to the label) highlights. In addition the Reaper kickstarter paints, we have some Game Color paints from when I had bought the metal minis a few years back, and a small batch of these Lumiere metallics along with some other stuff that didnt hit the table that was bought for her pony painting. :P

 

 

Question on board etiquette: If/when I post more of these in the future (or even in the WIP section) should I just use one thread for me or should I use a separate thread for each mini and tag it so it can be found on searches?

[Doug Sundseth]

I have almost zero brush control. Are there any tips for improving THAT? I'm just way too heavy handed.

• Use a longish holder for the figures you are painting. I like scrap 1x2 about 8" long (approximately 2.5 x 5 cm lumber 20 cm long). This reduces fatigue for me and facilitates ...
• Put the heels of your hands together while painting. This locks the hands together so large-muscle tremors don't affect the relative positions of brush and figure and allows all movement to be managed with the much smaller and more controllable figure muscles.

Question on board etiquette: If/when I post more of these in the future (or even in the WIP section) should I just use one thread for me or should I use a separate thread for each mini and tag it so it can be found on searches?

Whichever you find more convenient. We have quite a few people who take each path. FWIW, I prefer a thread per figure rather than a thread per painter for exactly the reasons you articulate.

[Citrine]

As far as how to post your future minis, there is no set way. Just do what you prefer. I tend to post 3-5 minis per topic, others make 1 thread per month. Whatever works for you.

[CashWiley]

 

Question on board etiquette: If/when I post more of these in the future (or even in the WIP section) should I just use one thread for me or should I use a separate thread for each mini and tag it so it can be found on searches?

Whichever you find more convenient. We have quite a few people who take each path. FWIW, I prefer a thread per figure rather than a thread per painter for exactly the reasons you articulate.

 

For show-off, I like to do a thread for each mini for tagging and searching purposes. For WIP, I like to have a single thread for progress and to keep conversations intact. Links back and forth between the two. This also has the benefit that someone can see something they like in Show-Off and when they click through to the WIP thread, they can see all the other paint jobs in progress (with links to more showing off).

[BloodRose9337]

Games-Workshop made a good how to paint video. it covers some very basic painting techniques and is a good place to start.

[Darius Glenwell]

I've got tips and tutorials up on http://www.facebook.com/MidwestMiniatureGuy in the NOTES section as well as a video series I did last year for beginner painters. Come over, take a look and give me a like if you so choose. :)

[Evilhalfling]

the clougaint looks cool. I suggest leaving some of the rats white they are just too cute that way.