77058: Almaran the Gold

[Auberon]

For Almaran I wanted to try something new and different (for me) so I decided to use him as an exercise in painting cold white armor (and like most of my bones exercises you'll find some mold lines).  I did a bit of cloth a while back, but nothing this extensive.  I can't decide if it still goes too far into the blue, but it works on the tabletop.  If anyone has any good tips or tricks feel free to share.

 

To keep it simple I went with purple for all the fabric and the lady on the shield.  To keep the purple cool I tried mixing in some white to make the highlights.  I like it one the shield, but probably should have spent more time on Almaran the Gold White himself.  The metals are pretty basic.  For the flame I decided to use some blue ink instead of paint.

 

While I was at it, I tried making a snow base as well.  I suspected the pumice would look too bumpy, but the modeling paste seems to work fine.

 

 

Here's a shot of the shield, which I had used as a test piece for the whole color scheme.  You might notice a bit of red on his cheek and a dead eye.  That's because the mold line morphed into an irregular crevice from his eye to his chin and I didn't feel like fixing it.  It became a scar instead.

 

 

Here's a better shot of the "scar" from my WIP.  The paint was just a bit of red, some flow improver, and just letting it find its own way into whatever.

 

 

[Limey72]

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

[Malgus]

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

 

+1

 

Really like your approach to cool whites...

[ub3r_n3rd]

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

I'd say a brown wash, but yes it needs some shadowing to be complete.

 

Very nice job on him overall though!!

[Auberon]

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

 

 

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

 

+1

 

Really like your approach to cool whites...

 

 

 

I like it, you might want to drop a little black wash onto the gold to give it depth

I'd say a brown wash, but yes it needs some shadowing to be complete.

 

Very nice job on him overall though!!

 

The shield, the wings, and the sword got a brown wash, but it does appear that I forgot to do the trim somewhere along the way.     Hitting it again would help, but today is for football! 

 

Thanks for looking.

[badula]

mmmh i'm trying to figure out what doesn't convince me....

 

i guess the rivets!

 

white on the shield is really well done

 

i think you should place a bit of your azure wash around the rivets and overall more in the crevices of the armour.

 

 

as i said the shield is reaaally good it's perceived as white but has depth

[Kormydigar]

Cool take on this one ( Pun intended). That gold is the ideal place for a brown ink wash. Most pure inks are too shiny to shade matte surfaces alone but on metallic gold it is a match made in heaven.

[Auberon]

I'll admit, I didn't put the effort in to go back and add a shadow to each individual rivet.  The armor plates have the same lining as the wings on the shield, it's just a bit washed out by the lighting on the side views.  Unless you would like the lining darker than that overall?

[Paintergeist]

I like this guy.  the front of the shield is the best part for me.  I like the depth of shading on that part.  And i agree about the rivets needing to be highlighted better.  It would totally bring this guy to life.  My only other comment is that i would make the back of the shield a dark brown to separate it visually from his left arm.

[badula]

well if you say that the armor recesses are of the same tone as those in the shield maybe it's just a lighting problem of picture itself!^^

 

 

if it appears as the shield everywhere then it's good to go!^^