ub3r_n3rd Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 So great to hear you are feeling better today, Cash. Keep getting better and start painting tonight/tomorrow! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 Still kinda hard to get in paint time, but at least the paint station is set up and ready to go. Got in a little time today. still working out the overall values a bit but getting close to the final shade values in the area I'm working. Then applying that to the rest of the skin and blending it out. He's quite bent over, so I keep having to dial things back further, which is why I chose that darkest area to work on first. I'll begin working out the highlights on the upper back in a similar fashion. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeySloth Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 that's a good idea. I'm still a fan of starting with shades first for just this reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm tempted to not blend it because it looks great on the tabletop :p 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 And the saga continues with this new style of blocking in color I'm trying out. Still digging it, even if I have no idea how I'll get good blends later :) First round was moving around some of the Russet Brown and Redstone Highlight and also beginning to extend both to new areas. The next round was mostly extending out the Muddy Soil to fill in the darkest voids and accentuate the great definition in the sculpt. If you compare to the previous shot you can see some of the process in his left armpit. And his back, not a whole lot here, just filling in some of the shadow volumes and the very start of dark definition on the right. This is a really fun style, but probably as slow as my normal painting, hah. Unlike blending, there's no room for mistakes when laying in the colors here (especially the darkest), so I think I traded the back and forth of blending for the precision of whatever I'll call this technique. I get an almost Frazetta vibe at times, which is probably a penultimate feeling as a painter! Hope you guys are digging this, let me know what you think. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auberon Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I actually think it would be fine if you painted up the starting four in this same style of blocking in color without blending. There seems to be a desire in mini painting for smooth transitions without allowing much room for alternative forms. Creating something that is reminiscent of a canvas painting style or cell animation or some other art form and just stopping there is the road less traveled. With another level of highlights on his back I would say it looks awesome and start handing out medals. I did briefly consider painting these as if the lantern was the only light source rather than from above (does KD even have a moon? I haven't really payed attention to the fluff.) but decided to keep it "traditional." Maybe with one of bonus minis. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melkavar Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm really liking the way that blocked-in color layering looks. I seriously did a double take when I first saw it, because it really looked like an inked comic-style 2D drawing at first glance, like something out of the 300 comics maybe. Really cool effect. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pochi Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 He is looking super cool. I am just enjoying sitting back and watching the show. Can't wait to see how it ends! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruleBear Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 The blocking gives a very cool cell animation vibe to the mini. Glad you are feeling good enough to paint. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bathory Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Same as the others reminds me of cel shading, like in Borderlands, which had a really fun art style IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Cash, Sorry to hear about the foot, I feel for you I spent 8 months in a cast when I was 28. I wish I had been painting then. When they took the pins out 3 years later I got a lot of painting in. Speedy recovery and happy painting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 "Researching" Togruta skin colors in SWTOR for my Imp Assault Jedi (ok, playing a new Jedi Consular) and days later realize the IA mini is a Twi'lek. Bah. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Yay, paint time! Marching along with some more work on Zach, so much for a quick gaming paint job, heh. The minis are just too cool for that, really! More work on shading, extending and refining as I go. Put in the basics of the face, as well. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanael Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I really like the blocked-color look...it is quite cel-shaded in places, and looks pretty great. I'm sure it looks phenomenal at gameplay distance. ...you are going to shade his legs, right? ;P 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 ...you are going to shade his legs, right? ;PYep, each session I've extended out the levels of shading as I go. But as the leg bone is not connected to the abdomen bone, it doesn't flow organically as I'm painting. Rest assured I'll be blocking the legs in soon as I did decide to start blending it out, since I've already dumped this much time into it. Nice thing about so much skin tone is that once it's done, I'm close to the finish line. Hair, cloth, rock, done. Hm, I guess the lamp and OSL will be a thing to contend with :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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