Bathory paints stuff, first quarter 2017

[Bathory 13890]

75mm resin mini

Primed and put mostly together

 

 

The color scheme Todd picked out

 

 

Started the skin

 

Edited February 5, 2017 by Bathory

[Dr_Automaton 1438]

In Russia, mini paints you.

[aku-chan 21392]

Yay!

 

Was hoping to see this one get painted up.

[vegascat 5002]

This is going to be *so* awesome!  

[knarthex 59786]

Cool!

[Glitterwolf 161463]

Nice one!

 

***  Opens a bottle of bloodwine, snacks on Beef jerky***

[tiniest rhombus 17659]

Todd picked good. She's going to be awesome

[Pezler the Polychromatic 50627]

*Watches Over work in progress* Yay Bathory!

[Bathory 13890]

Thanks :)

 

Just kinda played around with some skin areas tonight...

 

[Bathory 13890]

Trying to figure out where more of the shadows and hightlights should be but I stink at this part....

 

[tiniest rhombus 17659]

Looks good so far.

[Auberon 13129]

There are the three traditional options:

1. Draw/paint lots and lots of anatomy until you can see light placement just by looking.
2. Hold the mini below a light and check the shadows.
3. Place the unpainted mini below a light and take pictures from several different angles.  View those images while painting to see if your highlights and shadows are in the right place. 

The utility of #3 depends on your setup, but everyone can do #2 as a spot check.  #1 is why we say practice practice practice. 

[Talae 37165]

Looking great so far! 

[Glitterwolf 161463]

There are the three traditional options:

1. Draw/paint lots and lots of anatomy until you can see light placement just by looking.
2. Hold the mini below a light and check the shadows.
3. Place the unpainted mini below a light and take pictures from several different angles.  View those images while painting to see if your highlights and shadows are in the right place. 

The utility of #3 depends on your setup, but everyone can do #2 as a spot check.  #1 is why we say practice practice practice. 

 

Or take a black and white pic.

[Bathory 13890]

I'm going to stick with what I've done on this one since I don't want to spend forever fixing just a base.

I have two patreons where I am getting (paid) mentoring by artists so hopefully I will keep leveling up this year. I plan on bugging Liz Beckley on this mini for our January lesson this month :D