paedia Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I finally got Yephima to my painting table. The thing I find most intimidating is trying to get a "realistic" blue skin tone. So far, I've worked a bit on getting the tone right on her face, chest and left arm. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 May I recommend using purples or greens in the shadows once you have the midtone blocked in? Thin glazing purple for a colder tone or green for a warmer tone makes the blue flesh seem more "lifelike". Also mixing in a bit of warm or cold flesh colors with the midtone to make a highlight glaze helps too. Test it on a throw away mini or a piece of paper first though, and see if it helps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Mr Melons said: May I recommend using purples or greens in the shadows once you have the midtone blocked in? Thin glazing purple for a colder tone or green for a warmer tone makes the blue flesh seem more "lifelike". Also mixing in a bit of warm or cold flesh colors with the midtone to make a highlight glaze helps too. Test it on a throw away mini or a piece of paper first though, and see if it helps. Thank you for the suggestions. I'll give that a go - last night I was thinking as I was cleaning up that some Burgundy Wine glazing could be quite nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, paedia said: Thank you for the suggestions. I'll give that a go - last night I was thinking as I was cleaning up that some Burgundy Wine glazing could be quite nice. That would definitely make it warmer and give her a more "blood is flowing" look. If you do go that route I would say to mix a small amount of rosy skin (or any reddish skin tone) into the midtone blue to make the highlight gradients. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Did some more work on her face and arms last night. Tried out some Burgundy Wine shadows and adding the various Rosy Skin triad members into my blues. I really like how that worked. Next up, working on her legs. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Melons Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Did some work on her left leg. Needs a glaze of the mid-high tone to smooth everything out, but I'm continuing to be pleased with the effect of the Burgundy Wine and Rosy Skin tones mixed into the grey blues. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Finished her skin and skirt; did the initial base coat for her bodice. I'm not sure how much I like the purple for her skirt - however, I will wait and see how it ties in with the rest of the model - planning on doing some gold in many of the details, so that should go well with the purple. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosercanadian Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Very nice palette. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Did work on the leather of her bodice. Need a couple of more glazes, but pretty pleased with it so far. Note: I'm planning on gold for the detailing on the bodice. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosercanadian Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 It looks like the right leg is a shade off between the jewelry. Looks good so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 15 hours ago, hosercanadian said: It looks like the right leg is a shade off between the jewelry. Looks good so far. I think I see what you are talking about - that is where some of the paint came off from the liquid mask I was using and I had to do repairs. Looks like I need to do some more blending of the transition area. Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Did some work on her hair and mace/stone column thingy. Used a few different approaches to her hair, but settled on base coating with Dark Elf Highlight and going up to pure white highlights. The mace is the stone grey triad with some strong tone (Army Painter) washing (you can see the wash in my porcelain palette - top row of wells). 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paedia Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Base coated the gold areas. Next up is the NMM gold work. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanH Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 She is coming along quite nicely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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