Practicing gold NMM on the enlarged dark dwarf

[SirLarpsAlot]

What do you think?

Also, I like Cyradis' idea of using some purple in the shadows. Hard to go wrong with that.

[Cyradis]

Purple is almost always good. I'd go brown-green or brown-orange on this one, depending on if I wanted it warmer or cooler. I think purple would diminish the gold-ness of it, unless you were going for an aluminum alloy gold which is in fact, purple.

[Limey72]

Did t get to paint today but I did mix Kalahari red from scale 75 with reaper chestnut gold forr a nice red warm shadow.  You can see it on the shoulder

[Limey72]

Got some shadows in place using red brown, happier with it now

[Glitterwolf]

Looks great!

[SirLarpsAlot]

Now you're gonna want to go over the edges with a bright white. Then you'll have the sweet contrast. The shadows are looking real good.

[skippen]

Looks good.  I lose patience before this usually, but starting with the bright spots is good idea.  Where I lose focus is I just can't visualize the way metal will highlight.

[Cyradis]

If I get stuck on where the highlights go, I test it, typically close to the start of painting NMM stuff. A basic white line or dot (whatever the shape is). Put a few of those in, and then try shading it later. The lazy unrefined line will pretty much go away, but it is a great way to guide the result. Just paint over the test highlight if it is in the wrong spot, before shading has really begun.

[Limey72]

thanks for the comments I will be working on it later today and I will be reapplying the white

[Limey72]

Got a little sidetracked today, the culprit is in the pics but I did get some of the white highlights re-applied.

[Glitterwolf]

WOOF APPROVES!

The second pic is awesome, you did a great job on those eyes and the tennisball looks very real!

 

Carry on!

[Limey72]

Me Wolf, static grass has come a long way

[mousekiller]

Looking great, I still have not tried NMM myself but this looks like great technique.

[Limey72]

Worked up more highlights mostly inside of the shield

[Glitterwolf]

Love it!