My first ever fully painted miniature that didn't come free in a box with paints.
Paints used:
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2:2:1 Black Templar:Lahmian Medium:Ultramarine Contrast (Citadel)
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Pure Red (Warpaints)
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Skeleton Bone (Warpaints)
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Greedy Gold (Warpaints)
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Cobalt Metal (Warpaints)
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Skeleton Horde (Citadel)
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Nuln Oil (Citadel)
I've got some places I definitely want to touch up. Places where my brush control was lacking for sure and I'm not happy with the tone on the belt. I find it mixes too much with the gold. I'll be adding some more layers to that as well as touching up any spots I missed with paint.
Overall I'm pretty happy with it. I'll be continuing to edge highlight with the cobalt Metal on any exposed armour and will attempt my first OSL from the eyes.
Funny thing is, this isn't even from my main army. I have 2500 points of Nids I need to prime and paint. I've just been having a bit of the winter blues so I forced myself to paint something to try and kickstart my engines. Building has been really therapeutic though and painting was even moreso.
My models do that too. I’m guessing it’s from your dry brushing. I have a bad habit of using old paint and not switching out my brushes enough when I do it. That’s why I think mine do that anyway. It still looks cool though so I don’t worry too much.
Hmm it could be. Though there's a lot of that "grit" in places I didn't dry brush. As a matter of fact the only place that got dry brushing was his grieve sticking out from under the cloak.
Well whatever you’re doing looks good. Honestly I like it.
I really appreciate it, man. I've had a hard time putting brush to plastic. I've invested so much money into the armies and I'm worried about ruining the models.
This post has really helped my confidence. I think I can do this. :) I'm really proud of this being my first full piece.