SpiceMerchant

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[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago

Lining always ends up being too delicate. Go wild with it and just bring the color back up afterwards!

[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You did really great on these. The edge highlighting is very consistent and makes the purple stand out. So I would build up on things which benefit from that.

Don't stress the eyes. Especially with AJ the other detail you have in the face the viewer will just assume they are in the shadows and not notice. You can lean into that illusion by doing a darker shade coat and some even brighter highlights on the face (nose and cheekbones on this guy, for example). Mediocre Hobbies shows done good examples of this technique.

With edge highlighting that crisp in the swords you will be able to pay around with NMM and your highlights will cover for any trouble on the blending/transitions. Nice midpoint is too do NMM style transitions between a few different shades of silver, then top it off with your sharp edge again. It will make those swords look more alive.

If you have the patience to add a few layers to your process you can bump the shadows all around so the sink as much as you highlights rise. After the base coats hit the whole mini with shade paint (probably Nuln Oil for these colors) and then re-establish the base colors, leaving the darker edges, maybe one lighter purple on that (even a dry brush from above to show light), and then your edge highlights like you have here.

Last thing is take photos of one at a time. For the life of me I can't figure out how to get 3+minis in focus at once and I think we miss some of your with here because the camera is confused about what to focus on.

[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago
[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love it! The slime is gorgeous!

[–] SpiceMerchant 1 points 1 year ago

Have to respect the classics!

[–] SpiceMerchant 1 points 1 year ago

Looks great, really pops!

[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago

Nice job! Looks ready to cause some weird harm!

[–] SpiceMerchant 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Pressing on with the rest of the base colors and some nuln oil on everything.

[–] SpiceMerchant 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like that idea too!

My straight line free hand isn't up to it so I may lay down the black for now and cont back to the yellow when I have some tape to help me out.

In the meantime, can anyone offer any help? The Flesh Tearers Contrast acted weird on this guy's left panels compared to everywhere else.

When first applied it acted like it was going on a hydroponic surface instead of primer and, once it did stick, it left the brush marks you can see here.

I've been doing a 3:1 ratio with contrast medium, but it is the later half of the pot.

Too much paint? Too much medium? Something weird on the brush or on the mini?

[–] SpiceMerchant 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] SpiceMerchant 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

He'll be a Blood Angel if all his right. The trick, if I can pull it off, is that I don't want anything too chapter specific on the arms/weapons so I can swap them around if I do other torsos in other styles and have enough different arm combos.

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