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Hello all, recently (it may've been on this site i'm not sure) i found some backgrounds for war gaming photography. With these backgrounds, i took some photos of my very first painted grey knight. I used a home-made lightbox made from paper and well, thats it! I am pleased with my results and wish to share them with you! Enjoy!

Throw a wash on him, and itll look much nicer.

The idea on the background is a pretty neat one. Makes the mini look a bit more dynamic

KingCracker wrote:Throw a wash on him, and itll look much nicer.

The idea on the background is a pretty neat one. Makes the mini look a bit more dynamic

He was washed with devlan mud, but then gloss varnished, thanks for the comment King.

I think what King was trying to say is that your Marine lacks detail. For some reason your wash did not fill the creases and "cracks" well enough to cause details to "pop" out from the tinfoil looking basecoat, especially on the outside parts of the shoulderpads.

My suggestion would be to paint your GKs in greys instead of metallics. That way even if you don't use NMM you can still contol shading, highlighting, and washing far better than you can with metallics and their built-in shine.

The photography is great...the painting leaves a little more to be desired. I love the camera angles though!

Breotan wrote:I think what King was trying to say is that your Marine lacks detail. For some reason your wash did not fill the creases and "cracks" well enough to cause details to "pop" out from the tinfoil looking basecoat, especially on the outside parts of the shoulderpads.

My suggestion would be to paint your GKs in greys instead of metallics. That way even if you don't use NMM you can still contol shading, highlighting, and washing far better than you can with metallics and their built-in shine.

OK, thanks very much for that input, i will consider using a grey.

Element206 wrote:The photography is great...the painting leaves a little more to be desired. I love the camera angles though!

A bit of praise never goes amiss! Thank-you! I agree, not my best painting.