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Hey guys, this is my first painted harlequin and my third painted mini ever
i want some respnse and criticism to them
and again this is my third painted mini ever so expect many flaws

ps. it will get based soon

I like the black and white colour scheme, nice. White paint looks like it's gone on a little lumpy. It's quite a cliché on here but the generally accepted wisdom is that it's better to apply 2 thin coats than one thick one.

You're definitely off to a good start though, looking forward to seeing more!

Very ambitious to start with Harlequins, which are notoriously hard to do well. But your colour scheme is nice and simple and works well. It looks pretty neat as well, no paint going over the lines whre it shouldn't be. I'll echo the oft-quoted advice of thinning your paints- it really does make a difference.

If you want some ways to improve I would do the following:

1. Put some very thinned down grey paint on the white bits that would be in shadow. Under the boob, under the armpit, the back of the leg. Don't overdo it.

2. Get some darker grey and highlight the black bits where the light would fall. The raised bits of the hair, the edges of the coat, the collar and the ribbons, etc.

3. Do a black wash over the metal bits. Once dry pick out the raised bits with the original gold colour.

Hope that helps, enjoy!

White is one of those colors where multiple thin coats is critical. It’s real easy to get a chalky finish if you try to rush it.

I might suggest a wash for the metals (a brown or black would probably work, depending on how warm you want it)

A little highlighting or quick drybrush would help the hair a bit.

But for a first mini, that’s excellent. And halis are jumping into the deep end.

thanks guys for the quick Response but i still have some questions

1. should i use nuln oil for the metall parts?
2.should i drybrush the hair with eshin grey

and i would love to highlight whith thun lines but i am not the greatest at drawing lines mainly because i tremble a lot

I find that my hands vibrate quite a bit as well. (Probably due to my Mountain Dew addiction...)

Something I've found that helps is to brace my elbows on my painting desk, and touch the hand holding the mini with my pinky and/or ring finger from my brush hand. The two hands then tend to move together, rather than individually. Not sure if that's some sort of subconscious reflex, or if touching tends to dampen out involuntary hand movements.

From there it's just moving your index finger and thumb like you're holding a pencil.

Excellent start, by the by. Nice clean edges.

A hint for painting black and white: very rarely are those two colors found in pure neutral form in reality. Most often they are either 'cool' (tending toward blue), or 'warm' (tending toward yellow). So... make use of this. Make your blacks really dark blues or browns, and do a final glaze with Nuln Oil. Start your whites with pale blues, grays, or yellows and highlight up to pure white. This keeps these two most basic of colors from appearing flat and unfinished.