DreadfullyHopeful wrote:Pretty much what's in the title. Those are my first ever minis so I'd like some advices about my paint job if possible.
I mostly followed
GW's tutorial on how to paint them and I think I might have made a bunch of mistakes. But overhaul, I am happy with my work ! Especially with the poses. (still looking to improve of course)
It looks like you have good brush control and they are fairly neat. A lot of errors show up a lot more in pictures than to the naked eye. Regardless, very well done for your first minis!
My main advice would be to go over the blue again. It looks like your blue was too thin and as a result the gold is showing through in some areas.
What I want to do now is base them. I was thinking either some lightly coloured deserts bases or some snowy bases (since the rubrics are pretty dark themselves).
Also, I was wondering: do I have to rip them from their bases to work on them ? Or can I just work around their feet ? Also also, should I lacquer them ?
Desert might suit the Egyptian theme of the Rubrics, but with blue and gold minis virtually any basing will work. You can definitely work around the feet. These days I don't recommend actual sand, as textured paints - you can even make your own - tend to look a lot better and are easier to deal with. As to varnishing the minis, I generally recommend it, especially if you paint for gaming purposes rather than display. But don't go overboard, as a light varnish is generally sufficient.
P.S: Sorry if some of the picture are blurry. I am obviously no photographer. Also, sorry about the white hair on the minis. My cat loves to sit on my work.
Photographing minis is pretty much a hobby all its own. You can often correct most digital photography in post just using the Windows Photo app that comes with Windows10. To get really good shots you generally need stability (so, a camera mount or tripod), 2 sources of light to eliminate shadows (preferable high temperature lights - cheap LED bulbs are available for this these days) and a monochrome backdrop (so as to not overwhelm your camera's image sensor - this can just be a curved piece of paper or colored card) and some (free) post processing via software.
Better pictures will allow people to provide better feedback.