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I tried a couple different techniques on the purple part of my nids here. Just wondering which people think looks best

Exhibit A:



Exhibit B:



Exhibit C:

They all look very similar with this camera and the flash on. A seems to have the best coverage while still leaving details. C is spotty and B looks like it filled in every crack.

A

Could you enlighten us what you did with'em?

Greets
Schepp himself

The third one looks darker and I'm not as fond of it, but the first two I can't tell a difference between.

The base color on all of them is Midnight Blue.

The first one, I used Blue Ink then drybrushed with Liche Purple.

The second one is Blue Inked, then drybrushed with Midnight Blue again.

The third one is Black Inked and then drybrushed with Midnight Blue again.

I cannot tell a difference in them. If the casual observer cannot clearly see a difference, then I recommend using whatever technique was the fastest for you.

Darrian

honestly, they all look the same.

maybe its the flash. Or maybe put them in the same picture.

I agree with tacobake. I can't tell the difference.

I voted for A.
The differences are very subtle but after he mentioned it you can see them.
You can tell that C is darker (looke at the back of the head). For A and B its a little harder, you'll have to compare A's thigh to B's tail to notice the little bit of chalky-ness to it. Overall I think the purple drybrush gives it more of a pop, and taking pictures without the flash would help a ton.

Um... if it's a "subtle" difference that one can hardly see in a closeup, nobody is going to notice from 10 feet away. At that point, does it really matter?

I voted for B, but like everyone else I was sitting here thinking "Is this a trick question?"

Whew... I am glad it was not just me! I was thinking "Man, I always have sucked at 'find 10 differences!' puzzles."
I think A is superior, but I would not notice the difference even a few feet away.

I think c looks a bit darker on the flesh, while a and b have hardly any difference.

I would say c is better looking for the flesh, but the pictures really make it hard to observe what's really going on.

I think you might need a lighter base color to really see a difference in techniques. That said, I like A the best.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I am gonna have to say that A looks the best to me.

B looks like its dipped in purple chrome.(Probably the flash from the camera)

C looks like you forgot to paint over the all of the areas with purple.

Just my two

Have you considered drybrushing _before_ the ink with a much lighter shade, and then thinning your inks? you would probably get more contrast that way, while the ink would keep it all together.

I agree w/Darrian, cause lets face it you're going to paint alot of them, & sorry to say it but the layman/passer by isn't going to know the difference. I do like how the green stands out.

Savnock wrote:Have you considered drybrushing _before_ the ink with a much lighter shade, and then thinning your inks? you would probably get more contrast that way, while the ink would keep it all together.

Best advice in the thread, yet.

I suggest a 5:1 Water:Ink mix... or 6:1.


Eric