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With the eye (can't really make out the brian implant...) the OSL seems to consistent from close to far away from the eye - almost like a glow patch. It should be lighter/more translucent at the edges. Try feathering some skin color back into it?

Wait - is that just the metal skull I'm seeing? If so, scratch that - I have nothing to add

bizzarely it does get lighter and feathered towards the edges, but it's not showing properly in those photos... I guess that means there needs to be more feathering done to soften it as it goes.

The metal skull is only on top of the head, so the blue/green area around and in front of the left eye is supposed to be OSL as is the stripe above the non-existent right eye

Thats really amazing!

Well, I was so blown away by how awesome he looked that I hadn't noticed the osl issue till you mentioned it.

To me, it looks like the glow goes a little too high up on his head. Maybe if you did some fairly heavy feathering up top? (feel free to ignore me, I haven't successfully done osl myself yet...)

The glow above the left eye was, I think, what's been bugging me about it too. I'll darken that down tonight and see how it's going. I think it also comes too far down his nose as it is going to be in daylight

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hows the learning curve been soo far?? if you wanna have some good tips that new how to paint citadel miniatures book is really good!

Lovely work on the cyber mastiff , and thanks for that rust effect tip, will get some of that ,, looks very useful.

Pup looks great endtransmission. You've done a great job of bringing out the muscle definition and as other have mentioned, the brands really add to the overall look. The OSL is a bit off, I would suggest doing his exposed skull area in a metallic, and then doing your feathered glow to about 3/4 to the edges of the metallic skull. This way, there will be good contrast and separation from the eyes, glow, skull and surrounding fur. Right now the skull and eyes look to be the same colour from the photos. You can also pick a more contrasting colour such as red so that it stands out more.

I'm attempting to do all the metals on this diorama as nmm, so the skull is already supposed to be metal. As for the glow, I'd avoided trying to use red as I didn't want to give him an evil look. If anything, it should be an emerald green to tie into the theme, rather than the turquoise... but I was lazy and didn't want to go upstairs to get the right colour.


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DijnsK wrote:@endtransmission
hows the learning curve been soo far?? if you wanna have some good tips that new how to paint citadel miniatures book is really good!

I've had a look through the book and didn't really find anything I don't already know from the older WD painting articles and the Masterclass last year. I'm also not a massive fan of this new style of painting tutorial that they are doing in WD as sometimes there's just too much of a jump between stages that it doesn't make sense. In this case the pictures aren't worth a thousand words. The Masterclass book was useful... this one. Not so much for me.

The main tips I will give to anyone is to learn glazing... and patience. Everything is much easier with thinner coats of paint

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The main tips I will give to anyone is to learn glazing... and patience. Everything is much easier with thinner coats of paint

Can you recommend an article or tutorial on glazing?

Really great work throughout your blog, and I really love the cyber mastiff. (Almost got one at Adepticon; wish I had now....)

MajorTom has a [ur=http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/A%20basic%20course%20in%20Acrylic%20Mediumsl]tutorial[/url] that touches on glazing a bit.

d-usa wrote:MajorTom has a tutorial that touches on glazing a bit.

fixed that for you

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d-usa wrote:MajorTom has a tutorial that touches on glazing a bit.

fixed that for you

Thanks, posted from my phone and didn't realize I screwed up.

*phew*
I never thought I'd finish my entry for the Infinity competition, but it's finally entered. There are bits I would have liked to do better (like the photo!) but I've run out of time. It will be interesting to see how the voting goes next week.

Not the dreaded photo taking again! lol. Its where almost everyone fails, the majority of the time the winner is the best photographer!

We shall see on Monday/Tuesday when the photos go up for voting

Oh, the Infinity painting competition voting is now open, with some amazingly good entries... and so many of them!

If you havn't already, go vote!

I missed the update on the cyber dog... awesome, mate! This is right up my alley, I really hope Hope turns out that good, once I finally finished the conversion.

I voted! Tremendous stuff there!

Baiyuan wrote:I missed the update on the cyber dog... awesome, mate! This is right up my alley, I really hope Hope turns out that good, once I finally finished the conversion.

I'm sure Hope will be even better!
I've redone the osl and it looks better. I'll post some photos when I get a chance... which won't be this week as I'm cataloging an infinity collection that I acquired with some friends... massive is an understatement.

Just had a look at the current scores on the painting competition. ouch! I really really really* need to look at getting the lightbox set up somewhere permanently as I'm failing badly thanks to a naff image. Again :/

* Yes, I lknow I keep saying this... it won't stop me moaning

If my *guess* at your entry is correct, then I don't think it's *just* your naff image (I agree with MrMerlin's assessment). Though, I wouldn't be surprised if it looks a lot better in person... - and if not, I know you can do better

If my guess at your faction is correct, it took me a bit to determine which I thought it was, as I had to work backwards from which it wasn't

Of course, this will all be null and void if my guess is wrong...

Don't worry - I'm not winning any prizes except perhaps pride vs heartserenade We all have something to strive for in the next one!

Looking forward to seeing the redone osl!

So which one do you think it is? MrMerlin's comment for mine is really glowing

Not that I'm complaining too much as there are significantly better ones in there... I'm just frustrated that the photo isn't the best and that I ran out of time.

Glowing with a but?

No, just glowing

Key to infinity painting...

step 1: Does my model have a nice butt? If "no", choose another model.
step 2: Does my paint job accentuate/emphasize the nice butt? If "no", strip and re-paint.

Thant's pretty much it.

You can't see the butt of my model, so I obviously picked the wrong one for the competition

Ah, see? There's your problem!

Either I've been misunderstood (potentially deliberately...) or... my guess is wrong!

Your glowing but and Gits' prominent butt are two separate but(t)s if that's what you mean

Well I voted for the one I think is yours, amongst others, butt notwithstanding. One thing I feel with this contest is that, whilst some of the painting is impressive, it's overly mecha and not to my taste.