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Looks like you're off to a good start

I was just kidding, but it's awesome that you actually were making progress on a near-daily basis, anyway

Looking good . I agree about putting him up on a rock, and a lighter skin/fur color is an interesting (good!) idea, although I'm thinking you will darken it up somewhat.

Casey's Law wrote:Colours look good together. When layering up i'd say darker on the red and purple...r on the armour. Maybe find a way to differentiate the whites? Actually you might have done that already or it could just be the photograph.

Great suggestions, thank you! The whites are indeed a little washed out... IRL they are bone-ish on rat and palest grey on cloak fur. I'm debating adding the ermine-tail effect on the cloak fur, but ermine tails in an anthropomorphic animal world, is that weird? LOL

Cyporiean wrote:Looks like you're off to a good start

Thanks! I'm trying to take lots of photos but I'm finding myself diving in and naturally blending up paints and such. Writing tutorials is hard!

RiTides wrote:I was just kidding, but it's awesome that you actually were making progress on a near-daily basis, anyway

LOL I know. Thanks for the encouragement! It really does light a fire under my too sedentary ways.

RiTides wrote:Looking good . I agree about putting him up on a rock, and a lighter skin/fur color is an interesting (good!) idea, although I'm thinking you will darken it up somewhat.

Speaking of darker... I officially love army painter strong tone ink. I picked one up, and wow this is good stuff.

I'm going to have to do some actual work before posting more photos, though... That ink is like cheating!

The ermine tail pattern might be a little messed up in their world, yes.

Is that seriously just a wash over what you had done in the last photo? That's a great effect for so little effort!

Casey's Law wrote:The ermine tail pattern might be a little messed up in their world, yes.

It'd hardly be the worst concept when you think about it...

Ouch, i'll never see that model the same way again!

Back to painting...

I really love AP's washes, best things since Devlan Mud.

Gym, I'm hoping that the big box of Army Painter stuff I've ordered will show up today, so I can get yours out to you on Tuesday.

The wash really did wonders! I'm considering using one of the Army Painters on my trollbloods. I stockpiled some GW washes, though before they went OOP, so I haven't decided. In your tutorial, you mention both for reference, but what you actually used was Army Painter's stuff, right?

Edit: I don't see a Dullcote step in the tutorial, did you not have to spray them to make them matte? I'm thinking in the above pic the rat lord is still wet so won't look quite as glossy when done.

Casey's Law, yes, that was just a wash. Crazy, isn't it? I was like, whoa, I need to take a pic because that is so cool!

Cyporiean, thanks for the update. Now that I've seen what that wash does, I can't wait to see the rest of the AP stuff!

RiTides wrote:The wash really did wonders! I'm considering using one of the Army Painters on my trollbloods. I stockpiled some GW washes, though before they went OOP, so I haven't decided. In your tutorial, you mention both for reference, but what you actually used was Army Painter's stuff, right?

No, the tutorial was actually using the old GW paints. But they are OOP so it would be kinda uncool to use their name as primary, I thought... And since the Army Builder stuff is nicely color matched to the old GW range, I used their names prominently so if folks needed to buy, they would be able to. That sort of thing would drive me nuts if I were trying to use a tutorial and didn't have the paints!

RiTides wrote:Edit: I don't see a Dullcote step in the tutorial, did you not have to spray them to make them matte? I'm thinking in the above pic the rat lord is still wet so won't look quite as glossy when done.

Yes he was still soaked when I took the picture... I was just so impressed, I couldn't wait! He dried matte so no worries there.

I've been highlighting this morning and he is looking really good. I want to get him finished and I'll post in a bit!


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About 90% done... I just realized I forgot his fingers! I'll have to set up my photo-tent and try to take some super pro-photos.

Wow You've made that model look great! It's another one I wasn't positive about from the sculpt, but you've really made it pop.

My favorite part is the head . Makes a great profile pic, too!

Thanks, RiTides! Here are some different shots, but I'm not sure if they are any better. I'm having a hard time with getting the lighting right.

Love that blue! Amazing effort there

That's insane, he'll look great on the table! (...and as a profile picture. )

Easily the best paint job I've seen on that model.

I cant help but feel the contrast on the fur (especially the cloak trim) is a bit too sharp though. It almost goes directly from black to white.

Whose fur is it, come to think of it? Hopefully not another rat's

Bleached Kiwi Down... or Albino Rat hair, whatever.

I think it's your best paintjob so far. Not sure I've seen that model before either, but I really like it.

And the latest... 7 complete Rat Raiders! I admit that I did a bit of a rush job on these guys because I'm going out of town next week and wanted to complete the Vandalands models. When I get back, Mare-Civitas!


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Vitruvian, Casey's Law, Cyporeian, Zygrot, thanks so much for the compliments! It really means a lot to me. I am very hypercritical of my own work so it balances out nicely to hear positive responses!

Vitruvian XVII wrote:I cant help but feel the contrast on the fur (especially the cloak trim) is a bit too sharp though. It almost goes directly from black to white.

Hmm, I think it might be an artifact of the auto-adjust when I upload to Dakka. I think it has a tendency to increase the contrast, and these subtle gradations of white all just get turned up to 11. Looking at it in hand, there are lots of greys on the fur cloak trim and pale browns on the rat. That is something I definitely need to keep in mind for the future, though, when taking pics, so thank you!

BTW, I tried to pull off the ermine tail thing, and it didn't work. Just looked weird, like black flecks of paint... Maybe when I'm feeling more bold when I go back over everyone I'll try again.

So, when I get back from my trip, I'm going to work on the following Mare-Civitas minis...

1- Capybara Capitan
3- Mouse Lancers (the awesome jumping mice IIRC)
7- Mouse Conscripts (cutest little things)
1- Juan de Brisica - I'm going to have to look into getting a scenic flying base for him... he really needs to be mid-air.

Down time during the trip I'll work on the next tutorial. I have all the pics, so I just need to write out the step-by-step.

The Raiders look great!

The Lancers & Juan are my favorite group* in Brushfire, so I'm always excited to see them painted... No Pressure!

*Totally biased.

These are nice miniatures and the painting is coming along nicely. Keep it up

Drum

Brilliant stuff! They look great.

Rat raiders look great together... I can't believe you powered through 7!

Ah i see.

Personally hate dakkas auto adjust

Rats look great, especially in the faces.

Thanks for the tutorial on how you painted the rat lord, Gyps!

Very good tutorial with great pictures.

Well, I have partially failed in my task to lure Gyps away from doing her own stuff and to paint mine . But I will get to see them in person later in the month, so that will be cool!

And who knows

Looking forward to more, what are your next models to paint going to be? If you want to stick with Vandalands (YES) I could either ship or drop off to you however many Shrew Hussars you've ordered from Cyporiean, and you can just give me yours when they come in.

This would be very cool from my point of view, because then I would get to see them painted up before you move on to other factions, thus giving me a blueprint for how to paint / have painted / etc all of the types of models I have

You two should goto the Dropzone soft opening next weekend and show off Brushfire.

I think we may end up playing there! But it will probably be the third weekend from now, as I'm helping a friend move this weekend, then have family visiting the next.

Looking forward to having another independent store to game at!