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I've posted a few of these guys before, but I finished quite a few Inquisition Characters done up in greyscale, and I thought they needed to be posted together. It's a really interesting theme to take to the allied force, definitely something to make them stand apart.

It was also interesting creating almost all contrast out of value, with only a couple spots with any color saturation at all.

Absolutely love it Very moody and allmost Noir-ish.

That is some excellent work sir. I tip my hat to you.

That monk with the chainsaw is my fav. Your work is amazing. If you don't do it already, you should do commissions. That grey-scale whatchamacallit looks awesome.

I love greyscale models, very nicely done!

Interesting way to go with the grey scale, I particularly like the death cult assassins. Nice job!

They look wonderful, so moody and dank, green certainly suits the scheme too.

So did you start with a dark primer and get lighter, or start with a light and go darker?

I started out with a black primer, but I always start with a black primer. I've tried white, but I find it much easier to make the compositions work if I start out with black (with white primer, the unpainted parts of the mini are just so distracting when I'm trying to imagine the finished look).

Most of the areas were painted in a mid-tone first, then the shading and highlighting were added (with smaller details I tend to start dark and work my way up).

I feel that most of the advantages of white and black primer are misunderstood. I don't get brighter colors when I use white, or darker ones when I use black. Either way, if my base coat isn't covering the primer thoroughly, I probably need another coat.

White primer is used when people have a trouble seeing the details on a mini. I have a lot of practice seeing details on black minis, so this isn't an issue for me very often.

Bamph wrote:
That monk with the chainsaw is my fav. Your work is amazing. If you don't do it already, you should do commissions. That grey-scale whatchamacallit looks awesome.

In fact, these guys were painted on commission.

Painting miniatures is my full time occupation. I own Garden Ninja Studios.