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So, I basically rushed to paint my hierotitan for Warhammer Fantasy/KoW. I know I rushed it and all (And I'm not a very experienced painter anyways), but I'm not particularly proud of how it came out.. especially the flames. And don't mind the staff; the camera angles only make it look really crooked. I wanted to get very constructive criticism on how I can really bring out details or just make it look better overall. The information will really help, as I plan to paint my tomb kings/empire of dust in the same manner. Thank you.

EDIT: Also, I wanted to learn how to do glowing, blue eyes for when I paint the head and put it on. I'm hoping to find a technique that isn't entirely time consuming, as I plan to do it with every TK miniature I'm working with.


http://imgur.com/a/BOqpa

I think that looks pretty good, where are you seeing problems?

The blue of the flames is good, the osl is good, I think the gold needs a highlight, and I think the cloth needs to be "cleaner" (unless you were going for the mummy wraps kinda look). The staff needs more depth too, a wash in the red and turquois would add a lot

As for easy glowing eyes, this has given decent results for me;

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/tutorial-how-to-paint-glowing-eyes.html

kb_lock wrote:
I think that looks pretty good, where are you seeing problems?

The blue of the flames is good, the osl is good, I think the gold needs a highlight, and I think the cloth needs to be "cleaner" (unless you were going for the mummy wraps kinda look). The staff needs more depth too, a wash in the red and turquois would add a lot

As for easy glowing eyes, this has given decent results for me;

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/tutorial-how-to-paint-glowing-eyes.html

I was indeed going for the mummy look haha. I do think it could be cleaned up a bit though, even if I was going for the dirty-mummy look. Would I just go back over some spots with white?

For the washes, would I just go over it in the same wash I used for the rest of the model? Or go for different washes?

Sorry for all the questions; I've been on a painting hiatus ever since college started back up, so I'm just getting back into it.

I probably wouldn't wash it for depth at all, only for weathering - so vma sand, vma sandy brown for the recesses, then thinned agrax earthshade or something to wash it up. Don't add more white, I think that will make it worse as the distinction is too great

kb_lock wrote:
I probably wouldn't wash it for depth at all, only for weathering - so vma sand, vma sandy brown for the recesses, then thinned agrax earthshade or something to wash it up. Don't add more white, I think that will make it worse as the distinction is too great

Okay, so here are some comments/concerns so far:

1. I plan to use a typical animated construct pattern on the black areas to make the model pop out more.
2. I plan to use a brighter gold to highlight the gold areas that were washed.

1. I want the blue/red designs (specifically on the top of the staff and any other red/blue patterns) to pop out more. How would I accomplish this? I've noticed that any wash REALLY darkens up the colors; I want the opposite.
For example, I'd like for them to be as if they were shining in the desert sun. How would I accomplish that?
2. Speaking of the blue/red, what kind of wash would I use for the staff handle itself? I would like to make it blend well with the rest of the model, but I'm not sure how I would do this.

Wash them with carroburg crimson and coeliac green, then highlight the middles with the base colour again.