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Looking good DC

The key thing with highlighting is to just take the highest points on the model and make the base colour brighter.
For example, it looks like your Galadrhim's cloak is Mordian Blue. Take that colour and mix in a little white, then pick out the highest areas on it.
Don't go overboard, and actually, overbrushing usually does it well and actually blends the colours together. One other suggestion. Go easier on the
chainmail, next time drybrush it, the chainmail will stick out and give it more depth. You're definitely getting better, keep it up!

KingCracker wrote:SonofLoki - you must be a friggin master! Ive never seen washes turn a chaos termy into a warboss. That trick, I gotta learn!


DC - I have to hand it to you, your skills are only getting better and better. Specially on that black orc. WOW. Keep it up

You got to it before me dang about the termy to warboss KC.
Highlighting armor is hard and easy. the easy way is to use a flat tipped brush and follow the hard edges of the armor plates with a lighter color.
The hard way is to layer dark to light. Lets say a ultramarine you start with a dark blue then lighten it in layers leaving a line of the next darker color till you get to ultra blue
This is not a ultra bit the skin has 4 layers of green paint for the skin with a green wash the higher up the muscle the lighter the green.




Edit to add picy

KingCracker wrote:SonofLoki - you must be a friggin master! Ive never seen washes turn a chaos termy into a warboss. That trick, I gotta learn!

Its all in the wrist

wow thanks guys. I have some examples of attempts of highlighting but they are stored on my other pc so maybe not tonight.

I seem to have lost my pics. as soon as i can take some more i will post them to you.

THIS THREAD SHALL NOT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

picture time!
I have been working hard and have done a few WIP's. enjoy!

DC

Looks great DC! Keep up the good work.

I especially like the red hair in the last pic. Good highlights and wash effects. Looking forward to seeing more.

(Tip on taking pics without a lightbox: Open a paper pad, set the models on it and then hold the back up while taking a pic. Should remove the orange tint you (or at least I) get when taking pics inside. Just make sure you have decent lighting so you can avoid using flash, but with bleached white paper as background it shouldn't be too much of an issue in any case. I think it's pretty easy to see how I did it in my Ork galleries, because there I used a spiral note pad.)

ITS NOT HAIR ITS FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for the tip though. first i need a paper pad, lol.

also thank you for the compliment.

DC

Oop. Sorry. I just looked at the pics. Sorry if you mentioned it already. :p

Fire, hair, whatever! It looks like its flowing and thats a good thing lol.
Nice job DC. Im really digging the light effects you gave on some of those SM good work

SonsOfLoki wrote:

KingCracker wrote:SonofLoki - you must be a friggin master!

Its all in the wrist

i LOL'd

YAY!!!!! ^.^ !!!!!! thank you for the kind comments.

i will try to post more tonight or tommorow.

a happy DC

well it looks like i didn't

i just wanted to do a bit of THREADROMANCY on this fine sunday afternoon.

but really, this acctually HAS A PURPOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you are still subscribe to this thread then are a truly nice person and i wish to call upon your truly niceness to answer a few painting questions.


i am having alot of trouble blending, can you help?

does anyone have any brush control exercises?


thanks a tonne,

DC

deadly chicken wrote:does anyone have any brush control exercises?

I've not got a steady hand but I find leaning on the couch arm helps a lot! I basically lean my arm so that only my wrist can move about, that limits the amount of brush shake you get

I think it was LBursley that had a great couple of posts on brush control exercises, but I can't find the ones right now. Check out his threads. As for advice on blending, lots of thin coats. Blending well is a skill that takes a long time to build up(I currently still suck) What i can offer is take your time and keep the color you are using slightly watered down so you can build up to the desired effect slowly. Hope this helps, and keep up the good work, your stuff is looking a lot better!

thanks guys.

[joke] i think i'll just get out my restraints from went my dad went insane and tried too shoot himself and strap my arm in. that should keep my arm steady. [/joke]

but seriously thanks. i'll just use the chair i am sitting on now.

do you have any tips for watering down paint????

i always get it too thin. or maybe that's not thin enough........

please help.......

DC

Aim for a milk consistency and opacity, any more watery you have a wash but any thicker its hard to blend.

For some reason i have never watered down my paint ,
but people doesnt tell me to thin my paint either 0.o

maybe they have no hope or expectations for me to tell me lol

thanks corpses

i dont know luna.........
you may use better quality paint.
I am currently using crappy GW paints in which 1/2 of the solvent has evaporated in several of them anyway.

but mine are like from 3 years ago...............

EDIT: ^.^ THANKS A DOODLE!!!! ^.^

Higher quality paints often are thinner for easier blending
what pains do you use luna?

do you know any good brands that are stocked around the cheshire area?

Yeah, I never thin any paints either and that's using the crappy GW ones

The other day I found one of those old twist top ones of blood red and when I opened it it was perfectly fine as if it was brand new. When did they switch over to the current lids anyway?

no idea.......... i just cleaned out a dead chaos black pot and used it to hold my mix of pure awesomeness.............