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Totally agree but when you say 1/64 scale I think Preiser figures and Hotwheels cars, it just threw me because they are so much smaller than RPG miniatures.

Brilliant work, very cool model.

Ish, my nmm practicing is zero. I dont have any of the correct supplies here in nyc. Especially paint. Ive been playing a show thats nightly for the last 3 weeks and my pay has been really great so each week i treat myself to some more supplies and soon by mid december ill have an actual painting set up to get down to business with. All of my painting until now has been done in l a except these recent heads. Painting in an uncomfortable setup is the pits and not good physically or mentally so ive decided to get situated first before getting back to brush in hand.

Alright, Donnie is almost finished:


Only a few strokes left just to clean up the fella and there we are.
I'm very proud of this work: it turned out fairly clean and cartoony, as it should be.
The shots of the final version will be as soon as I got (and paint) the display case Storag is working currently on.

Also, I've already got the next project to smudge with my brush and unexpectedly it will be comission for the Brother Vinni's miniatures. I even will get some cash for that! O.o
Not that I want to be a commission painter, but I guess it will be an interesting and useful experience. And some extra cash will never hurt

hey ish... that donnie is one of the few models i´ve showed to my wife... and she liked it... i talked about your shop-thingy... and she asked me...do you want to tell me something? ...well...in good time

oh and congratz for the gig with vinnie... hopefully you don´t have to paint his more degrading stuff... as he has so much cool looking stuff too...

Don looks excellent.
I especially like the shell.

That's some pretty amazing brush work there mate, love the shell and leather work that really has captured the detail.

I have to say your talent continues to impress me and annoy LOL what's the commission job then ?

@El Vik:
One day, my friend, one day
As for the commission, I'm afraid I have to crush your hopes: the stuff I should paint is very degrading in so many ways...

@Dr H:
Cheers, pal!

@LDD:
Thanks, mate!
Well, sometimes my "talent" impress and annoy me too


A commission is one of those special Vinni's figures he is so well known for and something the other parents won't allow their kids to watch at...
To be honest, I regret a bit that I took this job, because it's already a few days since the AC4: Black Flag hit me deck and I just can't stop playing it. It's incredibly awesome game and you know why? Of couse you know! Because Pirates are awesome! Savvy?
Anyway, with a sheer force of will I left me ship and booty and forced myself to paint a bit. Avast ye, the skin was fully painted with an airbrush. Blimey, it turned out better than I've expected!
Aye, here's the pic, me hearties:

poor sod, having to paint (h)armless damsels in distress... and bra less too... ...
so much bare skin...that would bring me to my knees already if i had to paint that mini...(i am no good at skin tones really....)

tho...when all is sad () and done...it is a classic nice color scheme...the boots currently strike me as the best atm ... probably due to another shot via AB? also the corsage looks amazing, the white and purple probably was a tricky job, eh?...

She looks awsome !!

@El Vik:
I guess you'll be surprised to know where her arms are... Or not. She is in distress, indeed.
Aye, paiting skintones is a hard job indeed. The first attempt I failed miserably, that's the second one. With airbrush it turned out not as tricky as I've expected. And fairly quick for this quality.
White is always quite a problem, aye... Though I whould choose compltetely different colour scheme for the skin and overall miniature... But I got strict and detailed task from Vinni what colours I should pour on her. So me no think, me smudge!
The corsage and skirt are just basecoated. The acrylic purple is extreme glossy, that's why it looks this way on the photo =/

@Miss Dee:
Thanks!
Nice to see you on my thread

oh...so you didn´t get any artistic freedom?... now that is something to consider when new jobs arise... hmmm...

Pretty dam sweet you need to give me a break down on how to with the airbrush, that could save some time and real pain if you're willing to share mate.

Love the tights are they staying that colour ? Or are they just a lucky turnout from undercoat and over spray

Either way great work and don't forget to take a break every 2 hours

@El Vik:
Aye, no freedom at all. Something which is not uncommon for Russia at all

@LDD:
Well, I can try... I know it's not very clear picture, but well...


The arrows are suppose to represent the angles of an airbrush flow. As you can see it from the picture, it's all about right angles.
In most cases I've used heavily diluted paint (about 2.5-1, 3-1 water-paint respectively) and fairly low pressure (about 0.8 Bar) so the flow was very thin and light, thus I had to hold airbrush very close to the surface, getting a very small coverage area and better control.
The more pressure will result a wider coverage area because of the longer distance between airbrush and surface - this is useful when spraying from up to down.
Basicly, you'll need 3-4 colours. The default basic tone/mid-tone, the highlight and the shade.
In my case it was a mix of Citadel Vermin Brown with white for the basic/mid-tone, the same mix with much more white and a tiny bit of red for the highlights and Vermin Brown with Citadel Scorched Brown for the shades. I also used a bit of clean Vermin brown to smooth the gradients and some clean Scorched Brown for the deepest shades. Glazing also helps to give the overall tone more sameness.
If it wasn't a commission work with a pretty clear instructions, I would use more gray-bluish tones for the shades, which will result a better contrast and volume, Imo.

Here's a pretty clear video I found on YouTube, which should give you a better understanding than my gimpy explanations, how to do the thing:



Kinda like that...

As for the commission itself, I've finished it and as far as I know by now it should be somewhere in Spain. I've heard there should be a Miniature-related event of some kind, but I don't know the details...
Anyway, the picture (click it to see the bigger picture within Dakka Gallery):


An interesting thing happened to me a few days before the deadline... A terrible disaster occured with the girl: I've covered it with Vallejo Matt Varnish which happened to destroy every highlight on the miniature somehow and made it even more glossy! Imagine that! the fist moment I saw it I wanted to bash my head into the wall!.. Well, I had to redo almost the whole job anew, so I can say this figure was painted twice in a row
I've used this Varnish befor without any such troubles and I have no idea, why this heppened... Just a Murphy's law, I presume.

Oh, and I couldn't resist myself - a shot just for fun sake:




Cheers, fellas!

You beast! As always a gorgeous model ish, great great stuff

Thanks, pal!

I like your NMM experiments, by the way.

lol. That last picture cracks me up.

Good job.

Burn the witch!

Witch looks really good. Excellent skin tones and a fun color palette used on her garments. Her face looks very well done too.

Thanks for the break down got the basic run of it I think reducing the Bar is crucial, and the miniature looks great love the last one LMFAO

I had a similar issue with Vallejo Matt Varnish it seemed to disperse some of the highlights and left a slightly glossy finish

Ahh youre spying. Dont look too close, theres some major errors (and unfinished sloppiness)...but ill get a grasp of it soon enough At least im finally making some positive headway with it instead of just spinning my wheels

@Dr H:
Thanks!
Aye, these two miniatures fits each other perfectly in so many ways

@Moltar:
Cheers, pal!
The credit for the color palette goes to the customer and his instructions, though I couldn't resist to throw a bit of my "author's viewpoint" here and there

@LDD:
You're welcome. I hope it was useful.
Well, that's wierd - the Vallejo Varnish issue... And I can't say it was slightly glossy finish in my case... A supernova shine more like it
I have a theory that it occured due to me using a stiff synthetic brush which manage to physically destroy the very thin upper layers of paint, mixing it with the varnish right on the miniature's surface.
Though the truth remains unknown, I won't use a brush for the varnish application ever. Airbrush and Spray is the way to go.

@BB:
Aye, lurking out there sometimes, watching...
Imo, the Ork's sword looks fairly good already, but I would add a bit more contrast to it, like those extrime pure white highlights, or white with a drop of blue for the very top. NMM is all about contrast.
Well, just my thoughts. I'm not a big fan and master of NMM anyway.


By the way, It appears this Witch is on the Hispania Wargames 2013 event right now with Brother Vinni himself in flesh.

Hey, fellas!

I've picked it up after Storag and here we go:



I've added several details here and there and a metal piece under the floor so the miniatures could be magnetized on (Omnissiah bless the neodymium magnets!).
"The sewers" was covered with both with black and white primers. I kinda like this monochrome effect... Maybe I shouldn't paint it at all?

It's pretty cool but not as cool as if it looked like a comic book ehhhh???!!

Give him time to color and shade the sewer piece

@BB
I spent some time trying to convince him to paint one version in "Walking Dead Assault" style



and since he liked this one we might actually see such paint scheme in the future =)

But this time it'll be colored same way as the mini.

@ Shaslo

 ishkatar wrote:

"The sewers" was covered with both with black and white primers. I kinda like this monochrome effect... Maybe I shouldn't paint it at all?

I think you could do a sincity type look too. Frank Miller. The original TMNT comics from Heavy Metal Mag are like oil paintings. Not sure if thats the exact medium used or not though...Still could be some good source material for a setting

Cheers
BB

I definitely will paint our turtles in an original comic book style some other day, but this piece goes colour

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, Y'all!

It was an interesting and significant year for me... And the next year will be even more than that!
At last I've started a new project, the one we've (with Storag, ofc) been thinking about for quite a long time: "The Pillagers" is the production title and some of you might know where it came from and where it goes
It suppose to be a whole line of miniatures, squads and heroes, and I hope the project will be interesting enough for you people. Now it's a lot of sculpting to do!
But off with the lyrics, let the pics speak =)



It's a very basic shape yet.
The pose is simple, since this fella is one of a squad of marksmen and I want the whole squad to form a line.
The plan is to make five of those, with different variations for diversity, but similar, as members of one detachment.
Hope you like it so far!

Cheers, everyone! And have a nice holiday!

first...I wish you a happy new year, filled with success! for both of you!

and second...this looks more like a Spanish conquistador for me atm...am I right that this is aimed for your alien and human line? or am I totally in the wrong?

@El Vik:
Thanks, pal!
And you're darn right! Conquistadors are the background for this line. We believe it goes along nicely with the Aztec project, Storag is working on: An ambitious and corrupted Inquisitor meets a violent and embittered Chapter of fanatics - what could possibly go wrong?