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 Crazy Ivan wrote:
Yes I freehand the symbols it is actually easier than it looks because you don't have to be totally exact with it. Neither of the circles are perfectly round and the symbols them selves are simplified.

Easy when you know how, eh? They look great, once I build up some confidence I might try it out.

Yes the big secret is practise some swearing and some more practice . Started work on an ORC trooper not totally sure on the colour scheme yet it probably needs more panels to be painted as camouflage.

Beautifully painted and I like the layout of the colour scheme. Once the rest is painted it'll be easier to say whether it needs more camp or not. I'm sure you'll make the right call.

I think the blue could be a bit more vibrant (this is the future after all. A future with considerably less grim-darkness. Otherwise, I love the camo scheme.

Love the lighting on it, very natural.

Love the camo on this Orc trooper!

And, please tell me the recipe for your grey? It looks gorgeous on that line trooper.

Absolutely loving that Orc Trooper WIP - it is getting me all fired up to finally get moving on painting up my Infinity stuff.

Starting with PanO, of course, and working up to the Jotum!

Thanks for the comments and sorry for the late reply.

@kestril The blue didn't really work so I changed it to a light grey instead.

@Pacific I borrowed the colour recipe from Giraldez blog
http://studiogiraldez.blogspot.se/2012/12/hospitalario-hmg.html
If you got a backstage pass at beasts of war there is a good blue grey armour tutorial video there.
http://www.beastsofwar.com/backstage/painting-teutonic-knight-pano-armour/

@Alpharius I also have a Jotum waiting for a paint job I'm really tempted to get an airbrush to paint the tags with.

I have finished the painting the ORC trooper, I did a few changes on it switched the blue to light grey and altered the weapon colour I will repaint the sniper rifle on the fusilier to match it.

Dayum. That, my friend, rocks.

Nice level of realism and the tasteful OSL really works well.

Oh, I love that! Great gems and OSL. Cammo is a great touch as well.

One day I aspire to be able to do OSL that well. Kudos sir.

That is a thing of beauty.. absolutely great!

And thanks a lot for the recipe mate

I love all of your work - very inspiring - I'd say keep it up, but it doesn't seem necessary

Thanks for the comments I'm glad you like it. I think it is my second attempt at painting OSL I just painted the mini as normal and added some thin coats of VMC electric blue where wanted the blue light adding in some white as I got closer to the light source. I think the trick to OSL is to work up slowly to the brightness you want and not to overdo it.

That ORC is fantastic. I love the colors.

Love it. Great work.

Thanks for the comments. I have started painting a Mech-Engineer from the Yu Jing faction. I really like this sculpt it is a bit fiddly to paint but a really nice details on it.

Dood, you paint light like you have no right! I'm really jealous.

I'm always looking forward to the next Crazy Ivan update - you never disappoint!

Fantastic looking miniature, and you're not even done - congrats!

I won't attempt to praise through rhyme as Mathieu has done, but that looks bloody awesome. That blending work you have done is exceptional, look forward to the next update !

I'm not going to attempt to convey how much I love that. And you haven't even finished, it's like your kicking us while we're down.

What's the chance of some tutorial stuff from you? I'd really like to see you step by step some camp and I'm sure others would be interested.

Looks like you airbrushed her! Very cool I can't wait to see her complete.

Thanks for those kind words I have finished the mini had to go back and make some touch ups after I applied the varnish since it messed a bit with the colour transitions.

@Casey's Law I could try to make a tutorial although I haven't made any before so I don't know how useful it will be. I have a Yu Jing hacker primed and ready that I could use or should I use PanO mini for the tutorial?

I said it before, and I'll say it again - your 'airbrush' quality painting without using an airbrush is an inspiration!

What's your secret?

Super-thin layers and patience + natural talent?

Beautiful work! Reminds me very much of Deus Ex. Was that intentional at all?

As for a tutorial, anything would be good. As you can see a lot of us are interested in your process. Something with camo would be extra nice!

Wonderful. The only critique I could have is that she looks like she's "old". The highlights in her hair are a bit too bright and make her look like her hair is going grey. Otherwise I love it.

As someone getting 'old' and possibly starting to get a few grey hairs (kids will do that to you!)... I'm still trying to decide on whether or not to be offended by that!

Thanks for the comments

@Alpharius I agree nothing wrong with a few grey hairs it is a sign of wisdom As for the secret to good colour transitions I would agree with the two first statements and substitute talent for practise (been painting for 15+ years now) and reading lots of tutorials and watching some painting videos.

@CDK I could add blue glaze or two to tint it a bit I wanted a dark hair that could stand out from the dark armour.

@Casey's Law I didn't intentionally aim for a Deus ex colour scheme but I do really like the art direction in that game so I might have done so subconsciously. I will try to make some step by step guides on the next mini I paint, just need to remember to take some pictures when I'm painting.

Lovely, I can't wait!

It is a wonderful source of inspiration. Rich universes like that have a great habit of impregnating our own work and directing us subconsciously.

 Alpharius wrote:
As someone getting 'old' and possibly starting to get a few grey hairs (kids will do that to you!)... I'm still trying to decide on whether or not to be offended by that!

lol Hey I'm right with you! But I doubt old looking is not wanted.

I colored wash could be cool. but don't want it to clash too much with the other colors. I think just darken with black wash a little and it would be great.