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Here is an Ork Runtherd I did. I tried my hardest, and to me, it doesn't look bad.

I'm sorry but i don't agree with you.

Okay...

First of all, this isn't finished. Finish the base first.

I see tons of paint spillage, you need to clean it up.

Your paints are still too thick.

Try to use some sort of shade or ink to create depth.

Try to drybrush/layer to make it look less flat.

Trust me, you didn't try your hardest. Look through your other P&M threads and follow the advice there.

What brush are you using? It's not the most important thing when it comes to painting, Matthew's gone over those succinctly, but it does have an impact. When I first started painting I used size 0 Kolinsky sbale (cheapo ones, not W&N, Rapahel etc.) and/or the Army Painter character brush. These were large enough to hold a decent amount of paint and high enough quality to keep a reasonable point, making it a lot easier to be neat.

To start off with I'd focus on just making sure everything's within the lines and the detail isn't swamped, ie laying down solid basecoats. Be prepared to use multiple colours, my Deathwatch bolters are mainly P3 Sanguine highlight which will not cover over black well. So I start with Reaper Brick Red, a very deep burgundy, then some VMC Purple and then I move onto Sanguine Highlight. That, applied with thin layers, gets a basecoat I an work with.

It's been stated before, and it might be stated again, but hopefully this will help to sink in the idea:



Ahem... with that hopefully settled, I think the problem ultimately lies in how well you can control your paints. Thinning them should allow you to move the colors around more easily, but you should also be practicing your fine motor skills. Try as hard as you can to paint within the lines. Work slowly. Once you feel comfortable with your neatness, you can start to use techniques like washes and drybrushing that will make your models look sharp on the table.

 spincr wrote:
I'm sorry but i don't agree with you.

Let's not tarnish the sanctity that is the P&M board's friendliness, it's something the rest of the site has trouble with.

I agree with all the previously posted advice, continue to apply yourself and you'll only get better. Everyone's excrement stinks, eventually it will smell like roses.

The first response is why there are fewer and fewer people posting non-professional paint jobs. Not everyone cranks out superb paint jobs when they first start.


To the OP, after the first response, everyone has given good advice.

Thin your paints, use washes for the recesses, dry brushing for the highlights, take your time and keep plugging away. The more you paint the better you get.

I remember your first posted mini, and I think you've made some great strides since then! Keep at it!

One thing that bugs me, however, is that you forgot to paint his nose-ring! Orks gots ta have some bling, ya know!

Try not to load so much paint up on the brush, that way the paint will not be so thick on the model. You might also want to pick up some washes to give it a bit of pop in detail, the wash will also pool around the gubbin's showing you what else you should highlight. This hobby takes some time to get good at, keep at it, and you will see great strides of improvement.

Are you using games workshop paint?
It looks like the paint is so thick that it fills in a lot of the crevices and hides some of the details.

Are you using glasses or eye lenses?

I like this paintjob better than your daemonprince though.