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Obviously, a work in progress - only the skin and metal done. Belly will probably be painted in some form of yellow/bone, and I'm thinking about doing the quills either the same as the belly or slightly red...









Basically, do you think the green works as it is, or does it need a little extra?

Thanks for your time.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195188.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195188.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195197.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195197.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195240.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195240.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please!
I agree that it just needs highlights and some colour on the eyes to be finished.


I would make one other suggestion though: I feel like the green needs a contrast. Maybe something as simple as red tips on the quills?

Nice work though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195253.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3195253.page GMT Re:Kroot...Feedback Please! HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED.

What I'm asking for is some feedback on whether the GREEN SKIN needs anything more - like some more shading, some more highlights, or a small amount of red in the recesses to give it a slight kick away from being just green.

Thanks to all those who have replied so far, and to the MOD who put this thread in the right board...I are nub.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196750.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196750.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196764.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196764.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196795.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3196795.page GMT Re:Kroot...Feedback Please!
The way the quills are going to work is a VERY deep red base coat (probably a mix like blood red/ultramarines blue/chaos black), slowly blending up to a bleached bone highlight via blood red, blazing orange and golden yellow.

And I'm not sure what colour to paint the eyes...maybe yellow?

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Really nice job, the green looks fine, yellow eyes will look good imo, and match the quill and skin nicely.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3198128.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3198128.page GMT Re:Kroot...Feedback Please!






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Only thing I would add is that I would try (although it's very fine work so maybe only for the odd model depending on what standard you are after) doing a white eye, with a yellow iris and black pupil, like a reptilian eye.. Veeery fiddley but could be worth a try?

Apart from that little touch they look great!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3203807.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3203807.page GMT Re:Kroot...Feedback Please!
The annoying thing is, I've painted myself to the point of the photos above, and can't see the next steps. I know that the belly has to be yellow to balance the eye (amazing how that eye has thrown the whole model out of balance!) but I can't think what to do with the rest of the gun or the cloth. Everything I try on photoshop as a colour experiment doesn't seem to work - it just falls apart.

THIS IS A PHOTOSHOP IMAGE, no extra actual paint has been applied. I'm posting it as an idea of what I'm roughly wanting.



I'm starting to think that the rest of the gun barrel will have to be painted in a similar manner to the existing metal - probably with a darker base, say Tin Bitz, before highlighting up to boltgun metal and applying a red-brown wash. This would keep the gun tied together in one colour scheme, but provide some contrast between the parts. With the yellow belly and the brown-to-bleached-bone base painted - and steely-grey claws - then only the cloth will remain.

As ever, thank you for your opinions.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3205359.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3205359.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3206491.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3206491.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3206539.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3206539.page GMT Kroot...Feedback Please!
Nimbosa wrote:what colors did you use for the skin?


Eesh...I'm gonna have to try and do this from memory, as I didn't really plan it and didn't right it down. It just grew.

I started with two thin coats of Goblin Green, originally thinking that this would be the colour from which I'd build up the coat from. When that was done, however, I realised that it was WAY too bright, and if I highlighted up from there then it'd be just gaudy. So I applied two washes of a mix of Asurmen Blue and Chaos Black to get it much, much darker and pull it away slightly from being pure green. From there, I blended it up using Goblin Green, Ultramarines Blue and Chaos Black, gradually dropping the Ultramarines Blue until I'd blended up to Goblin Green again. Once I'd got there, I added a touch of Bleached Bone and added some highlights. A final, extreme(ish) highlight of 2:1 Goblin Green-Bleached Bone was applied round the face. To add a bit more depth and life to the skin, I did a coat that was a bizarre mix of Baal Red, Ultramarines Blue and Chaos Black, and I have no idea what the ratio was.

As I say, it just kinda grew in the painting.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3209642.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3209642.page GMT Re:Kroot...Feedback Please!




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edit: or are these bones? :X]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3236390.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/389988/3236390.page GMT