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Monthly painting challenge - January


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9 hours ago, Franchute said:

I have had this guy half painted for several months, so I decided to quickly finished it so that I would not be ashamed anymore by how long it took me to paint a peon. The electrical creation for an additional 4 soulstones, putting me at 26:

Oh, I wasn't aware we could do this. I need to post something once I get home.

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Whoa, so many new models since yesterday morning! Just a couple of comments to add to my "likes":

23 hours ago, tjgreenway said:

I'll definitely try some darklining too on my next lot of mini's, the plan is to crack on with both sides of the starter set this month :D If I'm to use paints already in my collection for the darklining, would a higher ratio of water be advised or would it be better stick with the same ratio and just use the tiniest bit of paint on the brush tip? And muchos gracias again for your kind words! :)

@tjgreenway A higher ratio, but not by much. It may seem counter-intuitive, but you actually want a pretty good sized brush (at least a 0, I use a 1) so it holds some paint. Then it's a combination of a light touch and a sharp tip to get the thin straight lines. If your brush is too small, you'll often run out of paint partway through your line. Here's a picture of the Specialist I painted for January with my primary brush (a size 1 Winsor & Newton kolinsky sable) next to it:

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Also I recommend using a dark almost-black rather than a pure black. A 2:1 mix of your darkest brown:black should do it.

@Phinn Love your color choices. The whole model is lovely but the wings in particular stand out. I'm excited to see the final pictures.

@PetitDalek Hahaha weeping angels! "Blink" is IMO the scariest episode in the entire rebooted series. Great concept, very well executed. I respect the time and effort you put into your bases! They look fantastic. A bit of unsolicited C&C :-) is on Teddy's tummy. The rest of the model (including the heart itself) looks like it's got the standard overhead lighting source but the highlighting on the checkers looks like it's lit from the upper left of the photo. I'd expect the dark areas on the left-hand checkers to be on the left-bottom side - essentially mirror images of the right-hand checkers.

7 hours ago, Burnin' Coal said:

the blends were done using a mix of contrasting orange,violet and pale green built up with many many layers of Vallejo Glazing Medium which is a whole new game for me but allows for all sorts of adjustments along the way without obscuring any details - cannot recommend it enough

@Burnin' Coal The contrast color shading is just stunning. Reminds me a lot of the old Rackham Confrontation models, especially the Mid-Nor dwarves and Alchemists of Dirz. I'd like to practice this style with some Resser models waiting for me down the line but color is the biggest gap in my painting knowledge/ability. What resources (if any) can you recommend to learn about this kind of color theory?

 

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And boop:

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After finishing the monk practically in one week I perked up and completed one of my other models, that had been sitting half-painted for months (I have way too many of those). I thought those wouldn't count towards the challenge scoring, but apparently they do. So, 4 more ss for me for January.

Unfortunately the picture is still rather terrible, I swear the dress is a lot more purple and the tights aren't pure black in real life.

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1 hour ago, misterfinn said:

 

@PetitDalek Hahaha weeping angels! "Blink" is IMO the scariest episode in the entire rebooted series. Great concept, very well executed. I respect the time and effort you put into your bases! They look fantastic. A bit of unsolicited C&C :-) is on Teddy's tummy. The rest of the model (including the heart itself) looks like it's got the standard overhead lighting source but the highlighting on the checkers looks like it's lit from the upper left of the photo. I'd expect the dark areas on the left-hand checkers to be on the left-bottom side - essentially mirror images of the right-hand checkers.

Thank you! I felt something was wrong with the tummy, but couldn't put my finger on it.  I am still pretty new, so I miss technical details like this. I followed a tutorial for painting floor tiles and now see why it didn't translate well. I'll try to correct it :)

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21 minutes ago, Franchute said:

Yes @Amdor. Please use the challenge to find motivation to finish all these models that have sitting around half-painted for months! I have several of those too :)

Awesome. That means I have an additional 175 soulstones worth of models to work with (I told you there's a lot of them).

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35 minutes ago, Amdor said:

Awesome. That means I have an additional 175 soulstones worth of models to work with (I told you there's a lot of them).

It's funny you took the time to count how many soulstones they represent: this is exactly the type of things I would do when I procrastinate instead of painting :) (no offense)

 

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5 minutes ago, Franchute said:

It's funny you took the time to count how many soulstones they represent: this is exactly the type of things I would do when I procrastinate instead of painting :) (no offense)

None taken. Things like that are the exact reason why my painting table hasn't been empty for ten years, and fixing them is the main reason I joined the painting challenge in the first place.

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4 hours ago, misterfinn said:

@Burnin' Coal ......I'd like to practice this style with some Resser models waiting for me down the line but color is the biggest gap in my painting knowledge/ability. What resources (if any) can you recommend to learn about this kind of color theory?

 

@misterfinn Hallo thanks for your kind words...much as I would like to give a fully detailed response I must admit to having a kind of fly by wire approach when it comes to painting so I just picked three base colours that seemed to work together...if you wish to read colour theory you could do a lot worse than check out or find a copy of "Elements Of Colour" by Johannes Itten...he taught at The Bauhaus and pretty much covered all the bases regarding colour theory......or faster still check the 'net to see how to paint yourself a "colour wheel" as that will get you mixing and going "oh wow !" right from the get go 😉

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Thanks @Burnin' Coal - I have a couple of cardstock "interactive" color wheels that show complements/triads/tetrads and basic hue combinations. I rely on those pretty heavily for selecting paint schemes and doing rudimentary color mixing like "use purple to shade yellow". So far I haven't had much luck experimenting with more advanced color mixing the way you've done it on your Stitched. You've got reds, purples, greens all playing together in your shading. It's almost Impressionist in style. I'll have a look at the Itten book - I like Bauhaus architecture and design quite a bit. Then more experimentation! Always something new to learn...

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Wow, thank you, @Viruk :)

I must say, all these positive vibes, constructive criticism, overall friendliness of the whole Monthly Painting Challenge community... it really makes me want to paint more and I am genuinely looking forward to the end of the month (this one and those to come) to see photos of finished models :)

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@Phinn just got the chance to look at your additional photos. Definitely worth the wait! I’ll echo Varuk and Burnin’ Coal here - you’ve done some lovely work, with the wings and boils as standouts. Great color too - brings out the detail and gives an otherworldly look without becoming garish. You’ve set yourself a high bar for the rest of the year ;-)

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On 2018/1/14 at 8:26 PM, Viruk said:

@Joachim - nice work on the Cyclop so far and I really like the base.

@Piccio - the green on her dress looks amazing

8 more soulstones, which brings me to a total of 35 , more pics on the blog http://www.whatthefaux.net/2018/01/scion-of-void.html

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I know this was quite a while ago, but could you tell me how you made that green slime looking effect on the base? I really want to try that. Thank you! 

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I highlighted the inside of the base using different shades of green (starting withGW Caliban Green, P3 Wurm Green and ending with some highlights of brightest shades of green from Vallejo Game Color). While highlighting I tried to focus on random patches around the stone. This was finished off with a few layers of Vallejo Still Water. Hope this helps.

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15 hours ago, Viruk said:

I highlighted the inside of the base using different shades of green (starting withGW Caliban Green, P3 Wurm Green and ending with some highlights of brightest shades of green from Vallejo Game Color). While highlighting I tried to focus on random patches around the stone. This was finished off with a few layers of Vallejo Still Water. Hope this helps.

It does!  Thank you so much.

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