Popular Post PetitDalek Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 End of February is fast approaching! I had technical troubles in the middle of the photoshoot, so think of this as PART 1. I did actually finish one of my two pledged minis I've admired the dark and gritty painting style with visible brush strokes for a while and came up with an idea for a Mali crew that would be a great testing subject - Reva. Revenants walking in the misty countryside, a feeble lantern light in the distance, an echoing clippity-clop-clippity-clop sound of tiny pony feet... I want to avoid gore, so I made alternative mindless zombies skeletons from a bunch of old bits. There's no discrimination: we get a nephilim, a mounted guard, a gremlin, Yan Lo and a guy shot by Vincent. I also bought a metal Molly to make an Asura proxy. She got a fancy base made from my old pendant stuck in half a litre of wood glue. Asura/Molly is still WIP. I'd love colour suggestion for the top of her dress and some dark skin tips, because I am kinda stuck. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nikodemus Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 29 minutes ago, PetitDalek said: dark skin tips First off, fantastic work! Gorgeous. I don't paint too much dark skin but my method has been starting with a midtone of my choice. Dark shadows with whatever. For highlights I mix in more caucasian skintone to my midtone. For extreme highlights, if you want to go that way, add (off)white to midtone+caucasian mix. I find the caucasian mix to be key. Here's my results, though I'm afraid none have Molly's body shape (well defined muscles make skin so easy): 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbly_goggy Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Caedrus said: @wobbly_goggy: Great mini, needs a partner-sign labelled ‘careful now!’ You win a point! With hindsight, 'careful now!' may have been easier to paint.... Who could have that? Or maybe I could make a scheme marker for them that says that? Also - love how much encouragement you're giving to everyone. It helps and is definitely appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetitDalek Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 @Nikodemus Thank you for your tips and the pictures, they actually help a lot. The hardest part for me is the sharp contrast between shadows and highlights. You managed it very well, I'll try to copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 4 hours ago, PetitDalek said: I also bought a metal Molly to make an Asura proxy. Amazing how well she fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 8:47 AM, Diddick said: @Boomstick You're gonna be busy... How did you do the bases?? are they made with green stuff rolling pins? Also, looking forward to see more pics of the converted talos Busy indeed! The bases are rubber stamps from Happy Seppuku, trying them out on air drying clay this time. Not sure how I feel about it so far, but the stamps themselves are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Franchute Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I'm back! I've seen so much great work around here in the last weeks. This might be one of the best months in terms of paint quality I've seen in this challenge. I'm sad my contribution has been null. @Viruk Thanks a lot for trying to resurrect me by the way. I havent done much. Part of it was holidays, but it was also because my wife gave me a nintendo as a present and Zelda has destroyed the little time I typically dedicate to painting. @Viruk I really love how your avatar turned. It really feels like ice and gems. @Scatterbrain I'm jealous This is the little amount of paint I managed to put on Samael during February. Let's cross fingers I'll be able to finish him: @Athiko Your Jack Daw crew is amazing. I love the contrasts and the general look of the crew. @Burnin' Coal I still love your style and I am still impressed by the discrete increase in productivity. @Caedrus This NMM is amazing. You said you started with an airbrush. Did you finish the metallic parts with a simple brush? If so, how did you do so that it doesnt break the smooth highlights? @PetitDalek I really like the use of red and green for the yellow dress. I am really looking forward seeing the end result! @Phinn Hahaha I dont really understand your solution to paint more to be honest If these rats look as amazing as the rest of your models, that would be something at least. It would be great to see the final result of this cyclop. He looks really cool. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stranglelove Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Here is my contribution for the month. Unfortunately, I was waylaid by strep throat and didn't finish the full unit. Maybe one TOS fireteam is worth half, @Caedrus? For a total of 4 stones (rounding up). Next month is gonna be the big one. Need to finish the rest of the Portals, Adeodatos, and then base the entire company before Adepticon. Wishing everyone good health and good painting. Everything I've seen in this thread has been wicked and inspiring. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Gotta mulligan. February has been throwing me for a loop. Dang life curveballs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Purple Mist Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hello, down here my progress wijt the Mech. Rider: I used two different colorshift paints for this mini: Dark Blue for the mech horse and Borealis Green for the rider. Colour shifting is very evident with the mech horse because of the large surfaces involved and guess because of airbrushing painting. With the rider, I had to paint it all with brushes and the metal colourshift areas I painted are very small, so the light shifting effect is not remarked but I could it change from green to blue because of different lighting angles and different light sources. I'm sorry for @Caedrus but at present all my attempt to produce a video and transfer it from my cell to PC failed. Working the 3 componets (horse, rider and base) was earier for reason of painting but I'm meeting some troubles not to assemble it...... Have till to improve the overall figure and then stick it to the base. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hoping it all works here is the video of the WIP Mech Rider. Download video https://ufile.io/xev18 Watch video: https://streamable.com/mw73x 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Polar43 Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 2 days left and i'm desperately trying to finish these off after only having access to my paints for 3 days 😣 sorry about the bad light 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchute Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Purple Mist said: Hoping it all works here is the video of the WIP Mech Rider. Download video https://ufile.io/xev18 Watch video: https://streamable.com/mw73x I was hoping we would hear your voice haha! 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof_bycid Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 A late work in progress for my February hoarcat pride. Need to fix the eyes on that distal cat, then detail work. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiba Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Alright, @Caedrus, this is me weighing in at 12 stones for February; Vincent (8) and two corpse candles (2x2). Vincent, buddy, I´m sorry l can't seem to take a decent photo of you. To the rest of you, I'm sorry I haven't said much, it's been one of those months and I'm happy I even managed to finish my models. Everyone is doing super awesome, I happily look at all the pictures even when I don't find the time to comment. Everyone's putting out really nice models, well done! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lusciousmccabe Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Polar43 said: 2 days left and i'm desperately trying to finish these off after only having access to my paints for 3 days 😣 Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedjy Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 just realized february had 28 days !!! (dumb me) I should be able to make it for tomorrow. Wish me luck ! 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 13 hours ago, Franchute said: I was hoping we would hear your voice haha! 😊 Bad things happen...... so I got a bad flu! At best you could expect to hear my cough! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 9 hours ago, emiba said: Alright, @Caedrus, this is me weighing in at 12 stones for February; Vincent (8) and two corpse candles (2x2). Bright yellow and green is a very original choice for painting ghosts. Well done; I like your palette! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiba Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Purple Mist said: Bright yellow and green is a very original choice for painting ghosts. Well done; I like your palette! Thank you. I tend toward muted, earthy tones but I'm also trying to keep a red thread within the crew. With Reva's new thing being fire, and I imagine that being more of an unnatural, magical/ghostly fire, I imagined them being part ghost, part fire spirits. So this yellow/green is the same as the fire on my Lampads. Once I get around to my alt Reva, the fire on her will be the same. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnin' Coal Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 @emiba - loving the green to yellow of the corpse markers...did you base in white and work up from that ? @Franchute - great to see you back and excellent job so far - really like the leather tones you've got going there - look forward to seeing it finished...and thanks for your kind words @Stranglelove - excellent feel on the Stalking Portals...when I saw you had based and primed all of them I was like "wow that's gonna be a ton of painting!"...finishing three is nothing less than impressive - you made them look great @Polar43 - great job on the Whiskey Golem - hope you get them finished in time @Caedrus - thanks for the kind words...the mermaid dress lady just leapt out at me and almost painted herself in one hit - really is a great sculpt....but there's ten figures in the box and there's other sculpts equally as good as that one...I can see I'll be wearing out a few brushes in the coming months 😉 Update from my painting table - making progress and started on the bases today but I foresee it being one of my scraping under the wire at the very last minute to get my entry finished kind of months 🙄...so next update from me with finished models will probably be around 23:55 on the 28th 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post muraki Posted February 27, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Finished a couple of proxies for Nellie 2 stolen modded to be newsies, and a ToS model to be an undercover reporter. Luckily I'm past my pledge, cause I have no idea how to SS these models. Newsies: Undercover Reporter complete with barrels to hide in: The full Nellie group now: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted February 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hello All! Well, February is nearly at its end (which, in Australia, also means the scorching heat of summer will soon give way to the scorching heat of autumn). That means it's time to throw me an "@Caedrus", and let me know how many stones you painted. There are a couple of painters that have finished, but I don't have their totals. Please PM or update me! The current spreadsheet is available [here]. Oh, and the March Painting Challenge will be open momentarily! Caedrus. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchute Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 @Caedrus On the other side of the globe we still have two days left. Don't take my time away from me! 😀 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiba Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Burnin' Coal said: @emiba - loving the green to yellow of the corpse markers...did you base in white and work up from that ? In short; yes. 🙂 Started out white, added yellow to most of it, trying to blend the yellow into the white. (Man, blending to/from white is a pain...) Then went on to a light green. Realized I left to much white, went back and redid the entire white to yellow stage, added some more green and then blended into a darker green. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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