Hawkoon Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Hello, dear Wyrdos! It's me again. While I enjoyed hosting the painting challenge last year, my time for painting and follow-up just didn't work out, and sadly I had to give in to real life issues. However, one month into 2024, I feel a deep hole inside where the challenge used to be. So I am starting out a thread to post community painting progress. No time limits, no pledges, mulligans and buybacks. Just post what you paint and get friendly feedback from other painters! I have no idea if this will fly or just rot away in the forum backpages, but thought it worth a try. I'll start off with my recent nephilim: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MestreGuilderius Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Heyo all ! Excellent idea for dear @Hawkoon as always, will definitely support this thread the best I can My last 2 minis, Arhorak and Dreamer Insomniac Featuring my first 2 attempts at gold nmm (Athorak's weapon and linings on Dreamer PJ) and also a magic portal made out of uv resin xD Cheers ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 12 Author Report Share Posted February 12 21 hours ago, MestreGuilderius said: Heyo all ! Excellent idea for dear @Hawkoon as always, will definitely support this thread the best I can My last 2 minis, Arhorak and Dreamer Insomniac Featuring my first 2 attempts at gold nmm (Athorak's weapon and linings on Dreamer PJ) and also a magic portal made out of uv resin xD Cheers ! These are excellent! Love the portal and the OSL. You've really improved since you started posting in the forums👏 I'm no expert on NMM gold, and I think this looks really good, it's hard to belive it's your first attempt. I think you can go even darker to enhance the illusion of reflecting metal next time. If I've understood the colour theory right, you also want a slightly green hue in the darkest shadows. But I've never actually attempted it myself, so I may be wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MestreGuilderius Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 11 hours ago, Hawkoon said: These are excellent! Love the portal and the OSL. You've really improved since you started posting in the forums👏 I'm no expert on NMM gold, and I think this looks really good, it's hard to belive it's your first attempt. I think you can go even darker to enhance the illusion of reflecting metal next time. If I've understood the colour theory right, you also want a slightly green hue in the darkest shadows. But I've never actually attempted it myself, so I may be wrong. Awwww thanks a lot !!! I do my best to learn and apply new technics as often as possible I also feel a bit more confident about light placement and color theory^^ And these are my 2 real first attempts at gold nmm, and my 4th and 5th nmm ever ( the first 3 were the Nekimas and Lilith as Barbaros proxy^^). I feel like nmm helped a ton understanding lighting and colors, I'm surprised myself as how easily it's coming to me now xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CateranLlama Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 I have a ton of painting I need to do, and I keep telling myself I'll post some wips here and hope that keeps me working on them. And I keep forgetting. So that's not a good sign about using this as a reminder to myself. lol Hawkoon, I always love those eyeball base toppers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted February 14 Author Report Share Posted February 14 Thank you! WiPs are welcome as well, so just post whatever you got😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CateranLlama Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I wanted a not-just-pink pig, but grey is hard. I may wind up adding some texture then redoing her eyebrows? I also haven't touched her all week. But! The teapot is done! So that's not nothing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MestreGuilderius Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 So ! Finally found the time to finish my Alt Doppleganger. Quite satisfying mini to paint, lots and lots of textures ^^ I even tried to simulate the fact that skin is growing on the back of the skull, as if it's morphing ^^ Tentacles were a nightmare to paint though, always one in the way of the brush xD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Hey all! I had a 6 month painting break - I think my attempt to stick to one keyword until it's finished burned me out a bit, so /shrug. Anyway, picked up the brush again, and these two folks are almost finished (really just some last tiny touch-ups plus varnish missing): I may start some Bygone or Forgotten models next... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2024 at 12:40 PM, djmacbest said: Hey all! I had a 6 month painting break - I think my attempt to stick to one keyword until it's finished burned me out a bit, so /shrug. Anyway, picked up the brush again, and these two folks are almost finished (really just some last tiny touch-ups plus varnish missing): I may start some Bygone or Forgotten models next... Love the OSL🤩 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 First batch of varnished models since October... Still can't figure out how to make TMM look interesting without it getting blotchy, so I ended up doing the old base, wash, drybrush method again on those Ancient Constructs. Ah well, next model, next attempt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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