Ritual Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Seeing as several people have started threads to display their work in, I thought I'd do the same. First up are two minis from a Griffin Confrontation army I'm doing on commission. CMON link CMON link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james sequeira Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 jesus nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I agree, very nicely done. I don't care for the miniatures themselves, but the work is wonderful on them. I do like the torture device, or whatever it is, on the back of the one fellow that is stained with blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Terrific work! I really like the color choices on these and am looking forward to seeing more. The runes on the blade are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtic Lilly Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I love the colors that you choose for all of your miniatures. I have the hardest time getting color combinations, much less my blending, to work out as I wish, but you always seem to have just what is needed. Very nice. Are the runes on the blade freehand or part of the sculpt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritual Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Thanks, everyone!! There will be more of these in the near future. @CL The runes are sculpted into the blade. I just emphasised them by putting highlights on all the lower edges of the inscriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidoco2222 Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Great stuff, I always steer clear of the normal human sized Rackham minis as they are so full of tiny details that it hurts my eyes, I have dozens of them just no nerve to paint them. Your work is inspirational and the amount of detail you manage to pick out is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterTickles Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 wow what a great job! I'm not crazy about the top to minis (the sculpts) The paint job is fantastic. The last guy is my Fav he reminds me of Robert E Howards Soloman Kane The Puritan Adventurer. What do you blend with and what kind of paints do you use. Again love the job you gave these. (stands up and claps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritual Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 @MasterTickles Thanks, mate! I use mostly Vallejo Model Colors and one or two Game Colors as well. When I do blendings I use basically every trick in the book. I do plenty of wet-blending, mainly on large surfaces, and then I complement that by adding some further highlighting by layering/feathering on top of the wet-blended foundation. Then I usually do some glazes to smooth things out and to add some depth to the colours. In the case of the Darkness Hunter (the 2nd photo) I've glazed the dark brown coat with a dark blue green, which isn't that apparent in the photo but it has made the brown look more 'alive' and not just plain brown. On smaller details, I usually use layering combined with washes for shading and picking out the contours. Skin is moslty a combination of wet-blending for the shading and layering/glazing for the highlights. Quite often I also glaze skin with different colours, blue, green, red brown or something, to put some depth and variation to the skintone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterTickles Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 @MasterTickles Thanks, mate! I use mostly Vallejo Model Colors and one or two Game Colors as well. When I do blendings I use basically every trick in the book. I do plenty of wet-blending, mainly on large surfaces, and then I complement that by adding some further highlighting by layering/feathering on top of the wet-blended foundation. Then I usually do some glazes to smooth things out and to add some depth to the colours. In the case of the Darkness Hunter (the 2nd photo) I've glazed the dark brown coat with a dark blue green, which isn't that apparent in the photo but it has made the brown look more 'alive' and not just plain brown. On smaller details, I usually use layering combined with washes for shading and picking out the contours. Skin is moslty a combination of wet-blending for the shading and layering/glazing for the highlights. Quite often I also glaze skin with different colours, blue, green, red brown or something, to put some depth and variation to the skintone. wow great job and thanks for the answers I need a new flesh tone recipe ...got look one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritual Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 I need a new flesh tone recipe ...got look one up. Do you want mine? Base coat: Plain skin tone (I use VMC Flat Flesh) mixed with a small amount of light blue grey (GW Spacewolf Grey or in my case VMC Bluegrey Pale) Shading: A mix of VMC Cadmium Maroon (a very dark red, mix red and black if you don't have the colour), a mid brown (GW Bestial Brown or in my case VMC Beige Brown) and a small amount of the light blue grey. Highlighting: VGC Pale Flesh or GW Palid Flesh, then VMC Light Flesh or GW Palid Flesh + White. That's the basis of the recipe. Then you can experiment with different colour washes and such if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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