bucket_boy101 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Does anyone know who did the Lillitu model, I'd like to know how to do semi-see-through clothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelious1424 Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Awesome thread, Eric!! Just hearing other people talk about painting gets me amped up to paint more minis, especially Malifaux!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Rebel Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hey Eric - was curious if you could help me out with painting light skin tones. I'm having trouble with my skins not having enough depth, and was curious if you had a step by step on how to layer and highlight a light skin tone with GW paints? I've tried layering/highlighting with Dwarf Flesh to 1:1 and 1:2 ratios of Skull White/Dwarf Flesh then Elf Flesh then ratios of Elf Flesh and Skull White, etc. but I am having trouble making it look like a smooth transition. Thanks in advance! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glshade Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hello Eric... Great thread - its got me anxious to paint again and I think there is something basic you can clear up for me since you hand prime with white... Ive been using game colour white primer and have issues with it pooling in crevices and leaving hints of metal tone through the paint.... it may be I have lousy brush control but I did not always have this problem. I tend to prime with a large brush so maybe that is the issue... Curious if you could.steer.me right on hand priming Thanks Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glshade Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hi Eric... ThoughtnI would bring up Golden Artist Fluid Acrylics ... I started using sime of their colours because of the brushthralls and their nmm cryx paintjobs... sometimes they need some thinning like other lines but I have found that with the exception of the greens they have a great.amount of pigment and for 30 ml most colours are the same or less then hobby lines.... Thought Id ask if anyone else.uses them at all..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishboy Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 My question mimics Irish Rebel. I have been painting for about 7 years now and have always managed to stay away from light flesh tones. Now that I have moved onto you models I find I can not hide any more heh. It is less about the skill set and more about color choices. I have yet to find anything that does not end up looking pinkish or orange. What colors did you use on the Rasputina flesh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manicmac Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 ohhhhh good question! Hope it is answered before my alternative Raspy arrives. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Rebel Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 ohhhhh good question! Hope it is answered before my alternative Raspy arrives. . . . Yeah that skintone is badass. I don't think I have ever really had to paint any type of skin that hasn't looking daemonic in some way in the 8 years or so I have gone with GW product. Wyrd minis is a nice change, but the whole style of the miniatures has thron me off a bit haha with the exposed skin, color options and size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Rebel Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Double posted instead of editing.....grrrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 My question mimics Irish Rebel. I have been painting for about 7 years now and have always managed to stay away from light flesh tones. Now that I have moved onto you models I find I can not hide any more heh. It is less about the skill set and more about color choices. I have yet to find anything that does not end up looking pinkish or orange. What colors did you use on the Rasputina flesh? I can recommend a method...a 50/50 mix of Tallarn Flesh and Hormagaunt Purple as your base, then highlight up using Tallarn Flesh, and mix in a very small amount of Skull White for your final highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishboy Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well I gave up waiting for a response hehe. I used 3 parts Elf Fleshtone with one part Cold Grey. Then I added Elfic Flesh (yes a 3rd color but they are all 3 Vallejo Game Colors) to the original mix in several steps to get the lighter and lighter flesh tones. Worked out well and won my first Malifaux painting contest hehe. I would like to see more paint articles from Wyrd though. I can only find them in the chronicles and they seem to be old and not the mini's I want to see painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAGabriel Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hi Eric, some painters here have started the "Tale of Malifaux Painters" to show our minis and to support each other. 1st week in September we have the first finished Minis on show and i would like to invite you over to take a look and give us a boost for the next 5 months of painting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjm1174 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 I would like to know how to paint greyish or blueish flesh to go on my older or more decrepit models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjm1174 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 when i say older i mean the model is of an older person like zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiZombie Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 I would like to know how to paint greyish or blueish flesh to go on my older or more decrepit models felt like maybe id chime in. I usually start with a shadow grey base abd build up with a mix of a light grey/flesh tone finally highlighting with the fleshtone experiment with those basic colors till you get what you want though. So much of painting is learning about what colors you want and how they work together. Much of it comes from simply trying something new and failing/succeeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 This has probably been asked already, but how do you paint sheer fabrics, like stockings or Lilitu's dress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 My preferred method is to paint the skin tone onto the fabric, giving it some of hte necessary shading and highlighting, then to glaze the colour of the fabric over it. Aimed so that where it bunches or pulls away from the skin the fabric colour almost entirely hides the flesh tone, and where it's stretched over the skin it only partly covers the flesh tone. The other way is to paint the fabric then to go back and glaze the flesh tone over it, but I find that harder to get right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 My preferred method is to paint the skin tone onto the fabric, giving it some of hte necessary shading and highlighting, then to glaze the colour of the fabric over it. Aimed so that where it bunches or pulls away from the skin the fabric colour almost entirely hides the flesh tone, and where it's stretched over the skin it only partly covers the flesh tone. The other way is to paint the fabric then to go back and glaze the flesh tone over it, but I find that harder to get right. That first method is what I was going to try. I just wanted some advice. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 The key is to use lots and lots of really thin glazes. So thin they're barely even visible. Build it up in layer after layer, it's the only way to get a good consistent cover that's not patchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked Grin Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I would like to know how Avatar Seamus' skin (on the studio model) is done? What colours have been used? It looks grey but there are some subtle hints of green or brown Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 The key is to use lots and lots of really thin glazes. So thin they're barely even visible. Build it up in layer after layer, it's the only way to get a good consistent cover that's not patchyWell, HERE'S how it turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'd say that's worked pretty well there, the important question is are you happy with how it looks in real life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Big Baws Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Who painted the Arachnid Swarm resculpt? I'd like to know how he/she painted them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'd say that's worked pretty well there, the important question is are you happy with how it looks in real life?I think it looks better in real life. It's a lot less blurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txgator Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Hi, I'm thinking of painting the flesh of my witchlings so that it looks like they have been badly burned & charred by the magics of Sonnia. Does anyone have tips or ideas? Thanks in advance, TxGator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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