Some crit for a beginner needed please!

[Gomez Addams]

Hey all - the missus 7th painted figure, not sure if she'll get any feedback over on warseer so please, comments would be appreciated

[leeoaks]

its very solid and smooth....good job!

I would say work on the metals and giving some depth to the white. i'm not nearly good enouth to tell you how you should do it but there are some great tutorials out there.

7th mini you say? tell her congratulations!

Lee

[the imp]

She could stand to practice her highlights, but definitely a good start.

[Ratty]

It's a very good start.. it's very neat which it the most important thing to begin with, it shows she has good brush control. It is looking a touch flat, so could do with a bit more highlighting, but she has actually got the hardest part sorted.

[CrazyCarl]

Good start so far!

Add a plaid effect to the coat. It's very simple. Just paint a grid, then paint a lighter color in each square, then paint a dot of a different color at each intersecting line. It looks awesome

[FoeRender]

for your 7th fig , its great , you seem to be picking it up just fine . just keep painting you will be surprised what you can pick up just by getting figs done . you have the concept down , soon you will start too see and be able to pick up on more advanced techniques .

[Vinncent]

Clean work and good selection of colours, blend well with each other

[osoi]

Good work. As others have said its neat which i s a great start. It is a little flat so definately the next step is to highlight a bit.

Colour pallette is good too. Shes done a good job. Lets see the other six

[jeffb007]

Like everyone else has said it is a great start, incredibly neat. I'd also agree on the highlight comments, they could do with going up a couple of steps. I think the whites on the collars etc look great, but maybe try and bring the black up a bit.

All these things could be the photo (or my screen at work) though, so maybe look at lighting for the pictures too! Can we see the other models?

[munch]

not to repeat but yes neatness is the main thing early on maybe try abit of highlighting and possible try washing the white parts with very watered down light grey then a white highlight to give it bit more 3dness

but preety much 100%

[MorticiaAddams]

Hi all,

Gomez's missus here (as if it wasn't obvious by the name..). Hadn't realised he'd posted this up on here until yesterday.

Thanks for all the great comments

I know the highlights are rather subtle (although I don't think Gomez's photography helps) - I was being careful not to over-do them, but I think I've been a bit over-cautious.

@Crazycarl I did think about a plaid-effect on the coat, but I know that I can't paint straight lines well enough just yet. Still, it's an excuse to get another Seamus when my painting's a bit better

As for my other models..

These were the first 2 models I ever painted - a pair of Games Workshop Jungle Fighters:

Followed by an Egyptian cat (where I tried to get really ambitious and paint the gemstone..)

Sadie from Hasslefree was next:

And I've also painted Heresy's Emily Lake model, but I don't have pictures of her yet.

[AntiZombie]

Ya don't be afraid to really push the high and low lights. The worst thing that can happen is you mess up a miniatures and learn something. The stuff looks very good so far. The ability to keep the colors clean and consistent is very important ( especially in the base coats). There seems to be a basic solid foundation that has been built and now you can start really pushing your colors. One other word of advice i would give is to start learning what kind of color combinations people use to highlight. That in my opinion is the most important thing, the color combinations. There is some tricky stuff out there such as using a dark dark blue to lowlight reds.

Also basing. People underestimate the importance of basing in the finished miniature. Neglecting this is like doing a portrait and painting the background black .

good job though, really like sadie.

Edited September 7, 2011 by AntiZombie