Wings Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 And yet more minis! Here's an aged up Leveticus: I've finally increased the contrast on Zoraida: And a Candy that I painted up a few months ago (and I don't think has been out of the cabinet since :-( ). I am *so* pleased with the eyes on her. Thanks for the complements Sybarite and Demonn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenborne Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I've been painting Malifaux minis for about a year now for my boyfriend (he plays, I don't) but have only just got around to joining the forum. As a rule I paint his masters and anything he thinks looks particularly hard, and he buys me minis in return (which he can then game with). Are you real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Are you real? I am indeed real. I make a point of reminding him how lucky he his on a regular basis. He normally counters that by inviting me to actually play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride365 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I am indeed real. I make a point of reminding him how lucky he his on a regular basis. He normally counters that by inviting me to actually play... Well he is one lucky guy certainly! You are awesome! ---------- Post added at 12:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ---------- I am indeed real. I make a point of reminding him how lucky he his on a regular basis. He normally counters that by inviting me to actually play... Well he is one lucky guy certainly! You are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdog6750 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I love the base on candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) Love the shades on Levi's face, they really add a lot of character - great work there. Edited December 5, 2012 by Viruk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Malifaux is sadly being neglected at the moment, but on Monday I managed to finish off a Diorama for a contest over on the Forum of Doom. (Half an hour before the deadline. Finally getting a job, and Christmas, do not go well with minis). What does everyone think? Sadly it became a bit rushed at the end and I didn't get to revisit what I'd already done. But tips on making it better and for future improvement would be greatly appreciated! And I hope that everyone had a really lovely Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'm loving this! great job! every aspect of this is great with the exception of the wall. Don't get me wrong, I think overall it's great, but the wall seems a bit off to me. first of all - the structure of the wall - all the bricks align - it is too "flat" (you should put some dents and protrusions - make the wall uneven) and then when you paint it - just add another highlight to the bricks/stones. but again, those are really nitpicks on my part (and merry Christmas!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'd have liked to have spent more time on the wall and make it more varied and uneven, but using a ruler sadly made it so much faster. Next time hopefully! It looks better in reality as one outer side is slightly concave whilst the other is convex. The inside wall I was never happy with. I will go and give it another highlight though. I'd forgotten it needed another one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 So last weekend I finally managed to get some painting in again, and I eventually took WIP photos today. This is a 54mm sculpt that I really like so plan to paint up another in a different colour scheme at some point (the other one isn't broken either). She still needs tidying up a lot but I'm reasonably pleased with her progress so far. The first picture is slightly more accurate regarding the colours used. Any suggestions for improvement would be hugely appreciated. Also, does anyone have any ideas for freehand or something like that? Given how gigantic she is I feel like I *ought* to make it a bit more complicated... In other news, the diorama I posted here last was voted second in the contest I entered it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I like the blending and the subtelty of colors It really suits her! Also, her hair turned out gorgeous! The shading on her crotch looks a bit awkward, though. Shadows are too abrupt, it looks a bit like she wet her pants... and her pose isn't exactly helping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks! I know her crotch definitely needs smoothing out, but thanks for the reminder. I'll try to fix that first as it is a *very* awkward look now that you've pointed it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 congrats on second place! lovely paintjob on the new mini. (apart from the crotch thingy my compatriot mentioned.. ) as far as the freehand, I'd leave her as is. she is a simple mini that in my mind would only get cluttered with additional freehand... maybe only a subtle one on the inside of the cloak on the bottom (as a lining of sorts)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks Demonn! I'll have a think about something at the bottom of the cloak. I might just leave it on this version given the rustic nature of the colour scheme. Whatever happens, I'll try and get more work done on her over the weekend and take some more photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agermemnon Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Blimey Wings...... SKILLS or what. The work you do on faces is nuts, all the little touches of purple or blue to skin tones gives them a great look, what you do with the eyes, well that's just..... flipping obscene. Do you use a magnifying/light or something to help doing the finer detail out of curiosity. Will have to check the tutorial on faces by Ali McVey that you put up, thanks for putting that link up by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Great choices of colors on the elf archer, they go together very well. You say that it's a wip but it already looks very impressive. Some areas could use a bit cleaning up (pants/arrows) but I'm sure the final effect will be pretty amazing. As far as freehand is concerned you could try something small, for example some gold nmm pattern in the corner of the cloak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Agermemnon - thanks I'm lucky enough to be able to stick with just my eyes for detail work, but I've also got access to some pretty good lamps that illuminate the mini really well without heating up at all. The Ali McVey tutorials were an amazing boost to my painting as it had never occurred to me to add interesting colours to skin before. Viruk - I've already painted up a 28mm version in very similar colours, so in a way this is just refining that initial paint job and making it more interesting. Good idea for the freehand - I've never tried nmm before so it'd be nice to try something new. It looks unlikely that I'll get any more work done on Shae this weekend as I spent all of today assembling Sedition Wars minis. Fingers crossed for this week though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I haven't been to this thread for far too long! Damn good stuff you have been posting lately. Got close ups of the fine lady from your diorama? ;D I am also super impressed by your elf lady. Damn that is well painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted February 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Good to see you back here Evilbleachman! Stupidly I didn't take photos of the diorama girl before adding her. I can see what I can do photowise though. I managed to do a small amount more work on my elf girl last week, but not enough to post progress photos. Sadly I think the tablet I took the photos on were hugely flattering. I might stick with it for all my future photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 So here's the latest on Shae. I've cleaned up her crotch and got rid of all the random blobs of paint that I could see. Is there anything that I've missed? I went with a simple gold border to her cloak as anything else seemed too ostentatious. Help improving it would be greatly appreciated (I think it looks fine, but I've never tried something like this before). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 It doesn't look fine, it looks amazing. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Thanks Viruk! That means a lot coming from you. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_like_you Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I've managed to do more painting! I took four days off work so I actually managed to have a weekend (I don't get many of those at the moment) and painted 1.5 minis. Sadly they weren't Malifaux but we can't have everything. I'd intended to paint up Nicodem's Avatar finally but instead went for minis that I'd already assembled and had been sitting in my cabinet for the last couple of years. As soon as I'm near the minis in daylight again (i.e. next week I hope) I'll take some photos. And thanks for the positive feedback i_was_like_you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Goggles Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I really like this a lot, the general subtlety of everything works really well with the earth tones of the whole model. I also really like how the hair turned out, it looks very natural, which helps with the whole subtle/earth tone thing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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