odinsgrandson Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 This mini is a very limited release from Wyrd- similar to their event minis, they also only sold this one to minions who work at promoting Malifaux officially. I was very happy to have secured one (especially since I don't work for Wyrd). So I decided that it was a good idea to paint her up for this year's Gencon competition. She took first single miniature for Wyrd. Anyway, here are the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 great job. congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenton Crack Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 That does look great, especially the burgundy instead of the suggested dark gray. I love this mini, but cannot justify the aftermarket price it pulls to actually purchase. Congrats on the well-deserved win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Loved this on the day, love it now. A question - what colours did you use for the pink/red outfit? It's a rare thing to see that colour but not garish and neon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Albrecht Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 I love it. I think the color choice was perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy in Suit Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 #nerdboner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpobjects Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 You did a fantastic job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evaine Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I was admiring your work at Gen Con. It's nice to see some pictures of it without the display case glare. Love your colour choices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 excellent work,.. as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jager3306 Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 great colors, love the latin flair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireTrollJake Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Looks great, but is it just me or would you use this as a better Perdita...not Santiago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jormi_Boced Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 She looks great. A little to reddish pink for me but the shadings are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odinsgrandson Posted August 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Loved this on the day, love it now. A question - what colours did you use for the pink/red outfit? It's a rare thing to see that colour but not garish and neon! The trick to that color is that I shaded it with it's compliment. If I remember right, the red started life as P3 Sanguine Highlight (or a mix of Sanguine Base+Highlight). I shaded it with a dark green and highlighted with an ivory color. The shading tones it down quite a bit. Looks great, but is it just me or would you use this as a better Perdita...not Santiago? I thought that when I was painting her. Of course, I'm looking forward to seeing the new Perdita box set, and we'll see what she ends up playing as. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Ahh, that's the base colour - I have equivalents of those luckily. And you used the green pretty impressively there, I didn't even pick up on it! Cheers odin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussuria Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 OH she's stunning!! This is the kind of painting I hope to ooooonnneee day emulate to any kind of respectable level. May I ask how you did the skin? It's perfect!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmike Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Yea I have been trying for years to work my way up to his level... every time I get closer he says "hey i found a new method that works better, get ready to learn cause Ive already mastered it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagash13 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 oh i didnt think about shading with the opposite. i tend to shade with a violet, black or brown. purple shades are great for tricking the eye into thinking there is more depth. like under eyes or just below cheekbones can really make a model look gaunt. my painting mentor taught me that when doing layers, dont lighten your base color with white. it just ruins the color and you end up with an ugly tentacle pink that is not what you want from reds. instead add a light tan/ivory as long as its a warm based ivory to blend your reds with. as a lazy painter who paints directly from pots and rarely works from a pallette blending my own shades, my solution is always "buy all the paints!" and i have to be careful to work with either all warm or all cool tones when blending thin layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordDarcy Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I love the colour choices and shading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odinsgrandson Posted September 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) @Big Mike- are you ready? ...i have to be careful to work with either all warm or all cool tones when blending thin layers. May I ask how you did the skin? It's perfect!! Thanks, I think I want to talk about both of these together. The skin is usually something that wants to be the main focus of attention (I actually had a rough time composing with this mini because her face isn't showing, but I decided that the skin was still going to be the focus). Areas of higher contrast attract the attention of the eye. There are three kinds of contrast- value (light and dark) temperature (warm and cool) and color wheel (use of opposite colors near each other). So, what I'm saying is that when you're working with a color, you can definitely go up alternating in warm and cool colors (I learned that trick from Zach Lanier). But doing so makes the area into a center of interest. Do it on the face, but not on the boots, you know? I'll show you how it is done on this mini's skin: My go-to method for painting skin is to shade it separately with green and red, both mixed with the base color. First I'll do a wash of red (P3 skorne red) then a wash of green (P3 battledress green or Traitor green) and last I'll mix the two together for any very deep shadows (I don't remember if I had any on this mini's skin). Since I wanted to keep a kind of purple to the shading, on Santana here, I mixed in a tiny bit of purple to both layers as I went down (I don't remember perfectly, but I'm pretty sure it was Reaper Burgandy Wine that I used there). After that, I highlighted up using flesh tones, and at the top made sure there was a little Ivory yellow in there (P3 Menoth white highlight). So, I'm using green and red and purple and yellow without ever mixing them together. Since these are all opposites on the color wheel, I have some pretty strong contrast happening. In addition, these colors are all different temperatures (I go down with the warm red, then the cold green, for example) which also creates contrast. Mixing the complimentary colors together doesn't usually create as much contrast (although it can if you have really sharp lighting). So the green shading on the magenta clothing is toned down enough that the skin really pops out from it. The grey and black are similarly simpler colors, meant to draw the eye less (although I lie a little, the grey has purple shading and yellow highlighting). So, there's the rant. Edited September 3, 2013 by odinsgrandson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 I find that really interesting, it's a very different process from the spanish/french styles I've had shoved at me a lot back home. I think at my last count they have something like 6 different contrast types (though some are specularity and texture, so not really ones that matter to paint colour choice of course), and they swear that you should have them on every part of the model, and on the piece as a whole, maximising it on the focal areas like the face. I prefer (and have been working on getting better at) your way, careful application of colour theory where it's useful. Less messy oversaturation and hypercontrast that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odinsgrandson Posted September 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Yeah, there's a whole lot of crazy ideas out there, and every time someone says "you should always" or "you should never" then they're lying. That includes me. Every technique gives you an effect, so the best thing is what is going to give you the effect you want in the micro sense. Even scorned techniques like drybrushing have uses (I like it for the texture of denim). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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