Michael Barnes wrote: Here's the Slaughterpriest from the White Dwarf. A couple of finishing things, but mostly done. Feel like I leveled up on this one a bit. Really like that swole up arm.
Starting off I recommend you check out the Tips of the Day and the 2015 Advent Calendar. They are shorter videos that focus on a specific technique that can be applied pretty widely. And the Getting Started with Citadel Paints gives a good overview of the system.
Thanks, I've been watching some of their videos demonstrating the different types of paints. I think I'm a wash and drybrush kind of guy, layering seems pretty complex for a beginner.
I started back on painting my Shadows of Brimstone figures. Adding some colours to the player figures, and doing base coats on Trederran Raiders and Targa Pylons & custodians. I was also going to start painting the Jargono Native and Frontier Doc figures but realized I need some other kind of glue as they're made from some weird resin.
I also had to stop after base coating the raiders when I realized I have no idea where the inks I bought had got to. Pics when there's something worth seeing, and my hands aren't as steady as they used to be. Also I realized I need way more colours. I was able to mix some, and while that works for individual figures, it's too difficult to get consistent mixes for large groups of figures.
Looking good! I let my kids paint the D&D stuff...simple detail and drybrushing gets decent results.
I've started on Silver Tower, two of the Kairic Acolytes. I _love_ these figures, they sort of look like Bronze Age Egyptian wars. The poses are awesome, lots of energy. I'm following a tutorial that was on BoLS and it is pretty challenging. Lots of more advanced techniques...Casey, if you want to see how the layering works, it is a good one to watch. There's also a lot of glazing, which I had never done.
But damn, it takes a lot of paints. For these figures, if you follow the tutorial, you need:
Abaddon Black
Uluthuan Gray
Celestra Gray
Teclis Blue
Thunderhawk Blue
Kantor Blue
Caeldor Sky Blue
Temple Guard Blue
Sybarite Green
Kaliban Green
Gauss Blaster Green
Baharoth Blue
Reikland Fleshshade
Druichi Violet
Bugman's Glow
Flayed One Flesh
Kislev Flesh
Rakarth Flesh
Xereus Purple
Genestealer Purple
Retributor Armor
Carroburg Crimson
Screaming Skull
Leadbelcher
Ironbreaker
Runefang Steel
Dark Reaper
27 paints, or like $115 worth of pots to paint these dudes. I'd love to say that it's ridiculous, but it really does matter having all of these shades and values as well as the different bases/layers. There is very, very little drybrushing in this, which makes it pretty complex. So far they look OK, definitely not as good as the example. I was happy that I "kind of" managed a purple to blue gradient on their loincloths.
Yeah, I discovered this painting blog yesterday
technasma.com/
dude uses up to 20 super thin layers to achieve his "Blanchitsu" results, but they're pretty good.
You guys are too much. No way am I putting 27 paints to a group of minis. I go for as few colors as possible...even using one pot for both a color's base and highlight.
When you've got the pieces at arms length (average space between your eyes and the minis on the table) and there's a cluster of them, you don't really need the detail to be that granular. In fact, fewer colors can help limbs, weapons, etc stick out to the eye.
Then again, I paint game pieces not Golden Demon entries...
Well, it depends on what I'm doing. With the nicer GW stuff, I like to spend a little more time and go for more complex work. But with things like the Mantic stuff, Black Plague or whatever I'm down with just 4-5 colors.
What I wanted to show Casey there is that if you want to attempt the stuff like what you see in WD...it takes a lot of freakin' paint.
Sorry if my post sounded condescending or damning. I commend Barnes and and anyone looking to up their game.
I just don't want to scare off any potential new painters by having them think they need several dozen paints and spend over $100 large to do up a small group of minis.
It's art. There are multiple ways to approach the hobby.
Give it a go. At some point you'll find a style and technique that works for you.
Oh no, that was my point too...if you want for paint like those guys, it takes a shitload of paint on top of skill. But you can have a solid set of base paints and do just fine, especially for "tabletop quality" work. Doug certainly didn't use 27 paints on those D&D pieces...maybe just two or three on some...and they look great.
It just depends on how much you want to push it. And you SHOULD NOT rush out and buy $100 worth of paint anyway. You will buy the wrong things and wind up with stuff you might not be quite skilled enough for. I actually had like 12 of those 27 paints and there were 3-4 that I just subbed out something close. So I only had to buy 10, and that was because I wanted to try following it as close as possible.
Michael Barnes wrote: Well, it depends on what I'm doing. With the nicer GW stuff, I like to spend a little more time and go for more complex work. But with things like the Mantic stuff, Black Plague or whatever I'm down with just 4-5 colors.
What I wanted to show Casey there is that if you want to attempt the stuff like what you see in WD...it takes a lot of freakin' paint.
Oh yeah, I saw that Tzangor tutorial on BoLS too, that's way too many paints. I plan on doing some trials with various styles to find what works for me. White undercoat, black undercoat, block colors with wash and highlight, etc. I'd also really like to try doing a zenithal prime (black undercoat, do a light spray of gray then white from straight above) and then use washes like so:
theleadpile.blogspot.com/2016/08/zenithal-piece-of-piss.html
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