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glumag
Warlord
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 | | 09/21/2005 1:41 PM |
| | recovered topic 8986 | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 09/21/2005 1:41 PM |
| very cool, but the background kills the detail as the mini blends into it or were you going for a chamaleon magma para elemental? [:D]
I like the elemental itself, the base from this angle looks a bit like a pumpkin. | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/21/2005 2:41 PM |
| | It is too hard to distinguish from the background. | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 09/21/2005 3:07 PM |
| | haha..more like....10:30...grab nearest background and take pic....will do one against stone tonight and post | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/21/2005 6:26 PM |
| | I think that stone will allow for better contrast. That sounds like a good choice. | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/22/2005 12:59 AM |
| Much easier to see now...
The blacks, reds, browns, etc. are looking really good. The color shift from bright yellow to black might be too much. Can the yellow be softened (by being darkened to a different shade or color)? I don't know what would be best. Anyone else have ideas? I don't have experience painting fire/elemental fire types, so I can't quite put my finger on what I am trying to say.
I really like the way the dark and orange colors interact on the right side (from our perspective looking at the picture). | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 09/22/2005 10:19 AM |
| | Yeah..I am not real happy with the yellow either. alot of the light and dark orange got covered over with the brown and black highlighting. I went through and did touch ups with bright orange on alot of edges to try to soften the transition. might just put more down in the crevases. dunno. have 2 more. one I want to do as ice too! | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/22/2005 6:45 PM |
| | Looking forward to seeing an ice one. | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 10:21 AM |
| | Will start on ice one this weekend. Might try an orange wash to see if I can tone down the yellow. But worried it might goof some other colors. will try on a small area and see. | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/23/2005 1:32 PM |
| | On the next magma one you do, start with orange base instead of yellow, maybe. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 7:27 PM |
| One thing I'd like to suggest is maybe making the darker patches larger. While the figure looks pretty good, it's also a bit busy (IMO). By making the "crusty" bits take up more space, it should help give the orange/yellow spaces a bit more punch.
But other than that, I'd say it looks pretty impressive. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 8:10 PM |
| Much better pictures! I have to agree with CotCB - it is a bit too busy. I would use a little dark grey (DC charcol) or really dark brown (DC walnut) to broaden out the dark spots. They should add more depth where black is going to contrast too much. You may even want to darken the outsides of the basin that it rests in (to give the glowing geyser effect!)
Otherwise, it is looking pretty good! It is a good concept, done very well. | | | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 09/24/2005 8:41 PM |
| NEW PICS HERE....
Thanks all for the suggestions. I tried to incorporate them as I wasn't too thrilled with the final product myself [:(]. I did a wash of light orange to darken up the bright yellow. Then went through and did spot darkening with dark brown and then drybrushed with black. Did some minor touches to base. Tell me what you think. And Runelord, which manufacturer is DC? I used all GW paints on this.
Now...on to his icey buddy....and then...something for the 3rd one...
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Commander
2838 Posts
| | 09/24/2005 11:50 PM |
| I'm glad I could help out. Yeah, like me running my keyboard was the inspiration...[:o)]
Darkening the crusty bits really helped define some of the form of the figure and give it some weight.
I've always wanted to do an inverse lighting scheme (i.e. being lit from the inside out), and this shows what such a paint job can do. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 09/25/2005 2:20 AM |
| | Thokk - Delta Ceramcoat (you can get it at your local Walmart or Micheals). I swear by the stuff! | | | |
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6843 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/25/2005 3:45 AM |
| | Thokk, you have done significant improvement on this miniature. It is really looking a lot more like magma. Very good touch up work. | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 09/26/2005 10:42 AM |
| | I agree that it looks much better now that it is darker. | |
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Thokk
Warrior
321 Posts
| | 09/29/2005 11:36 AM |
| | thanks all. will have to check out the delta dreamcoat as well. Now to start on his Ice brother....and a bunch of fire and smoke soon as my 10 air elementals get here! [:D] Anyone have a bunch of magestone guardians sitting around? I only got 3 in my lot [:p] | |
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Jefftyjeffjeff
Warrior
214 Posts
| | 09/29/2005 12:59 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Thokk
Anyone have a bunch of magestone guardians sitting around? I only got 3 in my lot [:p]
I've got 2 or 3. If you're interested, email me and we can work out a trade or sumpin'. | |
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