smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
    
 | | 01/04/2006 4:04 AM |
| As promised, here are the 3 minis I used to try out my new Reaper Master Series Paints. (updated photo of the weasel is in a reply).
 
Celestial Dire Weasel [:)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiendish Dire Badger [:)] . . . . . . .
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/smithmeg74/fiendishdireweaselrepaint.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/smithmeg74/celestialdirebadgerrepaint.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/smithmeg74/barbarianmercenaryrepaint.jpg
I'm very happy with how this came out - the skin is the Golden Skin Triad.
As always, questions and comments are welcome. | | | |
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yack
Commander
3142 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 01/04/2006 7:21 AM |
| WOW Great job!
Love what you did too the DW its totally different.
And you did a great job on the eyes of the Barbarian and shading on the fur.
Great job all 3 are awesome!
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Vash
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1995 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 8:35 AM |
| Great job all around.
My only nitpick is that something doesnt look quite right on the Dire Weasel because at the moment he looks like a White Chocolate Easter Weasel.
But again Awesome job on all three!! | |
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griffrat
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3506 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 8:49 AM |
| | Very nice use of the "golden skin triad". I am going to love those RMS...[:D] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 9:05 AM |
| All three look excellent but I think the stones and details of the barbarian are amazing! who knew the sculpt had so much detail!
great job and thanks for sharing meg! [:D] | |
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ilarue
Underboss
1259 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 9:23 AM |
| | I think the barbarian looks great. I agree with vash that the weasel doesn't quite look right. I think maybe a darker ink wash would help pull out some highlights, but yours is already much better than I could do, so what do I know. | |
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spikegif
Warlord
5699 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 9:28 AM |
| wow, those pics are great and the paint jobs!!!!!!
is it the quality of the paint or just your skill that did them so great? | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 9:34 AM |
| spike: the paint is only as good as the brush that holds it and the hand that weilds it [)]
with that said...and I didn't want to be the first, it is true about the weasel, a bit of dark wash and it will help define its lines and voila! perfect paint-job! | |
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ShadowLord XT
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Plane of Shadow
| | 01/04/2006 9:50 AM |
| | Very nice smithmeg. I think I can honestly say those re-painted commons kick my re-painted Hezrou's @ss. | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10201 Posts
United States
| | 01/04/2006 4:57 PM |
| That Dire Weasel is a thing of great beauty. I'd have never given the piece a second look until now. I'm going to have to look at all my minis in greater detail.
The Mercenary is awesome too.
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5452 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 5:10 PM |
| Barbarian = WOW.
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 7:44 PM |
| Thanks everyone.
Looking at the picture, I can see what you're saying about the weasel - it's better in person (the photo has slightly reduced the contrast). I did think about putting a darker wash on it, but was worried it would make the whole thing too dark (the indented bits of the fur are as big as the raised bits). I love the current colour and overall look, so I'll probably leave it as it is.
spikegif - Thanks - I think it's a combination of good paint, improving skill, and luck (all the eyes landed in the right place first try).
shadowlord - Thanks - practice makes a huge difference, every batch of minis I paint is better than the previous set. If you want some encouragement, click on the link in my signature - it has basically every mini I've painted in reverse chronological order (the early ones are not very good - but are still better than the originals) - and you can see the improvement as I've gone along.
Vrecknidj - Thanks - yes, it is amazing how many good looking minis are hiding under terrible paint jobs [)]
I'll be doing some more painting over the next couple of weekends, so lookout for updates (or maybe a new thread) depending on how many I get done.
Thanks for looking.
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 01/04/2006 10:14 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by smithmeg
Thanks everyone.
Looking at the picture, I can see what you're saying about the weasel - it's better in person (the photo has slightly reduced the contrast). I did think about putting a darker wash on it, but was worried it would make the whole thing too dark (the indented bits of the fur are as big as the raised bits). I love the current colour and overall look, so I'll probably leave it as it is.
First of all nice job! I too have to chime in on the weasel. If you do a brown (walnut) wash, it should keep the basic color of the weasel and not make the contrast too harsh. I would mix around %75 water to %25 paint and go slowly.
Otherwise - great job on the barbarian. The flesh color is indeed great and you did a nice job highlighting. | | | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 01/09/2006 7:57 PM |
| Well, I did a wash on the weasel.
Here's a picture of the old one, and the new one.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/smithmeg74/fiendishdireweaselrepaints.jpg
I've done a medium brown wash, and then re-done the dry brushing (I haven't repainted the spikes, or the eye yet).
As I feared, it's turned brown. Can anyone suggest anything to make it a white weasel again? (short of redoing the original paint job).
Thanks | | | |
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Warlord
10683 Posts
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| | 01/09/2006 10:30 PM |
| Ouch, too bad on the Wash turning out like that smithmeg. The only sugestion I can offer you is to drybrush it some more.
I like what you did with all three of the figures, the weasel in particular. | |
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schof
Sneak
97 Posts
| | 01/10/2006 12:06 AM |
| ok heres what i recommend, get a brush that is a little bigger, cut the bristles so they are real short but the spread out wide, then put a teeny bit of light light yellow on it, make sure theres very little paint on the brush(painting your palm helps even it out) then dry brush it extremely lightly. The yellow gives a fake shine that with a light wash lightens it up and makes the brighter color darker.
This is my 2 cents :) | |
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zanaroth
Sneak
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| | 01/10/2006 3:08 AM |
| | i like the barbarian! nice work! | |
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Pale Rider
Underboss
1005 Posts
London, Ontario, Canada
| | 01/10/2006 1:20 PM |
| Your Barbarian floored me - I never realized just how much detail was on him!
The Dire Badger is nice but maybe a little too dark? The red spikes might be better to match the blue/white of his face.
Dire Weasel - dang! I thought it was the killer weasels my roommates bought years ago back to torment me and eat my toes! Nice job! | |
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Luisjoey
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| | 01/11/2006 10:03 PM |
| | they look great, they look like if they were different miniatures too, nice work friend. | |
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arbados
Underboss
1388 Posts
New York, USA
| | 01/15/2006 12:00 AM |
| | I love the weasel. I think it is my favorite! | |
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WakeXX
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Edinboro PA
| | 01/15/2006 8:04 PM |
| | Nice work | | | |
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| | 01/18/2006 6:27 PM |
| | Great work! Love the weasel! | |
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