1/16 Spartan Hoplite ( work in progress )
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Jamie Stokes
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Corey,
sorry for the confusion.
How I do it is to get a base colour I am happy with - either straight out of the bottle (rare) or one main colour, adapted to suit needs.
For example, the red on my centurion figure.
Base was Red, with some burnt umber to reduce the intensity.
Then I shifted the base coat toward orange for the highlights by reducing (or eliminating) the burnt umber, and adding orange/ yellow
For the shadows, increased the ratio of burnt umber to base, then for deepest shadows, added a hint of black.
Its about ratios of colours to each other. 7 parts this to 1 part that, 0r 2 parts x colour to 3 parts y colour
click the link, entry 12 will illustrate how I work out base, shades and highlights
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28570&page=2
With a bit of experience, experimentation, and the occasional 'well, that didn't work" you will rapidly get the hang of shading your own colours.
often, you can get colour mixes from basic colours, rather then lashing out and getting elf snot yellow, orc booger green and space marine ear wax tan, for example.
hope this clarifies.
cheers
sorry for the confusion.
How I do it is to get a base colour I am happy with - either straight out of the bottle (rare) or one main colour, adapted to suit needs.
For example, the red on my centurion figure.
Base was Red, with some burnt umber to reduce the intensity.
Then I shifted the base coat toward orange for the highlights by reducing (or eliminating) the burnt umber, and adding orange/ yellow
For the shadows, increased the ratio of burnt umber to base, then for deepest shadows, added a hint of black.
Its about ratios of colours to each other. 7 parts this to 1 part that, 0r 2 parts x colour to 3 parts y colour
click the link, entry 12 will illustrate how I work out base, shades and highlights
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28570&page=2
With a bit of experience, experimentation, and the occasional 'well, that didn't work" you will rapidly get the hang of shading your own colours.
often, you can get colour mixes from basic colours, rather then lashing out and getting elf snot yellow, orc booger green and space marine ear wax tan, for example.
hope this clarifies.
cheers
some more progress
Ok, some minimal work.
Glazed several 1 : 12 ratios [White + a tiny bit of gray] over the white on the feathers to give it a more natural look then did another "wash" with more gray. And for the arms I painted it in its base color ( tan yellow ) then did another 1:12 with base + a tiny bit of leather brown several times and glazed it around key points like the muscles and such. It is very subtle but offers contrast..
Ok, some minimal work.
Glazed several 1 : 12 ratios [White + a tiny bit of gray] over the white on the feathers to give it a more natural look then did another "wash" with more gray. And for the arms I painted it in its base color ( tan yellow ) then did another 1:12 with base + a tiny bit of leather brown several times and glazed it around key points like the muscles and such. It is very subtle but offers contrast..
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WPS
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oouuch that must hurt, but am looking forward to the full build. Keep up this steady pace and always try to push yourself to greater hights.
Willem
Willem
Jamie Stokes
A Fixture
Well, the very dilute washes really helped pick out the details in his horse hair head piece, with out killing the white; excellent use of glazes/ wash.
good handling of blood effects; less is more with those effects.
Good prgress so far Corey
cheers
good handling of blood effects; less is more with those effects.
Good prgress so far Corey
cheers
