paintersofwar
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megroot
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less paint in my opinion.
B ut good start.
Marc
B ut good start.
Marc
sippog
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You're probably in the wrong forum for advice on painting fantasy miniatures, my friend. 
The painting style for military figures is restrained and favours desaturated colours, low contrast, and subtle blending. I've just done a weekend course with Spanish wunderkind Alfonso Giraldes on NMM and he'd love what you did because it's dramatic with strong contrast and bold colours.
For a lot of us, I have to say his teaching was an real eye opener: some because they'd been in the Games Workshop ghetto and it went against what they believed was the 'correct' approach; for me personally, because I was being too hesitant and not bold or dramatic enough, particularly with the lighting. For the record: I don't actually like Non Metallic Metal or a high contrast, saturated painting style but my instincts told me he had something to teach me and I was right.
Giraldes has a unique approach and attitude to painting. It was a very good experience and I recommend it. I'm going to another one this weekend on colour theory, something I don't understand well but I know divides the sheep from the goats when it comes to painting. If you cant afford a class, do look at his Miniature Mentor video.
The painting style for military figures is restrained and favours desaturated colours, low contrast, and subtle blending. I've just done a weekend course with Spanish wunderkind Alfonso Giraldes on NMM and he'd love what you did because it's dramatic with strong contrast and bold colours.
For a lot of us, I have to say his teaching was an real eye opener: some because they'd been in the Games Workshop ghetto and it went against what they believed was the 'correct' approach; for me personally, because I was being too hesitant and not bold or dramatic enough, particularly with the lighting. For the record: I don't actually like Non Metallic Metal or a high contrast, saturated painting style but my instincts told me he had something to teach me and I was right.
Giraldes has a unique approach and attitude to painting. It was a very good experience and I recommend it. I'm going to another one this weekend on colour theory, something I don't understand well but I know divides the sheep from the goats when it comes to painting. If you cant afford a class, do look at his Miniature Mentor video.
winfield
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Welcome. At the risk of sounding contrary, I see no difference between the skin on figures from one genre to the other. I learned NMM from a fantasy/sci fi painter. Don't use it but I learned it. We do, though, lean toward the historical here. At any rate, great first shot. Keep that up and it can only get better. I think a bit easier on the paint will help, too.
Joe55
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Well that's pretty darn good work there! I believe you did the right thing in giving this little figure plenty of contrast between the lights and darks. It provides needed definition that otherwise would appear lifeless and boring.
Joe
.Joe
Blind Pew
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Top stuff, I wish I could paint that small so well.
theBaron
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Would you guys mind expanding on your comments? I don't understand them in this context, and especially in light of your additional remark, winfield, that you see no difference in skin between genres. I look at the figure and it looks fine, but your comments suggest that there's too much paint, so, are the colors laid on too thick, or something else? I want to understand what you mean.
Prost!
Brad
franck edet
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nice painting on this small scale ! and it probably is way better when seen in real.
on another point : i don't get the comments about this place being exclusively dedicated to military figs? i've shown here some fantasy stuff too and they got well welcomed by the community ...
on another point : i don't get the comments about this place being exclusively dedicated to military figs? i've shown here some fantasy stuff too and they got well welcomed by the community ...
winfield
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Jeez Brad, I don't think I can offer YOU any advice. First, in my opinion, skin is skin is skin. Green, blue, black or whatever. Style--extreme highlights, for instance--is individual but I think that skin is skin. The other thing is that somebody else pointed out that maybe the paint is too thick. The exposed skin on the torso is what I thought he meant, and I think that the highlighting and shadowing would have been easier with the paint a little thinner. I did not think to ask whether it was oil or acrylic, which could have something to do with it. I just want to encourage new blood.
theBaron
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Thanks, winfield, and please do not misunderstand my post. I am not criticizing either of you or smarting off. I really wanted to know what you meant by "too much paint", so I asked for clarification. I think I understand better, if that's what you meant, that perhaps his paint was too thick.
I'm learning to handle the same kind of issue, as I work more with acrylics instead of enamels. I'm learning that acrylics, especially those formulated for figure-painting, are very thin, compared to those made more for scale modelers, eg, Tamiya's acrylics, or craft store acrylics (here in the US, Folk Art and Apple Barrel are examples). And I find myself using the acrylics more, even for painting my toy soldiers in traditional glossy style, because the thin layers don't obscure fine detail as much as enamels do.
I agree with you, too, that skin is skin, regardless of the genre. Painters working with one subject or another may choose to use different colors, but the basic techniques are relatively the same regardless of the subject.
Prost!
Brad
