André's WIPs

[razhburz]

thanks mate
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Jnr Wrote:
i'm just a bit concerned i see a lot of texture in your finish, are you thinning the metals enough or is it the age old cant get a decent pic problem!
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hmm I think its is a mix of both. I need to think about that. thanks for telling me Dennis.


Thanks,

André

[razhburz]

here is yet another update.
he looks a bit better IRL. its very hard to get the pics right.




I have painted the clothes in a sorta pale green, given the spear tip a few more black washes and painted the chanmail.
What do you guys think about the chainmail? I'm not too sure about it.
I have aso washed the back with some red.

Well, thanks for looking


//André

[Tim C]

I think this is coming out very nicely indeed Andre, the more it is painted the more Nurgly you are making it look.

[razhburz]

Thanks mate You don't think it is starting to look messy?
next thing I'll do is to repaint the thing (what would you call that?) I added on the shoulder.

Thanks again,

André

[jabberwocky]

I am liking the chainmail. I think you might go back and selectively do some very gentle highlighting to make it "pop" a bit more. The armor is looking good too, but I would recommend a couple of things. First, take some thinned black and outline the bolts--they are getting lost in the rust I think. Secondly, to also accentuate them better, hit 'em with some silver to make them pop out a bit. As far as it looking messy, I don't think it looks bad at all--you have to remember (particularly with the latest pics) this fella is blown up to 4 or 5 times his real size. This is good for picking out details and allowing us to give you a good critique, but it will also show every, single, little bitty flaw. Cut down the size a bit to get a better idea how it looks to the naked eye and then post that. I tend to like the bigger pics for the WIP's, but definitely get it closer to real life size for the final shot.

That being said, as I look at the face, the darklining on the face (really just the nasolabial fold) is a bit thick and there looks to be an errant brownish brushmark on the forehead below the nurgle symbol on the forehead.

[Tim C]

That is excellent critique Jabber, thanks for that post Andre take note.

[razhburz]

Thanks matey I'll follow your advice just a small question, which part do is the bolts (sorry for this stupid questionb ut wnglish is not my first language )


EDIT: I have printed out your post jabber so I don't miss anything

[razhburz]

is it these things that are called bolts?

[jabberwocky]

Right, Razh. That was what I was refering to.

[mousekiller]

Jabber, you are always spot on with your recommendations. Razh, I would also recommend a bit of a brown, or rust, wash for the spear tip. Looks a little bit too clean right now for it to be nurgle..

[razhburz]

Thanks mateys

I wanted to get some contrast from the brown thats why the spear tip is painted like that. I agree it does not look very nurgleish, but do you think there would be another way to do than brown?

Thanks again

[mousekiller]

Reddish brown or maybe some oranges...

[razhburz]

thanks mate
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When I read Dennis different contest ideas (in the comeptition forum) my eye was caught on the duel one, and I rememberd an idea I got some months ago. I ´have decided to go for it and enter it in the Open cat in the fang.

here is the start



the idea is that I will have these two chaps. the peasent trying to run away and the orc kills him with a shoot from his bow. I might include a squig some where too I know it might sounds a bit dull, but when I have come a bit futher it might even look cool

Thanks for looking

André

[mousekiller]

That looks like it is going to be a lot of fun. Any ideas on the base yet.

[razhburz]

Thanks mate I don't know what to base it on. but I have some ideas on how the base will look like, some fences a large rock (wich the orc will be standing on) some smaller rocks and bushes and similar things...oh, yes, A tree too (possible with some snotlings in the branches )
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here is a update on the nurgle chapion:
I have followed your advice and here is what he look like now (man, its hard to get good pics though ).



as you can see i have also painted some leather armour on his legs


Thanks for looking,

André

[razhburz]

while I have continued painting I have meet a small problem. I can't decide in what colour to paint the bags in (n the red "circles"). do you have any tips or ideas?



Thanks

[Tim C]

Mmm not sure on that mate, I would have said darkish browns but that would make them blend into the rest of the model, you could go for dirty reds a Scab Red kind of colour what you don't want is anything bright.

[razhburz]

hmmm red that might work. thanks mate

here is also an update. the things I have fixed since last update are:
the head hanging under the spear.
the rope aroundis waist.
given the spear tip some dark brown washes.
Painted some straps and more leather armour.
some metal leg armour
painted the handle of the spear and maybe something more which I don't remember atm.






Thanks fo looking

André

EDIT: P.S. tomorrow I'll try to get some pics outside. my light inside is not very good

[menace]

gruesome! and suitably so... maybe for the bags you could go for some kind of raw leather look with old blood stains saturating the bottom, like he has some 'trophies' in there

[jabberwocky]

Nice job on the bolts--perfectly done. Hmm...the bags...I might go for something a bit lighter just to break things up a bit. There is a lot of brown on his backside between the leather leggings and the armor. Perhaps a dirty gray? I think Dennis's suggestion on the blood stains is great. Keeps in style with the mini and also adds a touch of red for contrast.

[razhburz]

Thanks guys you got me something to think about.
I really like the strained blood idea. dirty greymight be a good contrast too. any ideas onhow to achive a dirty grey?

Thanks

[menace]

razhburz said:

Thanks guys you got me something to think about.
I really like the strained blood idea. dirty greymight be a good contrast too. any ideas onhow to achive a dirty grey?

Thanks

add a little scorched brown to codex grey and add mix fortress grey to highlight then build up the blood washes maybe as how Tim does swords with blood red and chaos black ???worth a try!

[razhburz]

more updates

this time I took some pics from different angels to make it easier to get a picture of what it looks like




Should I highlight the chain a bit more?

here is also a close up on one thing i really happy with


Thanks for looking

[razhburz]

menace said:

razhburz said:

Thanks guys you got me something to think about.
I really like the strained blood idea. dirty greymight be a good contrast too. any ideas onhow to achive a dirty grey?

Thanks

add a little scorched brown to codex grey and add mix fortress grey to highlight then build up the blood washes maybe as how Tim does swords with blood red and chaos black ???worth a try!

ahh we were posting at the same time! I almost missed this. thaks for the tip buddy

[razhburz]

guess what... its another update!

painted the bags, what do you think? I'll have to go over the small ones again.








Thanks for looking

André