My priest

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

First Model ever painted

[Dragoon King]

The face could use some detailing, but overall, not bad I'd say!

[lord marcus]

its good, very good for a first model. i could suggest a few things though.

1. the cloak looks a bit flat, don't overstep yourself, but mabe add a line of purple or red to out line it.

2. give the face a coat of flesh wash, the silver armor a coat of black ink, and the gold a coat of flesh wash or chestnut ink (all thinned mind you)

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

yes yes, i was going to wait for the wash set to come out (pre ordered mine) and yea i put another coat of tanned flesh on the head. I am planning to outline the cloak with a little bit of purple.....and i have no idea how to do eyes! lol

[Dragoon King]

Originally Posted by GazgutzDaBiggun

yes yes, i was going to wait for the wash set to come out (pre ordered mine) and yea i put another coat of tanned flesh on the head. I am planning to outline the cloak with a little bit of purple.....and i have no idea how to do eyes! lol

There might be a painting tut on eyes somewhere. I know Hairy did a very good one on painting faces, you should check it out. Let me find the link.

[lord marcus]

oh, just noticed, paint the fur trim brown please.

[Rellik]

really good for your first model!

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

Originally Posted by lord marcus

oh, just noticed, paint the fur trim brown please.

i was actually looking for like a wolf type cloak lol

[lord marcus]

still, highlight it white then

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

im sorta new to painting....what is highlighting?

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

I touched up the priest heres the pic

[Four20edLogan]

Looks good

[Prince of the Night]

Pretty good paint work for your first mini. My advice is to just keep experimenting and attempt to try different ideas. There are many threads here with very well painted minis. Look around and don't be afraid to ask questions here, as everyone here is friendly and is not hesitant to share tips and ideas.

A highlight is a final painting step used to get a depth look to a model. For the face as an example would be to add a little white to your face color and just paint the raised areas to create more of a realistic look. Paint the high areas such as his cheeks ,the tip of his nose and his brow line and that will give you a more natural look, and give it depth. The cloak you could just use a bright red or orange and paint the edges as a highlight.

[liveevil2000]

Very good first attempt. If you dont know what some terms mean or certain painting techniques are. Google is your friend.
Try googling
Dry Brushing
Miniature Highlighting
Miniature blacklining
etc ...
This is how I learned a bunch of techniques. Also, there is a tremendous wealth of knowledge right here on this site. Ask one of the VERY accomplished painters/modelers here. I have been painting for a very long time, and the guys here still have the ability to make my jaw drop.

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

Brutus and His personally trained Greatswords

[lord marcus]

nice stuff, i also like the twin tailed commets. what i meant was drybrush/highlight (or "a drybrush highlight" as i call it) some white on the fur part.

[Lord Commander Erus]

MARCUS!

Last warning.. Until we've come to a decision on signature links to other forums, yours is to be removed. Remove it NOW.


And, the technique you were speaking of is dry brushing, I'd mix some grey and white to paint on the fur trim, to separate it from the grey of the cloak, then drybrush some white over it. Over, black. Both colors are seen mixed in with grey wolves.

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

Like This?

[Lord Commander Erus]

Almost exactly like that! You're getting the idea. IT takes time and practice, but that's not too bad.

[munkey joe paints]

Not bad....Now if you want give that a black wash to settle in the deep spots and it will look really really nice!!!

here is a drybrush article for you ......drybrush

[GazgutzDaBiggun]

Thank you....Yea my flesh is currently dark flesh first then tanned flesh

[lord marcus]

exactly what i meant! good job!

[hairyyahoo]

Originally Posted by GazgutzDaBiggun

Thank you....Yea my flesh is currently dark flesh first then tanned flesh

add a bit of white or bleached bone if you have it to the tanned flesh and follow Prince of the night's advice for the face. or just use dwarf/elf flesh if you have those.

highlighting, as has been said, is what brins a mini to life. basically, once the base colour has gone on paint a darker shade of it into the recesses and a lighter shade onto the ridges. it might help to imagine where the theoretical light source would be for your mini. for example you could think to yourself that the sun would be in front of your priest, slightly off to the left. this would mean that any surface facing left would be slightly lighter than the base colour and serfaces facing right would be slightly darker, and that the top of such areas would be lighter than the bottom.

the wash thing that munkey mentioned is basically an ink, or a paint diluted with water to the consistancy thinner than milk, which helps shade certain areas that are hard to get to. try thinning some chaos black with clean water until you can see the mixing pallet through it and then paint this onto the metal areas. the wash will run into the recesses but leave the ridges more or less the original colour. just be careful not to overload your brush. it'll take a bit of practice but once you master it you never paint in flat colours again!