OMert'a attempted at a WIP!

Omerta · **Joined:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:39 pm **Posts:** 6

Hii guys, long time follower, first time poster hehe. Been looking at everyone's WIPS for quite a while now, they are all very impressive.
Anyway, i re found my models and stuff the other day when i was packing things up to move, and decided to keep them and try get back into painting rather then selling them. ---Pre-warning i am not a great painter at all---- but its all good fun (:
Decided to make a WIP to try and give me some motivation to paint them more since i have so many models to work on :twisted:

Painted this guy a week or 2 ago (ive cleaned the bits of greenstuff off him now btw xD)

And i only have these to do!!

More or less all the painted ones could do with repainting or a touch up too xD

I take on board all critisms an what not, as i expect them, but please dont flame me too much :puppy:

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:47 pm

Your troll looks great, the skin tone is spot on!!
Only thing I can suggest if I may is that maybe give the armour a wash with devlin mud or some heavily watered down scorched brown. Give it a dirtier batte worn look to it.
Great painting and an excellent start to your WIP thread. Looks like you have your hands full with plenty of models to paint.

John Wayne · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:19 pm

I think the Troll is awesome! :yay:

Not a good painter ugh? - liar

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:31 pm

Very nice troll!

Omerta · **Joined:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:39 pm **Posts:** 6

Washed the troll as suggested, looks better, the picture outdoes do it justice though, ty for that tip

also found more green stuff on it, i only notice it when i look at the pictures xD

decided to do a handful of pretty easterlings

will be re doing the painted ones

Just done some rough ones to see what i like, did this to the armor and was wondering what you think to it, i coated it black, then mithril silver, then shining gold ( but it was too bright) so did quite a heavy brush of tin bitz

also noticed that my mumak isn't put together right i am missing the part that comes out over the mumaks head

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:09 pm

Awesome - that second wash has really made a difference!! Wel done

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:58 pm

I agree, the wash over the troll really helped define the paint job!!

Omerta · **Joined:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:39 pm **Posts:** 6

More or less finished, need to do the base and the guys sword (which i only just noticed haha)
Anything you guys think i should do (i finished these at like 2am so probably missed some things XD)
C&C are always good, comments on the cloaks would be good, a but rusty at it lol :-X

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:57 am

From what I can see on the cloaks the variation between basecoat an highlight is extremely stark. My advice would be too use a mid tone that is applied straight on to the more raised areas of the baseoated clok - mid tone lighter than the baseoat but darker than the bright highlight you have finished up on there. Once the mid tone is applied - use the brighter highlighting colour you have used there and just highlight the most prominent raised areas of the cloak. All your cloak highlights are in the right place mate its just the jump between the 2 shades is a little escessive a mid tone will really help to smooth it out. No need to change the ones you have done they look great - armour is spot on and the blue is a nice touch. Have a crack with the mid tone on your next lot

Constantine · **Posted:** Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:39 pm

I saw the first photo of your remaining models and I thought "Hmm these are not so many what is he talking about" and then I scrolled down and suddenly I sympathized with you and your ongoing effort. Your troll looks nice. I agree with DMS's comment, you need to apply more tones to make the transition between colors smoother and more natural and then you can also use washes it will help accentuate the different shades and indentations. I like your troll, I wish I'd have him

Shieldmaiden · **Posted:** Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:43 pm

I agree with what the other guys said - you're on the right track but a little bit off.

Is that Burnished Gold you've used for the Armour? It's quite an inconsistent colour straight out of the bottle - this is what gives you the darker less opaque areas. A good way to combat this is to do a preliminary layer of Tin Bitz (Bronze) or a brown of sorts - it brings out the warmth in the gold. I'd also say that rather than dipping into the bottle, get a bigger brush and scoop some onto a pallette and mix it with your brush first.

OMert'a attempted at a WIP!

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