New paint scheme I’m trying for a specific purpose – diorama rather than playing piece. I’m still trying to raise the game here, and losing perspective a wee bit – I’ll probably throw him on a decent quality painting forum and brace myself for a mauling.
Face hasn't been touched yet beyond basecoat, i tend to do faces last, i know that's procedurally stupid, but i like to see the guy come together at the end and the face to me is a large part of that. it also helps me determine how long to actually spend on the face hehe.
I've also got a lot of retail left to do on him, to bring it all together, but i guess I'm going to go looking for feedback, cos from one angle he looks okay and form another i can see a huge list of flaws and improvements :)
Any development points from you, dear reader would be appreciated.
I’ll also update you with the results of my forum exploration.
He looks good at this stage to me aside from the face which you mentioned hasn't been touched. The helmet visor and general camo look great.
ReplyDelete2 things that did stand out to me as somewhere to look for improvements - the gun casinglooks a tad flat. The shaded area of the grab handle are cool - but the main body casing doesn't have the same depth.
Also the quilting needs something more - not sure if its more highlighting or more shading depth pushed but it looks flat (sorry for reusing that word but that's all that's springing to mind)>
Hi Muppet, thanks for the comments, and no, the quilting hasnt been touched beyond a basecoat yet either..
DeleteI think what will adress a lot of the issues is when i actually layer in the bulk of the shadows as i intend to use a bluer contrast shadow to sort out the depth issue with the larger areas.
Thinking of colour balance, are you dead set on the light blue visor ? Effectively, following the lesson of three colours on a mini in balance, perhaps an orange visor, to ally it to the boots and gloves ? Or will the third colour, currently the light blue, be reflected elsewhere in the diaomarama ? Perhaps his feet are on shattered glass ?
ReplyDeleteOBTW, the plasma pistol's are in the post - I was temped to mark the envelope 'hazardous' but suspected that the Royal Mail would have a sense of humour failure.
I will have another blue (or should that be Bloo) object in the diorama, yes :) moreover i intend to add csome colder shadows to the mini above which should help the contrast and tie in the visor more..
Deletelet's see :)
also, many hanks i look forward to them, and yes, i agree, not renowned for their senses of humour these undervalued private offerings.
Great looking model :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Hobbyworker!
DeleteThe lasgun seems to blend in a bit, but for me its his shoulder area that seems lack contrast. It could use a strong color to pick out the difference between plates and cloth. Realistic camo usually lacks a over color theme besides brown/green, so this guys visor turns into a main vocal point of the mini.
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DeleteI still have to add a heavy weather/metal chipping tot he plate sections which i am hoping will define thier edges more and make them read better.
Naturally, I'm incapable of offering any constructive thoughts on your skill, but I really reallyreally like this fellow!
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