@Adrian thanks very much mate, I really appreciate it.
@Zoddtheimmortal I have a weird obsession with making the legs longer on alot of my minis. Ah, yer, thats good to hear they look Russian, I’m not specifically going for that look, but I’m not a big fan of the Mesopotamian vibe, so I’m trying to steer away from that a bit.
@Reaver hahaha everyone needs at least one naked berserker I think. I was planning on having a crack at doing one up for the Brazen Bastards once I’ve finished this unit of 10 warriors. It’ll be interesting, I’ve never sculpted a full miniature before.
Just a tiny WIP today, got a little bit of time to paint so made a start on the crewmens skin, I’m trying to work on some faster rougher painting techniques as Im normally pretty slow.
Heres a quick rundown on how I like to do my metals, it starts with a true metallic base, then uses the Matte finish of Scale75 paints to dull it right down. I think this method can be used for a quick rough paintjob but also if you really take your time with it and get smooth blends it looks great.
The photos I took are doing it quick and messy.
Paints:
Speed metal
Arabic shadow
Graphene grey
Eclipse grey
Flat black
Arctic blue
White
Add a thin glaze to the tips of the metal in Arabic shadow, you can use any colour here to get different effects, I like Arabic because it adds a warm earthy effect, but I’ve done blue before for a clean ethereal metal.
Thanks a lot for the tutorial. I suspected that you were using scalecolor paints – I love the matte finish. I’m struggling a lot with metallics. I bought scale 75 metallics for that reason last year which is definitely an upgrade to my old VMC metallics. Never attempted to use non-metallic paints for highlights though – judging from the pictures that looks much better than using a brighter metallic paint for the edges. How does thinner differ from acrylic medium?
No worries at all man, and thanks for the compliments.
I can’t give a good comparison between thinner and medium because Ive never used medium. Thinner though is essentially purified water I think, so when you mix it with paint just turns it into a wash or a glaze. I find working with thinner watery paints alot easier, it lets me control where I want it to go alot better.
I love the scale 75 colours, they do some amazing browns and greys all with a super matte finish. And when you glaze them over a metallic paint you can still see hints of the metal through the matte.
Great work on these. Striking sculpts. I love how your models are all clear Chaos Dwarfs but with a completely different look to them.
Been using the scale color paints in my current mix for a few 3-4 months now. The matte finish is amazing, and they blend so well. Now it seems I may have to try out the metallics and non-metallic highlights. Certainly something interesting to play around with.
Not an expert but in general a standard acrylic medium should keep the paint properties about the same (or at worst yield an eventual consistency of the acrylic medium if you use enough of it). The pigment is just spread (dispersed) through more liquid. Then there are matte and gloss variations of acrylic medium if you are looking to add one of those modifiers.
Where thinner does what @dedled described in addition to being useful to get paints to pass through an airbrush.
Thanks @Reaver, that video is great! Even though I know what medium chemically is, I somehow had this misconception in my head that more medium + paint = wash. But I do have some flow improver lying around somewhere.
The Lammasu is one of the big reasons I started this army because they’re such a weird unique monster. I wanted to make mine a bit less comical than the original though and add some horror and darker influences.
I decided to go riderless so as not to take away from the Lammasu itself, also my Lammasu is a kind of ancestor spirirt and I reckon that the dwarves probably wouldn’t ride him.
Big photo dump ahead.
I printed a bull off thingiverse and and added a face.
I added the rune hat and glowing Rune for a bit of OSL and he needed something bright to draw the eye. I made his hair from stripped down electrical wire and added a bit of neck armour hanging from the hat.
Honestly my fav mini from the last comp and first i voted for. So weird and otherworldly, almost unsettling. But Lamassu are nothing if not strange beings. I loved this original take on the creature. It’s a model I’d love to have in my collection. Great work
I think it says a lot to be so new to the forum and instantly have your entry stand out as being yours says alot… did I notice the asshole? no, but I voted for it anyway
Blown away instantly from your entry. I knew since the first second that you were going to be my solid vote.
This is a model that people would really pay to have in the collection! Your style is to me in a way associable to @Tyranno s historical CDs
Lovely entry.
No denying the impressive details and creativity behind it.
I was particularly drawn to the face, it exudes so much: age, wisdom, cold, calculating and somehow benevolent.
It really feels like a CD spirit animal.
100% my thoughts as well. Barely a few months in and both your sculpting and painting styles are iconic. Your muted tones and baby bull’s bottom clean blends are something to behold. The bright wire bent on the hat is a great add.
