Yes i know, i rarely finish my minis, but im working on this one for GD.
Im happy how its going, im working on the idea of getting my highlights down first, then blending those layers together at the end.
I like the way he is coming along. If you can try to make they eyes sharper.
Cool, I've got one of these in the pile. Are you using Camo green for your highlights?
looking good so far. I only like 2 skin tones for Orcs and thats one of them. the other being a slightly yellowy tone :clap2:
When is the GD held in Australia?
Quote from: Perv on August 17, 2007, 12:42:11 PM
looking good so far. I only like 2 skin tones for Orcs and thats one of them. the other being a slightly yellowy tone :clap2:
Cough! Cough!
He's coming along good, there's a slight bit of black below his right eye from when you did his Iris.
I'm one to talk about doing eye's. :icon_redface:
Quote from: Wristaction on August 17, 2007, 03:49:02 PM
Quote from: Perv on August 17, 2007, 12:42:11 PM
looking good so far. I only like 2 skin tones for Orcs and thats one of them. the other being a slightly yellowy tone :clap2:
Cough! Cough!
He's coming along good, there's a slight bit of black below his right eye from when you did his Iris.
I'm one to talk about doing eye's. :icon_redface:
lol after a year of display in my room they all take on a yellowy tint, cough! cough!
Eagle eye Wristy spots a smudge, thats why I always do eyes with a pen now :icon_wink:
Only two you like.... :icon_tears:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/164503
Voted for ya Wristy. Redfink was right on spot with his comment.
ok some changes to the skin work after chatting with a guy who was tutoring me.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot016cropped.jpg)
The skin looks very natural to me (not that horrible 'cartoon' green that a lot of Orks are painted) so that's a plus point :clap2: .
The red phone (and smaller details) contrasts nicely with the rest of the mini.
I think you could do worse than to darken the jacket slightly because the more natural skin tone blends a bit with it.
Overall it looks pretty darned good but could do with a little more contrast to make it really POP.
OOoooo he's abit cool!!
Great skin tones!!
:clap2: The skin tone and the shading on it are great. I agree with Inso that if you made the jacket darker to contrast a bit more it would pop! On the other hand I think you have done a very good job with the jacket and wouldn't want you to possibly muck up quality work. Are the boots supposed to look dusty? Overall terrific work Kurt
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thanks guys.. all the tips are very helpful.
The boots are not done yet mike. The powdery look is the zenithal priming i did.
Ah zenithal (Matts favoite technique) :icon_wink:
Quote from: Wristaction on August 17, 2007, 06:18:30 PM
Only two you like.... :icon_tears:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/164503
Voted an 8 for ya Wristy, sorry I missed that post. I think that fig you did is great but I like a bit more cartoony paint job for an Orcskin as afterall there is no reallife skin tone for an Orc so how can you get it lifelike or natural? no one with green skin looks natural do they? Even lizards and frogs which are mainly green dont have a set colour, they range from Dark Angel green to Scorpion Green.
Both those Orcs are superb though and a damn sight better than my attempt. I have only painted one Orc and I couldnt get the skin right there. Took me about 16 years to get Dwarf skin how I liked it so not even gonna think about an Orc lol
ok some more self indulgent piccies. On a suggestion from the manager at my local GW, we decided a wanna be pilot grot would add to the whole deal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot019grot.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot020grot.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot.jpg)
Very nice, one thing I would suggest early on is keep the colour's on the grot very muted. And do the lenses on the goggles in a dark tint.
The blue goggles on the Ork provide a great focal point, but the red phone (is it a phone?) and small red accents are already trying to pull the focal point downwards diagonally right to where the grot is. If you have even a small bit of bright eye catching colour the grot will become the center of attention, which I assume is not top of your priority list.
But keeping the grot dark will bounce the eyes back up to the bright blue.
Hope this helps!
Good point. although the idea was to give the grot comical 3d glasses where one is red and the other blue.
Ill try it, and paint it dark if it doesnt work. Thanks for the tip, i hadnt thought of that when i laid it all out.
I would still do them like that, but keep them darker than the red and blue used on the ork. Adding black will lower the value and mute them down, as opposed to adding a complementary colour to simply shade them.
Nice idea Kurt. I hope you place in the comp.
ok i need an opinion.. Stick with where im going with this base, or go for the alternative of a light concrete colour with an imperial eagle stencil on it., then weathered with greens and browns.
I have done some marble effect on the lower left, although im not sure if i can pull it off for the whole piece.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot022.jpg)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/agentmolar/orcpilot023.jpg)
Is there a pic of the other base?
No i mean that if this base is not good, ill repaint it with the other design.
Sorry it was late. It looks good the way it is.