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Awesome!!
Not one bit less then expected

Gr, Imrahil

 

Thanks for all the support with regards to everchosen.

Finished the display base for the Saurus scar veteran, was really fun to work on as I've never done a base like this. I can now get to work on the actual lizard himself, so that's going to be interesting.

Also in the coming months we may see some blood bowl miniatures....

C&C is welcome

 

The saurus is now in progress!

Calling the lower half done, moving onto the torso/arms.

Some really brutal close ups here, I also tried to improve my TMM after previous feedback.

All C&C is welcome

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Do I see correctly that you painted that cracks on metal pieces freehandedly?

 

Yes, tried to up my TMM game, so I've tried to increase the contrast as well as add chipping to the metal.

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Model looks great already, even though the top half is unfinished.

How do you get those smooth blends and color-transitions?

 

Inspiring work. Any chance you'd share how you handled the "fleshy" reddish purple parts of the skin? I love that natural look and you executed it so well. I'd love to try and emmulate it

 

So its freehand cracks and contrast. May I ask you if the contrast is a pure wash or did you use multiple silver metallic paint "species"?

 

Combination of glazing, wet blending and spit blending. I based the model in mid tone, then shaded down via glazes of my shadow colour, I then could add a recess shade of the darkest shadow colour. To bring the colour back up I would spit blend, this is done by applying the paint, then wetting the brush quickly (often using the mouth) and then blending the colours in. Its quite difficult to explain how to blend, it's something that gets easier the more you do it as you'll understand how the paint/brush moves about. The paint usually tends to be strongest at the end of the stroke, so always end your stroke where you want tge most pigment.

Probably not the best explanation, but I hope it helps.

Its usually easier if you can see it visually, I'd recommend you check out 'Squidmar Miniatures' on YouTube. He does really high quality videos, and his painting is high quality.

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I did very subtle glazes of Scale75 'sunset Purple' and 'blood red'

The paints need to be thinned like water, add the paint to the brush then just touch some kitchen roll (who whatever you usually use to dry your brush) then carefully glaze into the area you want the colour. The pigment is strongest where the brush stroke ends, so always glaze into where you want the colour.

The pigments are quite strong so you need to moderate how much you apply, less is more, its best to add too little then too much, as you can always come back to it.

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Colours I used were vallejo model air 'steel' and 'chrome' as well as scale75 'decay black'.

I based the metal in vallejo steel, I then glazed Chrome into where I wanted the metal to be brightest. Decay black could then be used to glaze into the areas I want darkest, the good thing about decay black is that it is quite glossy so it will not dull the metal.

I could then use the previous colours to glaze back up into areas I wanted brightest again. Edges could now be highlighted via chrome.

I added chipping via very small lines or dots of the black, I then added chrome under each chipp to add highlight it, and add depth. Small stippling of chrome or very fine lines could be added to create scratches / pitting.

Hope this helps

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That is a very detailed explanation, thank you very much!

 

Just jaw-dropping awesome painted

Gr, Imrahil

 

Here is the finished Saurus Scar Veteran.

What an awesome project, thoroughly enjoyed this guy, was welp worth the wait.

C&C is always welcome

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Some more pics

 

@Sir Rathalos Incredible work. How did you make the stone texture on your base?

 

Awesome work!

 

The paving was done by sculpting milliput, I also added some glyphs from various lizardmen kits.

 

Cheers