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Nightclaw's Painting and Conversions!

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Nightclaw, Feb 23, 2018.

  1. Fulcrum
    Cold One

    Fulcrum Well-Known Member

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    My gosh that ripper is gorgeous... I know what I'm emulating when I finish mine now...
     
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  2. n810
    Slann

    n810 First Spawning

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    :sorry: Man I can only see to top edge of the pictures, the rest refuses to load and I just get this weird grey static in its place.
     
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  3. Itepixcauh
    Carnasaur

    Itepixcauh Stranded Ghekkotah Staff Member

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    STRIKING!

    That's the word I've been looking for while I drooled over the pictures.

    Very striking painting style, also WELCOME!
     
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  4. Lord-Marcus
    Slann

    Lord-Marcus Sixth Spawning

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  5. n810
    Slann

    n810 First Spawning

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    Hey I finally got the pictures to load,
    wow some amazing stuff here.
    Great job man. :pompus:
     
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  6. Nightclaw
    Saurus

    Nightclaw Active Member

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    Thanks! I looked through your painting blog and WOW Im impressed! Fantastic work sir...truly fantastic!
     
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  7. Nightclaw
    Saurus

    Nightclaw Active Member

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    I actually used some white modeling epoxy. Similar to Green stuff. Works great for larger objects.

    Thanks! Glad they loaded finally!
     
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  8. Lohasbrand
    Skink

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    I love the carnosaur, how do you paint the red on its scales? It looks brilliant!
     
  9. Nightclaw
    Saurus

    Nightclaw Active Member

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    Thanks!

    So for the red scales I started out with a very dark mix. I didnt use Citadel paints for these...so theres no "used this color then this one" thing here. My base coat was a very dark burgundy with brown in it. I then used a much brighter red for the first layer, in order to really define the recesses. I didnt do any dry brushing for the scales. Everything was done in progressively lighter colors. Took alot of time to do but its worth it!
     
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  10. Nightclaw
    Saurus

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    Ok...time for my next major art dump...

    This time its MY army instead of commissioned work. I will post more images tomorrow too, I ran out of good light for taking pictures.

    So to start off, my Bast.

    Bast_01.jpg Bast_03.jpg Bast_04.jpg Bast_02.jpg
     
  11. Nightclaw
    Saurus

    Nightclaw Active Member

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    And now my Terradons
    Teradon_01.jpg Teradon_02.jpg Teradon_03.jpg Teradon_04.jpg Teradon_05.jpg Teradon_06.jpg Teradon_07.jpg Teradon_08.jpg
     
  12. Nightclaw
    Saurus

    Nightclaw Active Member

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    And a Carnosaur

    Carno_01.jpg Carno_02.jpg Carno_03.jpg Carno_04.jpg Carno_05.jpg Carno_06.jpg Carno_07.jpg Carno_08.jpg
     
  13. Burwinkelito
    Saurus

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    I simply LOVE your colour scheme in monsters..... could you give some details about the colours?

    I mean de Dark blue /Light(white) blue ones
     
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  14. Nightclaw
    Saurus

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    Thanks!

    I started out with grey primer (in hindsight white would have been better.) I then had to do about 2 coats of Ceramic White (I used all Citadel paints on this) for the parts I was going to have white. I also then painted all the parts that were going to be the darker blue with The Fang. Shaded all over with Drakenhof Nightshade. Then the color progression was this:

    Blue:
    The Fang (to bring the color back instead of the much darker shade)
    Another coat of Drakenhof Nightshade
    Another layer of The Fang
    I SHOULD have done a highlight pass on most of the darker blue and I may do so at some point. But I left it there.

    White:
    I basically bordered the recesses with these colors, layering them up to a final white. It works out well that the below listed greys are more blue than grey.
    Russ Grey
    Fenrisian Grey
    50% Fenrisian Grey 50% Ulthuan Grey
    Ulthuan Grey
    50% Ulthuan Grey 50% White Scar
    White Scar (final highlights)
     
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  15. Burwinkelito
    Saurus

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    It looks nice, i will try it with some Terradons, since the result in them was what called my attention to look closer to the colours. I am amazed...
    Thanks for the tips!;)
     
  16. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Wow, great job on all of those!
     
  17. Nightclaw
    Saurus

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    I found a handful of my WIP shots too!

    Carno_WIP (1).jpg Carno_WIP (2).jpg Carno_WIP (3).jpg Carno_WIP (4).jpg Carno_WIP (5).jpg
     
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  18. Nightclaw
    Saurus

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    My Saurus Warriors

    Saurus (1).JPG Saurus (2).JPG Saurus (3).JPG Saurus (4).JPG Saurus (5).JPG Saurus (6).JPG Saurus (7).JPG Saurus (8).JPG
     
  19. Nightclaw
    Saurus

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    Saurus

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    MORE SKINKS! Skinks (10).JPG Skinks (11).JPG Skinks (12).JPG
     

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