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Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 1:53 am
by Elugin
Prince of Spires wrote:
I'm not sold on Naidra. The leaning back pose looks a bit silly to me. Also the outfit can't be practical... Though that's a fairly standard female fantasy outfit I guess.
I see what you mean. I have to admit that the leaning back pose is partly my fault, the way I re-based it now enhances the effect. However that is a temporary solution and I'll glue the model to the base only after I am done painting. I'll keep in mind your comment and try to put her back at a more natural looking angle.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 1:04 am
by Elugin
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 8:08 am
by Prince of Spires
Thanks for the detailed in progress pictures. They give a clear idea of what's going on.
The end result looks great. Some really good additions to a nice model I think.
Rod
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:56 pm
by Elugin
Finally some updates.
As soon as I started painting the first model I realized I had a major problem: the undercoat with the spray white paint was awful.
I know that you should not spray when there is high humidity so I waited when the weather website was claiming the air was dry... apparently in Miami it's never dry enough.
So I had to strip the base coat. For most miniatures it was easy (my wife's acetone nail polish). However I read that acetone is bad for green stuff and, for the converted models I had to find a good cleaner. In the end 24 hours of soaking in pure Lysol (tip for painters in the U.S.) and an old toothbrush did the job. Now for the basecoat I use the black GW primer and then a layer of white GW basecoat.
Eventually I have been able to do the real painting and here is the finished Naidra:
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:32 pm
by SpellArcher
Nice colours and detail work.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:22 am
by Ferny
She looks very good painted
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:39 am
by Elugin
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:00 pm
by SpellArcher
There's a real contrast between the predominantly earthy colours and the blue.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:27 am
by Prince of Spires
Love the paint job and the mini. The contrast between the blue and the earthy colours is indeed great.
I'm a big fan of airbrush priming. It allows for a much thinner layer and really gets the primer where you want it to. Also, it's a much cheaper option in my experience then spray can primer and a lot faster then doing it by hand. I personally use a transparent primer, which I can then give a black, white or black and white base layer.
Rod
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:21 am
by Elugin
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:34 am
by Shannar, Sealord
good to see you've started up again, and congratulations
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:45 am
by RE.Lee
Very nice skin tones!
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:20 am
by Prince of Spires
Welcome back. Family tends to come in between hobby time every now and then. Especially if it involves that family becoming larger...
I like Elahna. Nothing too flashy on the paint job. The natural colors work well on the model.
Rod
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:36 am
by Elugin
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:45 pm
by SpellArcher
Love the daemon head!
Looks like he might be a good fit with Sisters of Battle.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:38 am
by Elugin
SpellArcher wrote:Love the daemon head!
Looks like he might be a good fit with Sisters of Battle.
Or... I am too dedicated to 40k Grey Knights
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:47 am
by Elugin
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 3:21 am
by Shannar, Sealord
nicely done.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:51 am
by Prince of Spires
I like him a lot. For a first attempt it's very impressive. And you've gotten pretty close to your inspiration pic I think. And the small details, like the source lighting on the hood are great.
How did you manage the stars?
Rod
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:11 pm
by SpellArcher
Lovely job, the colours are really alive!
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:51 am
by Elugin
Prince of Spires wrote:
How did you manage the stars?
For the isolated stars I did dots with a very thin brush (I don't remember if I used 00 or 000).
For the white diffuse glow of the Milky Way I used drops of very thinned down white paint. This part is trickier because the drops created unpleasant rings, I had to re-paint over the white background a little to remove the rings.
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:01 am
by Prince of Spires
That's a really cool idea for the milky way. Thanks for sharing it!
Re: Under the vaults of Elugin's Arcanaeum - The Beginning
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:38 pm
by Luna Guardian
Great job, especially for a first attempt! If you hadn't said so, I would never have guessed
Yeah, those rings are always a pain when using watered down paints, I wonder if using Lahmian Medium or something similar would work better?