You did really great on these. The edge highlighting is very consistent and makes the purple stand out. So I would build up on things which benefit from that.
Don’t stress the eyes. Especially with AJ the other detail you have in the face the viewer will just assume they are in the shadows and not notice. You can lean into that illusion by doing a darker shade coat and some even brighter highlights on the face (nose and cheekbones on this guy, for example).
Mediocre Hobbies shows done good examples of this technique.
With edge highlighting that crisp in the swords you will be able to pay around with NMM and your highlights will cover for any trouble on the blending/transitions. Nice midpoint is too do NMM style transitions between a few different shades of silver, then top it off with your sharp edge again. It will make those swords look more alive.
If you have the patience to add a few layers to your process you can bump the shadows all around so the sink as much as you highlights rise. After the base coats hit the whole mini with shade paint (probably Nuln Oil for these colors) and then re-establish the base colors, leaving the darker edges, maybe one lighter purple on that (even a dry brush from above to show light), and then your edge highlights like you have here.
Last thing is take photos of one at a time. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to get 3+minis in focus at once and I think we miss some of your with here because the camera is confused about what to focus on.
Thanks! That’s a lot of good points. I’ll have to check out the video (and start practicing nmm).
Damn about the shading though. I actually did use nuln oil for black lining the crevices and things but i guess i’ll have to use more if it’s not showing up.
You did really great on these. The edge highlighting is very consistent and makes the purple stand out. So I would build up on things which benefit from that.
Don’t stress the eyes. Especially with AJ the other detail you have in the face the viewer will just assume they are in the shadows and not notice. You can lean into that illusion by doing a darker shade coat and some even brighter highlights on the face (nose and cheekbones on this guy, for example). Mediocre Hobbies shows done good examples of this technique.
With edge highlighting that crisp in the swords you will be able to pay around with NMM and your highlights will cover for any trouble on the blending/transitions. Nice midpoint is too do NMM style transitions between a few different shades of silver, then top it off with your sharp edge again. It will make those swords look more alive.
If you have the patience to add a few layers to your process you can bump the shadows all around so the sink as much as you highlights rise. After the base coats hit the whole mini with shade paint (probably Nuln Oil for these colors) and then re-establish the base colors, leaving the darker edges, maybe one lighter purple on that (even a dry brush from above to show light), and then your edge highlights like you have here.
Last thing is take photos of one at a time. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to get 3+minis in focus at once and I think we miss some of your with here because the camera is confused about what to focus on.
Thanks! That’s a lot of good points. I’ll have to check out the video (and start practicing nmm).
Damn about the shading though. I actually did use nuln oil for black lining the crevices and things but i guess i’ll have to use more if it’s not showing up.
Lining always ends up being too delicate. Go wild with it and just bring the color back up afterwards!