WIP March

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Re: WIP March

Post by me_in_japan » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:59 pm

no probs.

its not too fiddly.

You said your base colour was elf flesh, shaded with ogryn flesh, right?

Assuming the above statement is correct, put some elf flesh on a pallete (or bit of plastic - whatever).
Add a wee bit of water. Not too much - just enough so it flows more smoothly off your brush.
Add a little dark, dark blue or purple. If you dont have such a colour, a mid tone blue or purple would be fine, plus a teeny tiny dab of black.
Mix the above paints together. You should have a colour which basically looks like elf flesh but...unhealthier (and a bit darker. If its not darker enough, muck about a bit by adding more blue or purple, and maybe black. It shouldnt be hugely darker. Say, codex grey is darker than elf grey. That kind of difference. I dunno if that helps...)

paint this into the areas I mentioned before (armpits, knees, underboob, underchin, undernose.) You dont want it right up to the edge. e.g.

step 1 - this was done with 50% transparent airbrush in pshop using dark blue and kinda ogryn flesh colour. Its an approximation.
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step 2 - blend in the edges of the shading using the same colour, but watered down more (i simulated this in pshop using a bigger airbrush and 10% transparency). Youll need multiple layers to attain decent opacity. Use this to your advantage to make the transition smooth.
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heres a close up showing where I shaded. I based this purely off the shadows in the photo.
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give it a shotty - see how it goes. You can always paint it over with the elf flesh again.

PS - you could possibly use ogryn flesh to ease the transition between shadow and base colour, if you were v careful and added just a teensy tiny spot of the blue to the ogryn flesh, but you could just as well just use ogryn flesh at the join between colours and see what happened. tis up to you...

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before:after
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Re: WIP March

Post by Colonel Voss » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:34 pm

It'll be a challenge but I like the idea. I'll try it out.
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Re: WIP March

Post by me_in_japan » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:09 am

maybe just do one part (e.g under arm) and give it your best shot. Then post up some pics for feedback. No point in spending ages doing the whole thing and then being told that you shoulda used more watered down paint or something. Good luck!
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Re: WIP March

Post by frans » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:56 pm

I have worked on my Dystopian fleet.
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Re: WIP March

Post by The Other Dave » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:45 pm

It's April tomorrow, but oh well. Gargymaul the Giant!

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Still looks quite flat, of course, but the dip will take care of that.
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Re: WIP March

Post by Primarch » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:59 am

@Frans - Looking good. When I have some spare cash I am definitely picking some DW ships up. Those are the Empire ships right?

@ToD - Gargymaul eh? A dip/wash should really help out on that much flat skin tone. Or you can try the technique M_i_J suggested to Voss further up the page?
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Re: WIP March

Post by me_in_japan » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:54 am

@frans and ToD - nice stuff! I'm especially impressed with the neatness of both mini(s). The tattoos on the giant are spot on, and those DW ships are very well done. Lovely :D
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Re: WIP March

Post by Admiral-Badruck » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:48 pm

Wow it seems like every one is working very hard.

I have done nothing this week just moved house. Was good stuff this month very good indeed
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Re: WIP March

Post by Primarch » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:52 pm

Admiral-Badruck wrote:I have done nothing this week just moved house.
Thats a reasonable excuse. We'll let you off then.
Hope the move went smoothly and that none of your models got bashed too much.
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Re: WIP March

Post by The Other Dave » Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:10 am

me_in_japan wrote:@frans and ToD - nice stuff! I'm especially impressed with the neatness of both mini(s). The tattoos on the giant are spot on, and those DW ships are very well done. Lovely :D
Neatness is about the only arrow in your quiver when you're dipping, heh. All I have to do to finish up is go through and clean up all the ding-dang stitches on his trousers. It's exactly the kind of painting task I hate, so I may end up putting it off for a bit.
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