Started painting them yesterday with just a couple paints. I figure as I paint I may add more here. I'm in the process now of painting a dragonborn paladin and a human/goliath barbarian. Any criticism is welcome.
Human Cleric (I did not have any silver/metal color besides gold, so for not the warhammer is white). I'm trying to decide whether or not the book should remain white.
Looks pretty good! You should consider using some wash to shade it and bring out the highlights too. Welcome to the world of mini painting, sorry to your bank account and free time :P
Look great, for the book you could give the pages some character with a slight yellow parchment look. A green might make the cover pop using a Triad color theme. Cannot wait to see the final product.
Invest in washes, either army painter or citadel. They go a long way in adding depth it miniatures. Just use a pallet and remember that a little goes a long way.
One of my biggest tips if you do decide to get washes is to remember to let them dry Very well! and when you use them go back over the more raised parts with the base colour and it will give abit of highlighting. Games Workshop do some great tutorials on YouTube which are worth a watch if your getting into painting, shows some good techniques and practises.
Love it! Been spending WAAAAAAAAAY too much cash on minis and paints recently. My biggest tip would be a technique called "zenithal shading". you need a rattle can or airbrush in black and a pale grey or white. You base coat (or rather prime) the mini in black, then with the paler colour angled above the mini spritz it gently and the paint drops onto the uppermost surfaces and naturally creates shading down the model as if lit from above.
You can then thin out your colours and glaze over the shading so that the colour is still affected by the shading. You don't have to of course as, even if you don't use thin coats, you can use the shading as a guide for darker/lighter areas.
Don't forget drybrushing too, that over the top of even a very flat base coat can really add detail and depth. You will need to ensure you clean mold lines pretty well as the drybrushing catches a lot of the uppermost edges and if you have a mold line it will REALLY pop out.
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Human Cleric (I did not have any silver/metal color besides gold, so for not the warhammer is white). I'm trying to decide whether or not the book should remain white.
Looks pretty good! You should consider using some wash to shade it and bring out the highlights too. Welcome to the world of mini painting, sorry to your bank account and free time :P
Look great, for the book you could give the pages some character with a slight yellow parchment look. A green might make the cover pop using a Triad color theme. Cannot wait to see the final product.
Invest in washes, either army painter or citadel. They go a long way in adding depth it miniatures. Just use a pallet and remember that a little goes a long way.
One of my biggest tips if you do decide to get washes is to remember to let them dry Very well! and when you use them go back over the more raised parts with the base colour and it will give abit of highlighting. Games Workshop do some great tutorials on YouTube which are worth a watch if your getting into painting, shows some good techniques and practises.
Love it! Been spending WAAAAAAAAAY too much cash on minis and paints recently. My biggest tip would be a technique called "zenithal shading". you need a rattle can or airbrush in black and a pale grey or white. You base coat (or rather prime) the mini in black, then with the paler colour angled above the mini spritz it gently and the paint drops onto the uppermost surfaces and naturally creates shading down the model as if lit from above.
You can then thin out your colours and glaze over the shading so that the colour is still affected by the shading. You don't have to of course as, even if you don't use thin coats, you can use the shading as a guide for darker/lighter areas.
Don't forget drybrushing too, that over the top of even a very flat base coat can really add detail and depth. You will need to ensure you clean mold lines pretty well as the drybrushing catches a lot of the uppermost edges and if you have a mold line it will REALLY pop out.