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1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! Tutorial

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:48 pm
by axia
Hi guys! I'm here to show you a fast, one day commission started yesterday after dinner and finished today ad 5 p.m. a mini elf team painted on commission at middle game level! Its is made by a small company, the Fanath art and I like the theme even if there are some casting errors. What do you think about the team? If you want to know something about colors etc ask me! And, as always, I'm open to commission especially in this month of short queque ;) Cheers!!!

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Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:15 pm
by El Hombre
You did this in one day?

Sometimes I wonder why I even try to paint :o

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:37 pm
by theghr
Nice paint, but a few of these models are subpar.

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:14 am
by axia
Thank you! Yes the minis aren't perfect, I've tried to cover the errors with the paint!

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:51 pm
by bound for glory
El Hombre wrote:You did this in one day?

Sometimes I wonder why I even try to paint :o
right? i've been painting miniatures scinse 1977(yeah, i'm old :( ) and while i'll say i'm not the worlds worst figure painter, i'm not even in the same ball park as this.

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:38 am
by axia
Naaa c'mon guys is not difficult! If you like I can write down a small tutorial for them, what do you think??

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:45 am
by Pedda
axia wrote:Naaa c'mon guys is not difficult! If you like I can write down a small tutorial for them, what do you think??
Please do and could you include which size brush you're using?

It's mind boggling, that you painted a team to that standard in a day (or did you paint during the night as well?)

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:43 am
by goldbaek
Yes, my friend - you are indeed sick! But in a good way ;)

But it's nice to see some change in the bases so it's not always the same - very nice work!

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:11 pm
by axia
Thank you Goldbaek! About the time:

1 our after dinner, from 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.!

About the brush: I use a Tintoretto seires 334 n.2 martora kolinski, very cheap and durable, about the colors I use gw and andrea colors.

About the steps: I do a good basecoat of boltgun metal for metal parts, a grey for the white parts and a mix of andrea color blue, gw ice blue and gw hawk torquise. After that, I proceed highlighting the metal parts with mithril silver, first with a mix 50%-50% and after with a profiling (yes one at time) for the scales. For the white, I simply apply a wash in the recesses with a darker grey, after I go for two stages of highlight adding simple white. For the armour, the most complex part, I do the shadows with a pair of washes in the recesses with a dark blue first and a mix of dark blue and black later in the deepest ones. For the highlights, I add first a 30% of beige to the mix, a second step with another 30% of white, a further step with 50% of white and a final profiling with almost pure white. FOR EACH STEP DILUITION WITH HALF PAINT AND HALF WATER so the layers will blend softly and the final result is smoother. If you want to have a better one, try to put some washes of 20% colour and 80% water with some reds and purples in the recesses it will give a very interesting hue ;)

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! Tutor

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:22 am
by Steam Ball
Any macro shot?

NM, found a zoomable version https://www.flickr.com/photos/62994749@N04/17078084311/

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! Tutor

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:06 am
by axia
Yes it's the flickr version! I didn't take close up pics due to the sculpting errors mentioned above :(

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! I'm s

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:09 pm
by Feldin
axia wrote:Naaa c'mon guys is not difficult! If you like I can write down a small tutorial for them, what do you think??
Yes Please!!! :)

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! Tutor

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:02 pm
by axia
it's two posts above :D

Re: 1day commission! An elf team at middle game level! Tutor

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:34 pm
by Feldin
axia wrote:it's two posts above :D
found it after posting ;)