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

[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!!!

[El Hombre]

You did this in one day?

Sometimes I wonder why I even try to paint

[theghr]

Nice paint, but a few of these models are subpar.

[axia]

Thank you! Yes the minis aren't perfect, I've tried to cover the errors with the paint!

[bound for glory]

You did this in one day?

Sometimes I wonder why I even try to paint

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.

[axia]

Naaa c'mon guys is not difficult! If you like I can write down a small tutorial for them, what do you think??

[Pedda]

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?)

[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!

[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

[Steam Ball]

Any macro shot?

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

[axia]

Yes it's the flickr version! I didn't take close up pics due to the sculpting errors mentioned above

[Feldin]

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!!!

[axia]

it's two posts above

[Feldin]

it's two posts above

found it after posting