I thought i'd try keeping a PLOG of my Age of Sigmar stuff and hopefully suggestions etc will help me improve.
Anyway, here goes; first up are the Blood Warriors.
Any suggestions on improvements that could be made welcome.
[AoS PLOG] El's Khorney Inspiration
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[AoS PLOG] El's Khorney Inspiration
I'm not much of a painter, I try my best, but I suffer from really bad shakey hand syndrome so struggle with highlighting.
I thought i'd try keeping a PLOG of my Age of Sigmar stuff and hopefully suggestions etc will help me improve.
Anyway, here goes; first up are the Blood Warriors.
Any suggestions on improvements that could be made welcome.
I thought i'd try keeping a PLOG of my Age of Sigmar stuff and hopefully suggestions etc will help me improve.
Anyway, here goes; first up are the Blood Warriors.
Any suggestions on improvements that could be made welcome.
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Re: [AoS PLOG] El's Khorney Inspiration
Great to see some new AoS models showing up in the forum - thanks for posting!
Have you thought about doing some washes? a red or a black wash would help your paint job a lot, to give it some dimension.
Also a couple of small highlights on the gold would be good (I use mithral silver just on the top edges to give it an extra sparkle)
The base look really nice - I've got to get use to looking at round ones now.
Keep posting your progress.
Have you thought about doing some washes? a red or a black wash would help your paint job a lot, to give it some dimension.
Also a couple of small highlights on the gold would be good (I use mithral silver just on the top edges to give it an extra sparkle)
The base look really nice - I've got to get use to looking at round ones now.
Keep posting your progress.
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Re: [AoS PLOG] El's Khorney Inspiration
The basecoating looks well done and you have solid colours on all parts. The base looks terrific.
There are two steps I'd consider to improve the result, and you can do either 1 or both of them.
1) A wash. Keep in mind that a wash will dull the colours and so you'll have to brighten them up again with a new layer.
2) Edge highlighting.
The whole thing is pretty well explained here, in GW's video:
The wash they recommend for the whole model (except the skin, I think) is Agrax Earthshade. It will give a lot of depth to the brass and give the red and metal a bit more of a worn look. If you brighten them up again after that, it should look great.
The edges require a steady hand, but if you don't do it with as sharp a contrast as the video suggests, for example by diluting the highlight colour with the layer colour you used earlier, then it becomes a bit more forgiving.
There are two steps I'd consider to improve the result, and you can do either 1 or both of them.
1) A wash. Keep in mind that a wash will dull the colours and so you'll have to brighten them up again with a new layer.
2) Edge highlighting.
The whole thing is pretty well explained here, in GW's video:
The wash they recommend for the whole model (except the skin, I think) is Agrax Earthshade. It will give a lot of depth to the brass and give the red and metal a bit more of a worn look. If you brighten them up again after that, it should look great.
The edges require a steady hand, but if you don't do it with as sharp a contrast as the video suggests, for example by diluting the highlight colour with the layer colour you used earlier, then it becomes a bit more forgiving.
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Re: [AoS PLOG] El's Khorney Inspiration
Cult and Daeron explained pretty well,
-A wash greatly improves the look and you could actually stop there. It is possible "soften" the wash a bit by mixing lahmian medium.
-But I recommend at least giving a try of another layer after the wash and edge highlighting.
Finally, I really like these videos, do watch them all
These models are very nice I think and I look forward to see more of your work
-A wash greatly improves the look and you could actually stop there. It is possible "soften" the wash a bit by mixing lahmian medium.
-But I recommend at least giving a try of another layer after the wash and edge highlighting.
Finally, I really like these videos, do watch them all
These models are very nice I think and I look forward to see more of your work
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