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 Post subject: Stormvermin NMM
PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:21 pm 
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A stormvermin display piece I made for a friend.

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*drops pic and runs away like a sneaky rat!*

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:24 pm 
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I'm no fan of WH but that's some ridiculously good NMM :yay: :yay:

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Looks a simple job until you realise just how damn difficult it is to achieve a look so smooth and pure. Simply fantastic.

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Bloody hell!!

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:20 am 
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Thanks everybody. The hardest part is knowing where to put the highlights. A good brush, glaze medium and a photographer girlfriend do the rest.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:28 pm 
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FML that NMM is awesome! If I could do it that good aswel:(
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:15 am 
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Sweet baby jesus of nazareth, WOW!!! :)

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:24 am 
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Did you do it by hand or by airbrush?

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You have green going onto the shaft of the weapon. I presume it is deliberate but where does is come from i.e. the light source?

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:51 am 
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@Sid. All 1 brush. A Winsor and Newton series 7 size 1.

@ Gandalf. The skaven have glowing green artifacts called warpstone and the necklace he is wearing is supposed to be warpstone and is the light source.

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Woah! By brush?!?
Incredible!
I am lost for words!!

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Brilliant, please tell me how you did the brass/copper metal effect?

Very impressive i must say!

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Thanks for clearing that up for me. I've no idea about these figures but that only adds to how fantastic this thing is.
I think what you have done could never be taught in a tutorial. You would need to be sat beside me for me to come anywhere near that.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:05 pm 
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Thanks everybody.
@Harfoot.The gold effect was done by using a base of snakebite leather and building up the highlights by blending in pure white. The recesses were then glazed with scorched brown to increase contrast. Glaze medium helped with the blending.

Here's a rat ogre too. The last part of the commission.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:58 pm 
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Pure art. Perfect. Thanks for sharing your metal technique.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:04 am 
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The thing for me is the utterly pure colours and smooth blending which are a joy to behold. I can stop looking !
You mention using a medium for the blending but do you use it for all the painting ?
If you do then I presume the medium helps prevent the grainy look when watering paints down and the pigments being prevented from dispersing.
Whatever your answer I'm off to get some today.
One more question if you could be so kind. I use enough paint on the brush so it virtually dries as I finish the stroke. Do you keep that same principle when using a glaze ?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:13 am 
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Hi Gandalf.
On this miniature glaze medium was used on all parts to make the various layers more transparent and easier to blend into the darker layers underneath.
The medium does prevent the granules of pigment dispersing in the water and keeps the coverage even.
I use about 4/2/1 water, paint, medium as a rough guess for my paint mixes. Mess about with ratios as I could be wrong but if you use too much medium it becomes sticky and if you add too much water it will separate so just play it by ear. Practice with it first but once you get the hang of it you will be hooked.

When glazing with glaze medium I load up the brush, wipe most of it off on some kitchen roll the use teh flat of the brush to push the pigment toward the area I want to be most dark
For blending with glaze medium I get a tiny dot on the brush tip, wipe it once and then using the very tip of the brush I feather the colour around until it blends into the layer beneath.
Once again practice makes perfect.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:19 am 
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Hi, what brand is the Glaze Medium?

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Thanks Hannanibal, a great help. I'm presuming you use Vallego Glaze Medium as I've noticed this has a handy drop dispenser. My local place doesn't do it so I will be ordering some.
Thanks again and I will post updates on my WIP Cave Drake

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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 9:57 pm 
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Wow.

You don't see NMM on skaven models very often, I've noticed - it can easily look too "clean". You've pulled it off perfectly, though. Really, really nice OSL on the warpstone, too. You must have the patience of a saint.

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