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Ok, so finally getting around to updating.
Last thursday I went to DW and did some painting. I worked only on the drune figure that I posted about before.
Really was working getting the grey's and NMM's correct. Which I think I did! It took a large amount of time since it was a learning process and a little bit of playing around (using a light blue and grey mix for the highlights).
In the end I was very happy with how it came it. I have nice highlights on the grey and the shades are nice and dark. A very good balance and not flat like I was dealing with before.
Last night I opened up a box of Trollbloods and started the task of the Hordes.
First thing.. I strongly dislike all of the box casters. The poses are just bad.
Soooo.. .with a dermal cutting disc attached I started the hacking of the troll blood warcaster.
First thing to go was the back half of his dandellion neck piece. Having some amulets around his neck is one thing.. looking like a reject from alice in wonderland is something else. I will putty up the back to look like a chain or something that the amulets are hanging off of.
Next thing I am working on is reposition the axe. Holding an axe right next to the blade has no point. You can't attack with it in any fashion other than punching and if you do that, why do you need an axe handle. So I'm moving the position of the blade higher and making the hand hold the axe handle. This is a little tricky cause the part he is holding happens to be the thickest part of the axe. So I need to figure out a way of making the transition smooth.
And the final piece I think (subject to change), is moving the amulet hand/arm. He has a nice ridged arm with an amulet tied to it. What is the point? The amulet is suppose to keep frenzied beasts from charging him.. don't you think it might require sticking it in the face of the beast or hanging on your neck? Why ducktape it to your palm when your arm is locked in a fixed position (the armor looks metal and has no room to bend). Ideally, I will reposition the hand so the amulet is vertical and facing the direction he is looking. This probably will require some adjustment of the head and neck since his arm is pointing 90 degrees away from the direction he is looking...
I will post pics tonight.
Last thursday I went to DW and did some painting. I worked only on the drune figure that I posted about before.
Really was working getting the grey's and NMM's correct. Which I think I did! It took a large amount of time since it was a learning process and a little bit of playing around (using a light blue and grey mix for the highlights).
In the end I was very happy with how it came it. I have nice highlights on the grey and the shades are nice and dark. A very good balance and not flat like I was dealing with before.
Last night I opened up a box of Trollbloods and started the task of the Hordes.
First thing.. I strongly dislike all of the box casters. The poses are just bad.
Soooo.. .with a dermal cutting disc attached I started the hacking of the troll blood warcaster.
First thing to go was the back half of his dandellion neck piece. Having some amulets around his neck is one thing.. looking like a reject from alice in wonderland is something else. I will putty up the back to look like a chain or something that the amulets are hanging off of.
Next thing I am working on is reposition the axe. Holding an axe right next to the blade has no point. You can't attack with it in any fashion other than punching and if you do that, why do you need an axe handle. So I'm moving the position of the blade higher and making the hand hold the axe handle. This is a little tricky cause the part he is holding happens to be the thickest part of the axe. So I need to figure out a way of making the transition smooth.
And the final piece I think (subject to change), is moving the amulet hand/arm. He has a nice ridged arm with an amulet tied to it. What is the point? The amulet is suppose to keep frenzied beasts from charging him.. don't you think it might require sticking it in the face of the beast or hanging on your neck? Why ducktape it to your palm when your arm is locked in a fixed position (the armor looks metal and has no room to bend). Ideally, I will reposition the hand so the amulet is vertical and facing the direction he is looking. This probably will require some adjustment of the head and neck since his arm is pointing 90 degrees away from the direction he is looking...
I will post pics tonight.
posted by Karavak at
2:36 PM
2 Comments:
Congrats on the NMM technique figuring! I still have phases of success with the technique. I've reached a point where I am comfortable tackling it any time on any miniature with a variety of colors. But the end product still varies significantly. I look forward to the pics.
By
Stahler77, at 1:43 PM, April 27, 2006
Hey, where are the promised pictures?
By
Robert Allen , at 2:38 PM, April 27, 2006
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