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Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Canas, Mar 6, 2018.

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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    I like that decently on the spirithosts, especially cuz it makes them look like esotherical energy just bursting out of a grave or skeleton. But on the chainrasps and the like I find the contrast with their hoods not nice. The hoods are then too physical in contrast to the esotherical spooky bits.
     
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    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    The solution for the black hoods could be to drybrush them softly with a middle grey and then glaze them green as well. It makes the contrast less stark.
     
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    LizardWizard Grand Skink Handler Staff Member

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    I rather like the box art for Nighthaunt. There is always this to aspire to. I wish I had his talent
     
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    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    That is amazing ;)
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    Figured out a way I like better. I made the hoods a dark purple, it makes em look less physical as the spooky green paint is now more visible.

    Only thing I'm not entiely satisfied with is the green on their white spookybits. Some of em are reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly green now and there isn't much details on there to drybrush or highlight to counterbalance the green. The example below is one of the better ones where the white purple and green is all visible instead of just purple and green.


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    LizardWizard Grand Skink Handler Staff Member

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    I would use the new Nighthaunt teck paints a little more directedly. Try using is as a recess liner that blend outwards. Maybe see how that would look?
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    The green is one of those nighthaunt paints.

    Also, there's surprisingly little recesses (or ridges) on the lower spooky bit. Making that a tad difficult. In that sense I prefered the spirit hosts I painted earlier, those have loads of recesses and ridges so it's far easier to paint.
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    More nighthaunt, looks a bit better now, though still not briljant.

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    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    They look nice and creepy (and sticky! :wtf:) Well done :artist:
     
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    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    @Canas

    I don't like the new Nighthaunts paints I think they are too thick and don't cover well I much prefer using shades.
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    Yeah, the shiny protective spray looks more sticky than shiny on the picture. I do really like the blades of their spear things though. Rust fits well with how messy I generally paint :p

    They cover fairly well, especially on a white base, as far as I've found.

    I used the shades for the spirit hosts and there that worked well. But the new nighthaunt models are all so flat. There's no ridges and recesses to play around with for highlights & shades, so when I tried that it didn't really get anywhere… It's what I've been struggling with since I started painting them. They're flat and have very few, if any, details, so there's very little to use as highlight, no ridges, no fancy accesoires, no fancy helmets, no shields. All the regular nighthaunts are basically just a flat hood, a flat spooky bit & a weapon.
     
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    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    Yeah I have some, what I found was coat the full model white (spray primer) wash/shade it all then drybrush then do the hood etc
     
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    For the flat parts: maybe I mentioned that before, not sure....
    You could drybrush them with a very fine brush, like a makeup brush.
    Make sure you have a VERY little amount of color on it, even less than when doing a normal drybrush.
    It creates a nice texture on the model that increases contrast. It catches small structures, even on models that are very "round".
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    So far I lack the technical skill to do that. Either nothing happens or large patches of colour appear. The lack of elevated areas makes drybrushing a lot more complicated.

    Getting a make-up brush might be a good idea though.
     
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    Slann

    Canas Ninth Spawning

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    A tech priest inspecting a zenos throne.

    I like how the priest turned out. The throne I'm less pleased with

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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    I think a soft, light grey drybrush would help the throne a bit.
    Nice work though, quite moody!
     
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    LizardWizard Grand Skink Handler Staff Member

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    I think you might have just gone to heavy on the washes for the throne. Dry brushing and black lining should help clean up the definition. The base color blocking looks great though. I don't see much color spilling out side the intended blood stains.
     
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    I really like the throne actually! I agree that with a little bit of drybrushing to get some more definition it'll actually look killer. It has a lot of personality.
     
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    Slann

    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    @Canas

    Approach Scenery in a different way to your troops, you can be a bit more liberal with the paint especially when your highlighting, I agree with what the boys have already said drybrush it light grey then after that take skull white and just drybrush a corner here and there.

    After that you can colour indvidual stone blocks with green/brown washes if you wish.

    Looks good and you have improved dramatically over the past 12 months, keep it up :)
     
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    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    I like your techpriest! I just assembled my own model, I really like how it fits together. Really great work!
     
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