The World Of Twilight

Artwork => Painted Models and Scenery => Topic started by: Gantoris on August 24, 2016, 12:14:55 am



Title: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on August 24, 2016, 12:14:55 am
Been a slacker even by my own very impressive standards but am finally gonna get these Twilight minis painted so i can buy more at Salute 2017! Before i get stuck in i was inspired when watching some painting Buddha to try a whole new technique that i found very impressive, wondering what folks think before i soldier on and start em proper. The gist of it is that u paint it grayscale then glaze red over the top and you get a nice deep polished look, sadly i cant effortlessly wet blend the grayscale in seconds like the total boss on painting Buddha can but i seem to have been getting better at achieving the effect.

Heres the first 4 trial runs and a closeup of the best of em...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/1.jpg)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/2.jpg)

Heres the 5th one with a nice before and after the glaze...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/3.jpg)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/4.jpg)

They aint perfect especially the shoulders/helm on last one but deffo see some potential in this, any opinions? I worry it might have a kinda "evil dark lords armor" sorta feel to it so not 100% sure.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Crucium Giger on August 24, 2016, 11:54:17 am
Looks like polished beetle shell to me, very effective.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Carcharoth on August 24, 2016, 03:03:46 pm
Looks like a clever technique! Makes for very shiny reds.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on August 24, 2016, 05:21:46 pm
Thanks, it really does have a sort of beetle shell look to it. In the video he was painting a chaos dudes armor with it, it looked outstanding. It seems to make it much easier to get a smooth looking transition from very dark to bright and only using black, white and one shade of red.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: TuffSkull on August 24, 2016, 08:03:31 pm
Nice result with the glazing there - works particularly well on those figures I think. Great to see another completely different style applied to the figures of this world &  I look forward to seeing more!


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on August 24, 2016, 09:30:23 pm
Thanks, gonna reset em to black and start properly tomorrow so watch this space for some battle fragg... urmm i mean fubarnii warriors!


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Lost Egg on August 25, 2016, 07:53:16 am
Wow dude he looks cool!

I think it will work well as a Fubarnii armour colour though if you are concerned they look a little dark you can always lift them up a bit with the skin tone.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on August 25, 2016, 09:35:55 pm
Yeh i think it will look great, especially with gold detailing on the commander when i do him. All the rest of the minis will be bright, colorful and cartooney.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Jase on September 03, 2016, 07:38:44 am
That looks really good!

Do you have a link to this tutorial perhaps?


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on September 08, 2016, 01:20:53 pm
Hey man, here is a link to the exact tutorial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7dmPDrWfuI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7dmPDrWfuI)

I hadnt really watched much of their stuff before and was just browsing around for some tips for Red Armor, watching a bit of this tutorial impressed me a lot so ill deffo be looking at more of his stuff.

Got started on my Beta Fubarnii! Just hope i dont screw it up doing the armor now, am pretty happy with how the flesh has come out...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0002.jpg)


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Lost Egg on September 08, 2016, 06:17:46 pm
I like the natural looking green. Great stuff! :D


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Crucium Giger on September 09, 2016, 10:47:23 am
Looking very promising so far.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: GrimSnik on September 09, 2016, 12:53:22 pm
that looks great. can't wait to see more.   :)


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Carcharoth on September 09, 2016, 04:40:09 pm
I like the skin tone a lot - feels very natural.


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Gantoris on September 10, 2016, 02:26:55 am
Thanks for the kind words, the slow motion paint job has made a little progress!..

Added more grey to make the end result a bit more red...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0014.jpg)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0010_1.jpg)

Think it came out pretty nicely after the glaze...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0018.jpg)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0020.jpg)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0022.jpg)

These are the colors i used for the skin tone in case anyone's interested...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee424/Kemsley/DSC_0003%201.jpg)

Just need to do the little tassles on his shoulders and all the bags he is carrying and were done with the first of my little horde!


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: TuffSkull on September 11, 2016, 12:00:31 am
He looks superb, and the skin contrasts really nicely with the armour, both in colour and in texture. Great stuff!


Title: Re: Finally starting on my twilight collection!
Post by: Kryptovidicus on April 13, 2017, 01:53:28 pm
A very effective and brilliant technique.
I agree with TuffSkull, the contrasts between skin and armour are very, very nice.