Back from the dead... again.

It's been a while, I know. And right now I can't promise that I won't disappear for a longer time again. Sadly my everyday duties keep me too busy to paint too often.

This pirate is not the only piece I'm trying to paint recently. But the only one that looks presentable enough to be shown in public.

Of course still a lot to do, but his left forearm, fist and left shoe looks the best.
When I started this miniature, back in 2013, I thought that the bottle looks pretty cool, but right now I can clearly see it needs to be redone, not only due to paint marks.

We'll see if I'll be able to finish it before the end of this year;p

cheers

'eM

Wetblending is girl's best friend

And now, after the 'theory' of workshop it's time for practice on some real pieces (those I'm gonna finish at some point in my life;p).
First photos of what I've done right after the workshop:

On my Einstein (ein Stein to be precise) I was working mostly on his shirt.
Of course the inscription on his back is far from being finished, but I'm quite happy how the orange turned out. But now, with my beloved Burgundy Wine back in stock I can finish his face:D

Here I decided to repaint the whole skin and start again using Apa's advice.

And that's the photo before the changes :

As you san probably see at this point the contrast is slightly lesser, part of that is caused by the different light. But truth to be told, I did decrease it on the 'muscle' level to get the chance to increase the general level of contrast. From this point I'll be working on every muscle separately to increase contrast of the individual parts of the body.
This is gonna be my first mini painted new way, so finger crossed I'll be able to pull it off.


cheers

'eM

Anker Guy - some more work done

I did some more work on the Team(w)Orc guys. This time I'm gonna present you Bugne, who's technically an ogre, but still I'm counting him as a part of my Orc bunch.
As you can see I was focusing on the leather elements. Hat, wrist band and the front bottle are mostly done now. Rest still needs some work, especially shoes. I'm not entirely sure how to paint the throusers, but I'm guessing white and red stripes should contrast nicely with the blue-greenish sea creatures.

And here some close ups of the details.

cheers

'eM

Anker guy

And here are few solo photos of the 'Anker guy'.
Colours are slightly 'patchy' (to put it mildly) and the skin looks extremely messy, but I'm experimenting with techniques a bit here. Some preshading mixed with building volumes while applying base layer.
Might be a total disaster, but I feel I need to give it at least a try;]

cheers

'eM

Team(w)Orc;]

Here is a group photo of the 'minis' I stated today. I used a quotation mark here, because nothing on this photo is really mini. Just to give you the scale here (I should add a coin or something I guess), the smallest guy, the one with the anker is 50mm tall, and if I put all three parts of this massive bust together it's twice as high as him.
So far I managed to preshade all parts, especially flesh, and put basic colours on most of the leather elements. But I have a feeling already, that this bunch is gonna be huge fun to paint.


cheers

'eM