Drybrush. Wash. Layer. You've got a good (nay, excellent) grasp of the fundamentals, your minis are wonderfully colored-in. But, they look "flat," because of the way that light works at scale differences. Take, for example, the folds in Martina 2.0's shirtsleeves. If you make a very, very light grey-white (heck, even a linen-white) mix, and mix a wash out of that (with Reaper paints, a roughly 10-1 water-paint mix, IME), you'll darken the folds to make it look more "real." Then, drybrush the highlights with a brighter white, to bring out the contrast.
Same goes for faces -- I've discovered with caucasian faces, doing an overall layer with Caucasian and drybrushing on Fair Maiden brings out the details amazingly well. It's an extra like 5 minutes, but it makes such a difference, it's amazing.
Oh. And, for photographic purposes, you might want a matte finish, not a glossy. You reflect too much light with the glossy, it makes everything look coated in glass (or ice).
For a host of great tips, check out CoolMiniOrNot (http://www.coolminiornot.com). The message boards have some of the best painters in the world on them (at least as far as GW stuff is concerned -- most of the "good" painters have a Golden Demon or two under their belts), and they share knowledge well.
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Date: 2004-07-13 04:07 pm (UTC)Same goes for faces -- I've discovered with caucasian faces, doing an overall layer with Caucasian and drybrushing on Fair Maiden brings out the details amazingly well. It's an extra like 5 minutes, but it makes such a difference, it's amazing.
Oh. And, for photographic purposes, you might want a matte finish, not a glossy. You reflect too much light with the glossy, it makes everything look coated in glass (or ice).
For a host of great tips, check out CoolMiniOrNot (http://www.coolminiornot.com). The message boards have some of the best painters in the world on them (at least as far as GW stuff is concerned -- most of the "good" painters have a Golden Demon or two under their belts), and they share knowledge well.