Thanks mate! I appreciate the feedback. Gave a lot of thought to this offer. Talked with some of my best overseas customers and friends, together we've figured that shipping costs carry a psychological weight that feels like money is spent on clean air, instead of paintjob. I made calculations and with a sufficient order I'm willing and able to cover shipping at my end. I hope this will encourage more people to try my services out.
Yesterday marks an important milestone for this project: I've reached Wash layer for NMM metal, which leaves all the ungrateful work behind.
So! Many! Yellow! Minis!!! man, great work so far. Looking forward to see the full group ready to rumble
I personally like yellow. It is a shame that many people point out how it's hard to get right but the effect is worth it in my opinion. It's a colour that stands out and commands attention.
Just my view on yellow: I have no airbrush and all the yellows I tried (VCG, VMC, P3) are not really good (aka. annoying to paint as they do not cover well), so I avoid it mostly Airbrush seems to be the way to go for a nice yellow
Yeah, airbrush yellow is just waaaaaay easier to achieve, with just few layers producing a smooth, strong yellow with a POP. Fun fact is that all Yu-Jing minis I paint nowadays are done with Orange colors and no yellow, except for final edge highlight. Still - hand painted Yellow is not that difficult to achieve. It just requires a different approach than most colors. Here's an example: Recipe for this one is: Moldy Ochre (P3)*, Moldy Ochre (P3) + White*, White l&p, Lammenters Yellow (GW), White l&p, Soft Tone Ink (AP) + Medium, White l&p, Now with one additional layer of GW's Lammenters Yellow (thinned with medium or thinner) you can take the color from ochre tones to more vibrant yellow, example below: I hope this helps a bit.
Really cool! Thanks for sharing. Will try that as soon as I get my hands on all those paints. Mostly using VMC now.
Hey folks! How was your weekend? I bring more WiPs, This time around I'm almost done with clothes and skin. Am following up on Yellow armor, half way through highlights, awaiting shadows. Please let me know if you find this interesting enough for me to share more WiPs. I'm used to go like: one WiP, then Finished pics - but this project is huge compared to previous commissions, there's definitely place for more work in progress pictures. Cheers!
Yup, that's correct. Yellow Armor is easy to get messy, so I left it for after other stuff was done. Now with just bright stuff left to do I went back to armor. Highlights first, then wash, then more highlights. If first highlights get a bit washed over - all the better, will be more variety on the edges, final highlights and points of focus will smooth things up either way. I tried to paint the other way around with wash going first, but found out it works best for me with highlight, wash, highlight instead.
It is incredible to see how you progress in this massive project, so fast and with such good results!
Thanks a bunch! I'm not sure if that might be of interest, but I have wrote few articles about my Painting Philosophy. First of which is dedicated to painting large groups of miniatures and how to stay motivated throughout the process. Here's a link, maybe it'll come in handy: https://scarhandpainting.com/painting-philosophy-part-one-paint-train/
Airbrushed Yellow of this specific type only. As a side note - Wash is applied to recesses and shadows only in this color scheme. Here's a step-by-step: https://scarhandpainting.com/tutorial-painting-guijia-part-1-orange-armour/
Hey fellow nomad , having tried the Angel Giraldez Painting Guide trying to paint the green-blue YuJing-pants today and having failed miserably, I realise the painting guide is not working for me and I deem it way to complicated as well. So I'd like to ask you, how do you paint the green-blue Yujing-Pants (Zanshi, Hundun and Guilang)? If it's no secret, that is
