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Archangeleong's Armies Log

Discussion in 'Miniatures' started by archangeleong, Jul 9, 2018.

  1. infyrana

    infyrana Well-Known Member

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    I have to avoid looking at your O-Yoroi before I get too jealous ... :P

    Great work on the Zanshi's, they come across very clean and effective!
     
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  2. archangeleong

    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    INFINITY YU JING WHITE BANNER ARMY: Hùndùn Ambush Unit
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    New girl on the block. The N4 covergirl. Her helmet is my favorite feature, faceless and high tech. Painting texture on the coat was fun.

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  3. burlesford

    burlesford Sheet guy

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    I love it! The texture on the coat looks amazing – and like an amazing lot of work XD

    One thing I have to say, especially when looking at your Hundun: I feel your minis could benefit a lot from blacklining. All your surfaces are wonderfully smoothly highlighted, but the lack of distinct lining takes away from their crispness – at least in my opinion. Do you avoid it on purpose or not?
     
  4. archangeleong

    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    I don’t do black lining often. Not since the 90s painting old GW models. It’s a bit of an outdated technique.
     
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  5. burlesford

    burlesford Sheet guy

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    Why would you say it's outdated? I feel like a lot of current painters still do it.
     
  6. archangeleong

    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    I still do it too on occasion. It's just that in the 90s I did it on everything as that was the trend back then. Now I prefer to use the natural shade colour instead of black lining for the most part. :-)
     
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  7. burlesford

    burlesford Sheet guy

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    I love most about this that you were already painting in the 90s when I was just a little kid XD
     
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  8. LeeroyVinland

    LeeroyVinland O-12 Agent

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    Love the Hundun. :)
     
  9. zapp

    zapp Well-Known Member

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    Very well done. I recently used oil colors for "blacklining". Very pleasant to use, but some use of chemicals required.
     
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    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    lol I’m an old grognard by now for sure!
     
  11. FrozenMittens

    FrozenMittens Active Member

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    Dear @archangeleong,

    what’s your palette for your whites on the Hundun and what’s your palette for the blacks and how you highlight the black without stepping on the toes of the darks of the white? You’re my hero.
     
  12. andre61

    andre61 Well-Known Member

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    Nice! very nice.
     
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  13. archangeleong

    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    Thanks :-) I use the following colours for whites and blacks:

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    White is done with base of sky grey, shading with sea grey and sometimes dark lines with intermediate blue. All the work is done with the greys first. After this I highlight with white and wash/blend white over most of the area.

    Black is started with a black base, dark grey base over most of the raised areas. Then wash black over to blend colours. Then work up with dark grey again mixed with London grey. I stop here when doing clothes. But for armor and shiny surfaces I will continue the highlights with pure London grey, then sea grey and finally spots of sky grey for reflected light.
     
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  14. infyrana

    infyrana Well-Known Member

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    @archangeleong That's a great little post on shading with white through grey to black paints, thank you :)
     
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  15. FrozenMittens

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    thank you so much! This is so helpful!
     
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    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    YU JING WHITE BANNER ARMY: Guiláng Skirmisher
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    Guiláng Skirmisher
    Nice model to paint. Simple design who's shotgun does all the talking. Cloak was fun to paint.

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    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    INFINITY YU JING WHITE BANNER ARMY: Jujak Korean Shock Regiment
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    Jujak KSR
    My favourite new Yu Jing Design (Reminds me of the armour from Dead Space). I felt like this guy deserved his own national Korean colours rather than the standard Yu Jing yellow/orange so I went for a red, blue and yellow scheme. This colour combo has been used on traditional Korean soldiers throughout the ages. I just had to decide how to break up those colours across the model and in doing so also ended up adding a bit of white and black for a total of the five main colours. All of which, incidentally, are the main traditional colours of Korea, the 오방색 (
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  18. burlesford

    burlesford Sheet guy

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    Oh boy! It looks amazing! Love the muted tones of the colors you picked. And you did an excellent job spreading the colors over the model. Definitely a unique and wonderful paintjob!
     
  19. archangeleong

    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    Thanks bud. It was fun to come up with a new colour scheme and took ages of planning and research before I started.
     
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    archangeleong Deadly Ninja Assassin

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    INFINITY YU JING WHITE BANNER ARMY: Dàofei Tactical Section
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    Dàofei Tactical Section
    The bossman for the White Banner Army. Little details on the armour, camo, plus subtle osl were the highlights of this paintjob.

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