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LeFrank the Chromaholic's Addictions

Discussion in 'Miniatures' started by lefrank, Apr 12, 2018.

  1. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, much appreciated. :blush:

    I have to admit I sometimes struggle with these details, not exactly knowing how to deal with them. Not in all cases I have a complete plan (almost never complete :grimacing:), some decisions I make on the fly.

    Right now I'm painting the prototype miniatures for a Kickstarter in comission, and I'm demo painting at the Spiel in Essen. After that I hopefully will have time to dedicate for the colour scheme design thread. I hanen't forgotten.
     
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  2. LeeroyVinland

    LeeroyVinland O-12 Agent

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    Man, I'm now totally torn between the blue/gold and blue/black/white scheme. Do you demopaint the whole 3 days?
     
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  3. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    Right now it's planned for friday and saturday.
     
  4. LeeroyVinland

    LeeroyVinland O-12 Agent

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    If I'm going (I dunno yet because I need to drive 5 hours) I will definitely visit you :)
     
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  5. Golem2God

    Golem2God Just a Kooky Kumotail serving others.

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    I vote for Blue/Black/White.
     
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  6. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    I couldn't help myself – Hippolita

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  7. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    Mowang

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    One of my favorite Yu Jing Minis
     
  8. Koin-Koin

    Koin-Koin Well-Known Member

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    May I ask for the turquoise green recipe you used?
    I've recently tried something on my TAG but as I had to restart from scratch I'd like to tune it a bit and yours is closer to what I'd like to achieve.
     
  9. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    Of course! I mainly use Vallejo acrylics, and the base is 309 Periscope from the Panzer Aces Series. First hightlight is Light Turquoise 70.840, second highlight is a mix of Light Turquoise with Ice Yellow 70.858. I use Ice Yellow also in highlighting the Jade Green and the Grey, so it keeps all colors together. I also shade the whole miniature with a mix of Purple 70.959 and Black, you may see a hint of it especially in the Grey.
     
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    Koin-Koin Well-Known Member

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    Many thanks.
    My try was quite far from what you used (Turquoise VMC and VGC with Citadel Nihilakh added to highlight all on a dark prussian blue base).
    I think I should invest in some light turquoise (I'm not that confident with mixing).

    TAG has been stripped and is now reglued so I hope to rework it soon.
     
  11. lefrank

    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    You're doing such an excellent job as seen on your thread that mixing won't hold you back. Just experiment a little or use sources like Angel‘s books or Youtube. Keep on!
     
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    Koin-Koin Well-Known Member

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    Thanks a lot, that means a lot.
    I'm not afraid to mix per se. It's just that I'm not consistent enough yet. Have pure color for the main paint job is still an easy option I use.
    When it comes to smaller surface highlight, mixing errors are less impacting at my level.
     
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    lefrank Well-Known Member

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    I think consistency is not that important, when you are not sure if it's the same hue others might not see the difference either. Just use the same colors. I regularly forget which colors I used for my armies, e. g. the Druze, so I tried to get near as possible. But I started to note the colors down in a book, that helps a lot.
     
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    Yes, spend the $$ on a small artist's notebook, ideally one of those spiral-bound ones so that your painting surface will lay flat.
     
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  15. lefrank

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    Daoying revisited

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    Whoa... REALLY liking that color scheme on O-12.
     
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  20. LeeroyVinland

    LeeroyVinland O-12 Agent

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    Ah very nice. One of my favorite O-12 schemes return! But the YJ also are beautiful!

    Good job!
     
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