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Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Raukov wrote:

Nice work!

I'm very envious of your photography results, what's your setup like?

milk jug, black card, two cheap fluorescent lights that clamp to my desk and a cheap camera phone.

I started on Eowyn today.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:57 am

The face is fantastic. Are you sure thats only 28mm...

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:01 am

Holey moley, I do love your painting MMS :yay:

wiirgy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:54 am

Holy badger(?)! This has to be one of the best minatures I have seen. I NEED to learn how to do proper faces. :| Share your knowledge, please?

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

I started with a thin coat of dark flesh. this is then covered with a mix of khaki and a mid skin tone. I find the premade skin to be a little too pink and adding the khaki gives a more natural, dusky base colour that works better for light female skin. I added a little dark flesh to my base and washed this around the eyes, nose and lower jaw. then I added some highlights with base plus ivory. with the basic structure outlined I went back and forth between light and dark using small amounts of paint on my brush. I'm not to concerned with the transitions as I find overlapping glazes of shade and highlight makes for a more interesting final result.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:07 pm

I like the idea for the use of Khaki. I never thought of that before but will be using it for my next appropriate skin toned figure.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:12 pm

Beautiful painting. I cannot quite put my finger on it but there is something about your style that manages to make the minis look bigger, more substantial. Great work.

garmenhord · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:49 pm

@Dorth: Maybe u can't put it on because u lost some parts (referring to that other thread where u posted something):P

Thao · **Joined:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:10 pm **Posts:** 179

I always wondered how your work would look with better photos, now I know (=really outstanding). The photos are great now, you say you use a cheap camera phone, may I ask which exactly?

edit: Thanks for the hint with the milk jugg, this gave me the idea to build a lightbox, together with more light, this gives me much better results now. Will do all new photos this way.

wiirgy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:59 pm

Minimal Monkey Saddle wrote:

I started with a thin coat of dark flesh. this is then covered with a mix of khaki and a mid skin tone. I find the premade skin to be a little too pink and adding the khaki gives a more natural, dusky base colour that works better for light female skin. I added a little dark flesh to my base and washed this around the eyes, nose and lower jaw. then I added some highlights with base plus ivory. with the basic structure outlined I went back and forth between light and dark using small amounts of paint on my brush. I'm not to concerned with the transitions as I find overlapping glazes of shade and highlight makes for a more interesting final result.

Thank you, when I have gathered the appropriate colours I will refer to do post! Have an awesome day, budd'!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:07 pm

As the U-boat captain said in Dad's Army, 'Garmenhorde - you are going on the list'.

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Thao wrote:

I always wondered how your work would look with better photos, now I know (=really outstanding). The photos are great now, you say you use a cheap camera phone, may I ask which exactly?

It's the htc wildfire s.

I finished Eowyn and made a start on my hunter orc army.

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

I like the more brown darker tone you're going for. More realistic.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:56 am

Flawlessness is a common occurrence in this thread or so it seems....

I think you have simply mastered highlights.... its just so flawless 8o

Rognarr · **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:12 am

Fantastic warg rider!

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:42 am

As usual I'm blown away with your painting MMS, looking forward to seeing the work on the Orc.

Knife in the Dark · **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:00 pm

Great looking models I really like Eowyn's face

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Here's an almost finished Galadriel:

The robes aren't as crisp as I would like. It took me several attempts to figure out the appropriate technique for the look I wanted. But I'm glad I persisted as I learnt a few new tricks along the way.

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Finished.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:19 am

Great painting as usual!!!

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