I would like everyone to know the reason I titled this blog Paint-a-thon was due to the fact that this guy got painted in two days! Yes, I did not get much sleep, but it was worth the challenge this model presented. It was a pretty large scale miniature with gigantic wings on a 50mm square base.
I complied the pictures I took with my phone over the course of the whole painting process from black primer to what you see on the left, the finished mini. I also took some detailed pictures of my NMM gold work I did on the armor. All the paints I use for this figure are Reaper Master Series paints.
I complied the pictures I took with my phone over the course of the whole painting process from black primer to what you see on the left, the finished mini. I also took some detailed pictures of my NMM gold work I did on the armor. All the paints I use for this figure are Reaper Master Series paints.
I move around the mini, I find this lets the paint dry in one area while I work on another. No annoying halos to contend with. To make the arrows on his chest glow I used a Sun Yellow highlighted up to Pure white. To make the diffused glow on his skin I watered down and brushed over the blue with the yellow. Also painted the armor my first color of NMM gold, mahogany brown.
Here's where I get to work on the armor. I already have my darkest color for my shadows, Mahogany Brown down, I then paint over it with a Chestnut Gold everywhere the light will hit, excluding folds and bends in the armor. I find that looking at statues cast in gold or even gold painted by the masters in paintings really helps get a better understanding of light on metal.
I hope you guys like my quick run through of the painting process. Sorry if the quality isn't the greatest, I take quick snapshots with my Iphone. Please feel free to ask me any questions.
Miniature is Daemon Prince by Games Workshop
Painted by Miniature Mistress
Miniature is Daemon Prince by Games Workshop
Painted by Miniature Mistress