OK, i'm trying to get a flame like pattern on these ships. I think it looks ok, but i want a second opinion as my ego sometimes clouds my vision.
I'm going to be tiying it up a bit, so it's just the general idea that i need to check. I'm also not expecting to paint to some really high standard, just regular average standard like i normally do.
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I think the resolution is too big. The ship is only about 9cm long so most of the detail your seeing there you'd have to get up close to see.
Sounds like i've got some major work in store to tidy it up.
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I definitely think it looks off because of how close the shot is. You said yourself you're not looking for something amazing, and it's just hard to see the overall look of the job when all you can see are the minute details.
I demand a zoomed-out shot.
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Here's the same shot but scaled down a bit, i'll get a zoomed out when my digi cameras battery has recharged
The front needs some more work. too bright
Now if i was being a fluff manic i could avoid any extra work. The prow of Imperial ships are the most heavily armoured area so if i wanted i could say i painted it that way so that it attracts fire away from the more vunerable parts.
But i'm going to be tidying it up so i might as well make it a little less bright, though i think the flash might have someting to do with that as well.
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On first glance I'd suggest an ink wash to dull it down a bit and get shadows into the crevices. Dilute a dark ink with water and brush it lightly over the model.
How do you say "Ka me ha me ha" in latin? You can call the ship "His Imperial Hadoken of Righteous Violence".
It looks cool, but I would have sugested that you undercoat it with bright blue or bright yellow and then drybrush the reds and oranges on, to give it more of a "glowing from the inside" look to it.
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I like it. Though I second the cries of darkening it slightly.
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Darth Wong wrote:The American "family values" agenda is simple: alter the world so that you can completely ignore your child and still be confident that he is receiving the same kind of Christian upbringing that you would give him if you weren't busy.
Looks like some darkening and a bit of washing is in order then.
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Please post the results. I'm curious to see how it turned out.
"Gunslinger indeed. Quick draw, Bob. Quick draw." --Count Chocula
"Unquestionably, Dr. Who is MUCH lighter in tone than WH40K. But then, I could argue the entirety of WWII was much lighter in tone than WH40K." --Broomstick
"This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight." --Harry Dresden, Changes
"Like...are we canonical?" --Aaron Dembski-Bowden to Dan Abnett