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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: antimatter on 16 September 2014, 07:22:33 PM
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Here are a few commissioned Dark Mariners painted up using glazes and washes. They key, as always with the glaze style, is to shadow with contrasting colored inks. In this case, the shell is a burnt Sienna over white primer, making a nice orange color, then it was shaded with dark blue ink and some black paint. Then finally, a bit more burnt sienna ink to bring the orange back out on the highlights. The encrusting sea growth was given a glaze of Sap Green ink, a very nice forest green. Then everything touched up with bone and white on the edges and barnacles.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10582960_761811860532478_4983912179559720041_o.jpg)
(https://scontent-a-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10631229_761811857199145_8186155420460134326_o.jpg)
* As a note, these are for DeepWars and ShadowSea, companions games of battles above and below the waters of an underground sea.
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Wow, some excellent work there :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Wow, indeed!
They look amazing, I've no idea what they are, but they look so good the glaze gives real depth to the colours.
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While the minis are WONDERFULLY imaginative creations, the OUTSTANDING paint jobs & bases bring them to an even higher level. FANTASTIC WORK!
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Thanks, these are for DeepWars and ShadowSea, skirmish games of battles below and above the surface of an underground sea. They are amphibious troops, so they can be used in both games.
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Wow! Very very impressive work. Eyepopping! :o
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Phenomenal paintwork. I'll admit the minis are a bit much for me. There is a very...150% aesthetic to minis like this which doesn't work for me (some people never heard the phrase "sometimes less is more..."). But you've done them up brilliantly.
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Fan-tastic!!! :-* :-* :-* :-*
I absolutely love your painting style! Cracking work!!
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Incredible.
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Superb. :o
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Wow is right...
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:o :o
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Love them. Also very much appreciate the insight into your approach to painting them. Colour theory being a bugbear for me, I've made a note of this post for future reference.
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You've mentioned it before, but I can't seem to find it - what inks are you using? I'm very much a fan of glazes in my painting and I'm always interested in what other people are using.
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You've mentioned it before, but I can't seem to find it - what inks are you using? I'm very much a fan of glazes in my painting and I'm always interested in what other people are using.
These are Liquitex Professional Acrylic Inks, which have different properties than other inks. The main difference is the acrylic medium they use, which makes them very esay to mix with paint, blend and make washes and glazes from.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/liquitex-professional-acrylic-ink/
Some videos here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liquitex+acrylic+ink
It can be thought of as very saturated, transparent liquid paint. Really, one could make many opaque colored acrylic paints by just mixing the ink with opaque shades. This is something I like to do as the ink makes the paint smoother and blend better also.
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You sure have a good sell for the results of that paint. I wouldn't mind giving them a try... will have to look into sourcing them in Canada though. So far my efforts have not yielded promising results...
They have a pretty extensive colour range. Which ones have you tried? Are there any you like or dislike? Any experience with their metallics?
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I'm always impressed by painters who can use these bright colors and strong contrasts with such eficience and balance. Not speaking of the obvious masterized painting technic.
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These are Liquitex Professional Acrylic Inks, which have different properties than other inks. The main difference is the acrylic medium they use, which makes them very esay to mix with paint, blend and make washes and glazes from.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/liquitex-professional-acrylic-ink/
Some videos here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liquitex+acrylic+ink
It can be thought of as very saturated, transparent liquid paint. Really, one could make many opaque colored acrylic paints by just mixing the ink with opaque shades. This is something I like to do as the ink makes the paint smoother and blend better also.
Thanks. I may well try these when I have some cash to throw around on experiments.