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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Keith on 13 September 2015, 11:11:14 PM

Title: Angry Germans!
Post by: Keith on 13 September 2015, 11:11:14 PM
Seperated by about 500 years, but the family resemblance is pretty clear  :)

(http://imageshack.com/a/img537/4042/a0c80y.jpg)

Footsore Aella - love this figure and would happily paint two or three more.

(http://imageshack.com/a/img538/3479/rsgY5G.jpg)

Warlord figures Germanic command type.
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 13 September 2015, 11:19:09 PM
Excellent hues and I really love the faces  :-* :-*

cheers

James
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Post by: bigredbat on 13 September 2015, 11:30:49 PM
Wow, they are superb.  Great work!
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Post by: Mithridates1 on 13 September 2015, 11:37:53 PM
Excellent painting.   The family resemblance is so close I was thinking Aella and some of his footsore 'mates' would make good command figures for early Germans or even Dacians and allied Bastarnae (who were Germanic afterall).

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Post by: FunkyBrush on 13 September 2015, 11:55:44 PM
Wow. Wow indeed. :-*
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Post by: grant on 14 September 2015, 12:13:23 AM
 :-* :o :-*

Stunning!
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Post by: Atheling on 14 September 2015, 05:42:45 AM
Lovely work :-* :-* :-*

Darrell.
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Post by: Captain Blood on 14 September 2015, 07:53:05 AM
Works of art Keith. Really sumptuous skin tones and shading.
Lovely to see you back on the brushes.
Hope life is treating you well on your island  :)
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Post by: Dr DeAth on 14 September 2015, 08:04:17 AM
Great painting in all respects, but especially the flesh tones
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Post by: Denouement on 14 September 2015, 09:30:06 AM
Impressive painting Keith, particularly like the skin tones.   8)

Stuart.
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Post by: Mad Doc Morris on 14 September 2015, 11:01:21 AM
Some seriously good brushwork on two lovely figures. :-*
Did you paint 'em at random or with a specific goal in mind? Reason I'm asking, I would really love more Ancients goodness like that.
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Post by: Michi on 14 September 2015, 11:05:48 AM
Plentiful colours, great shading, excellent detailing. That are gorgeous paintjobs!!!  :o
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Post by: Keith on 14 September 2015, 11:19:24 AM
Some seriously good brushwork on two lovely figures. :-*
Did you paint 'em at random or with a specific goal in mind? Reason I'm asking, I would really love more Ancients goodness like that.

Not entirely at random  :). There will definitely be more Dark Ages (very much inspired by your Roman series on your blog btw).
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Post by: Jeff965 on 14 September 2015, 11:20:19 AM
Art meets wargaming, painting at its very best  :-*
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Post by: rumacara on 14 September 2015, 01:09:10 PM
 :-* :-* :-*
Excelent paintwork.
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Post by: Malamute on 14 September 2015, 02:36:53 PM
Wonderful, some of the best painting I ahev seen on here in a while, this and your Naval chap have brightened up my dreary rainy day. How is the weather for you now?
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Post by: Hu Rhu on 14 September 2015, 05:44:45 PM
Stunning painting.  :o
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Post by: Keith on 14 September 2015, 07:56:51 PM
Wonderful, some of the best painting I ahev seen on here in a while, this and your Naval chap have brightened up my dreary rainy day. How is the weather for you now?

Pretty damn good thanks :-)
Getting a fair bit milder so mid to high twenties during the day which is much cooler than last month!
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Post by: cram on 14 September 2015, 09:45:41 PM
Damn nice painting!!  :-* :-*
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Post by: tomrommel1 on 15 September 2015, 08:07:14 AM
 :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: Mad Doc Morris on 15 September 2015, 08:16:59 AM
Not entirely at random  :). There will definitely be more Dark Ages (very much inspired by your Roman series on your blog btw).

That's nice to know. In both instances. ;) Really, I'm flattered, mate.
So, looking forward to the next figures, angry or not.
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Post by: Andym on 17 September 2015, 11:35:19 AM
Very angry and VERY nice! :-*

More please! Even angrier and more germanic if possible! ;)
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Post by: Ragnar on 17 September 2015, 11:59:18 AM
Amazing painting.

And I love that Footsore mini too.
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Post by: Peithetairos on 18 September 2015, 12:56:46 AM
Very beautiful paintjob. The faces have so much character and in general the colour choices are excellent, and transitions very smooth. Some of the ebst Germanic Warriors I saw so far.
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Post by: Hurin on 18 September 2015, 11:21:45 AM
Super nice work :-*

Quick question: how many highlights do you typically use for the flesh tones?
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Post by: Keith on 19 September 2015, 12:33:05 AM
Many thanks for all the nice comments guys - it's really motivating.

For the faces and skin I tend to use three colours. A flesh/brown, a middle flesh and white. I slap on the base colour, a base/middle flesh mix, middle flesh and finally middle flesh and white mix. So around four shades I guess.

One thing I do find helpful is to add a final highlight to the skin when I've finished the rest of the figure. There's usually one or two places where a well placed highlight makes all the differece. Good examples are ankles (on bare legs), wrists and one side of the forehead.
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Post by: Hurin on 19 September 2015, 10:08:43 AM
Thanks for the tips!
I think I've been using too many shades because I keep losing the contrast. I'll try this now because it looks really good.
Thanks again.
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Post by: nikko on 19 September 2015, 11:09:48 AM
Hello,
Superb paintjob !!!
Nikko