Author Topic: Camp fire (Read 6410 times)

Michi · « **on:** November 29, 2009, 07:10:48 PM »

My first attempt of painting fire. I didn´t dare to paint torches yet, but I think I should now. Would you agree?

JollyBob · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:20:07 PM »

I think you should go ahead and do whatever you want, because you'll do it superbly in any case.

The OSL in that piece is just right for me. Not too heavy and really, really characterful (if you can say that about what is essentially a still life).

former user · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:24:33 PM »

nice in any case

looks a bit greenish - I guess it's the picture or my screen ?

whatever is in the bags as well as the animals will get charcoaled

scratchbuilt or is it a model?

Michi · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:44:28 PM »

Quote from: former user on November 29, 2009, 08:24:33 PM

scratchbuilt or is it a model?

The pieces were from Reaper, but the arrangement is made on a GW horse base by me.

former user · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:54:19 PM »

ah

good to know, thx
I was looking myself for something like that.
Though I am not sure if I rather built one myself with stones, wood, charcoal and without flames.
Flames are very tricky to paint

Michi · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2009, 09:33:24 PM »

Quote from: former user on November 29, 2009, 08:54:19 PM

Flames are very tricky to paint

I don´t know how you like mine, but I found the trickiest thing were those lights on the stuff around the fire.

silvana · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2009, 10:02:53 PM »

You handled it beautifully. I've never attempted painting fire - looks a bit tricky for me.

Mr. Peabody · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2009, 10:55:16 PM »

Michi, your painting makes me happy on a dark and rainy winter day! Always full of life and character.

Hitman · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2009, 01:14:17 AM »

That looks great. I would like to know how you did it step-by-step so that I can paint my campfires up. Please...

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Hitman

Michi · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2009, 05:53:45 AM »

Quote from: Hitman on November 30, 2009, 01:14:17 AM

That looks great. I would like to know how you did it step-by-step so that I can paint my campfires up. Please...

Sorry, I didn´t take WIP photos. I try to describe instead:

Paint the flames white.
Add a little warm yellow to the white and paint the flaming tongues leaving white crevices between them.
Paint their upper halves with pure yellow.
Mix a little fluorescent orange to the yellow and paint their tips.
Paint the same mixture around the base of the fire.
Paint pure fluorescent orange aronund the base.
Blend red into the base.
Paint the stones and stuff around the fire yellow where they point towards the fire.
Blend all stuff from yellow to orange and then to the natural colour.
Highlight as usual.

dodge · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2009, 07:11:28 AM »

very good,

flames are very hard

you did really well.

dodge

former user · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2009, 10:03:44 AM »

since You somehow asked

Your technique is perfect
I never tried source lighting, BECAUSE it is very difficult

If there would be anything not to like, I guess it is a matter of taste.

As always with our miniature painting it is the degree of "over life size" that makes the point about personal style.
This always was a problem I had with painting scale models. Years ago, I had to accept that miniature painting is about defining far beyond what would be recognizable in reality over the distance simulated by the scale of the model.
IMHO, what makes a very good painter is adapting this "definition" to the scale and the distance from which in general a model is looked upon. Apart from mastering the techniques, it is also about having a very well established standard so that the painting scheme makes the models fit together.
Your style is very well established, and I noticed that You are more subtle on figures and quite "over the top" on objects.
My style is not well established, but in general I tend to paint more "lifestyle" and thus not very well defined (which is in terms of miniatures rather poor painting). With objects (and especially bigger ones) I lean even more towards it, mainly to not distract from the figures.
Since I am lazy and do not paint very much, this suits me well.

So relating Your style to real life size, I would be able to see Your objects from very very far, and not blobs of colour and shade

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Which is in fact what good painting is about. Much writing about nothing to complain about.

Also very hard to judge from pictures.
Maybe You could shoot one with Your models around the fire?
I hope I will be able to paint only a bit as good as you some time in the future

Well, anyway, I like Your campfire, and I hope I could make it clear what I mean.

General Roos · « **Reply #12 on:** November 30, 2009, 10:45:35 AM »

Nice lightning!

Hitman · « **Reply #13 on:** November 30, 2009, 01:51:22 PM »

Thanks MIchi. What brand does a fluorescent orange come in? I didn't even know that they made that type of paint in craft paints. Thanks again for the step-by-step description. I will have to try that myself and see how I can do. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman

Michi · « **Reply #14 on:** November 30, 2009, 05:29:30 PM »

Quote from: Hitman on November 30, 2009, 01:51:22 PM

What brand does a fluorescent orange come in?

Vallejo Model Color range:
730 yellow
733 orange
735 pink

Though you certainly can use any usual orange as well...

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