Guildball by Sigur

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Hi peeps, I'm doing the new team - the Blacksmith's Guild (and some terrain)!


full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/wip1.jpg.3dd5b069f5ec864b4c75271e97192f9d.jpg


full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/wip2.jpg.32fe6db1bd31918271e092f27dc62c63.jpg

These are just early WIP shots of course. Problem is that I have a rather tight deadline on those figures (Dec, 20th. Yikes!) The Blacksmiths are going to be extra-dark in theme, so that helps painting time wise. :p

[Andym]

Good start! The metals already look great!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@Andym: Thanks very much! Between these chaps and the Super Dungeon Explore figures I've been painting a whoooole lotta NMM recently..


Another update:

full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/wip3.jpg.f5dfdbd649621ce0f4c1a08d710977b0.jpg

Looking good for the deadline (19th December). The players are almost done now; just a bunch more terrain left to do. Hope you like them so far!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

....aaaand we're done!


full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/blacksmiths1.jpg.0b7d5f779d0890e75fff90b2f4ce7952.jpg


full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/blacksmithsback1.jpg.d79a4c7620214e413cfe9ecfbfc134aa.jpg

Hope you like them!

Up next: Masons&Brewers terrain pack.

[Exiledadmiral]

Wow! Every team looks amazing. Your NMM is awe inspiring, i dread painting metals because they always look dull and lifeless. Any tips or is it just practice, practice and more practice?

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@Exiledadmiral: Thanks very much, Sir! Yeah, basically it's all about practice, practice, practice, isn't it. But as a general rule of thumb I think it's fair to say that when doing NMM it's never a bad idea to have stark contrasts, otherwise your faux-metallic surface just looks like any other surface. As long as the darkest bits are black and the lightest bits are white I think you're doing well. Work in many 'breaks' with surfaces like a sword or something to get the maximum contrast or if you got a large surface and don't quite know what to do with it - throw in some kind of weird angular reflection that doesn't go along any of the lines the rest of the model has. Like on the big sign thing on the Blacksmiths or the sawblades on the one guys in the Farmers team. It doesn't make much sense in terms of how light actually works, but it catches the eye. Hope that helps. I have several different appraoches to NMM because different models call for different approaches, but I usually adhere to the above. Of course when doing a realistic model or a showcase thing I pay more attention to where I place reflections so they make a bit more sense as opposed maximum effect in a way that the light might work. Oh, and of course the very first thing when doing NMM is picking an imaginary point as light source, but that goes for any kind of miniature painting, not just NMM.

[Exiledadmiral]

Thanks for the advice! Good tip about the angular reflections, should ease my mind when I can't think where to put the reflection. Do you use plain black and white or mix some colour in? 

[Battle Brush Sigur]

It depends really. In this case I added a little mid-brown and blue to better show the weird, beaten and dead 'ard looking quality of all the metal used by these guys. If there's enough colour on the resdt of the models I just go with white and black (maybe a little blue or brown or even red in case the overall tone of the model calls for it).


Alright, here's even more pictures, this time of the Masons&Brewers terrain pack!


full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/5a32fe15340a7_doneall.jpg.1a0ad378a27ba22f6dbbf797db4632bf.jpg



full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/terrain1.jpg.406d336db280b7ec2a402b44ec0fac71.jpg



full size image: http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_2017_12/terrain2.jpg.4e05b1bce03ad8372c7887650f8db347.jpg


Hope you like them! The lighting is getting a bit better now; still adjusting. Tomorrow I'll throw everything over again by trying out the dark backgrounds. :p So stay tuned!

[Andym]

Wow! They all turned out rather perfect!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@Andym: Well, that's what I do.  Well, no, not really. Thanks very much for the compliment!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Hey, a happy third advent Sunday to all of you. Sundays traditionally are slow, so here's nothing new to round off this batch of Guildball figures than onions and hay bales.

[Nord]

Excellent work sir. You sure know your onions. 

Not sure if that joke works for non- English types.

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Sure doesn't. But a quick google ("knowing one's onions") fixed that.  Thanks!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Hey peeps, the review for the Guild Ball Blacksmiths figures (and GB's plastics in general) is online now:

http://www.battlebrushstudios.com/2017/12/review-guild-ball-blacksmiths-guild.html




Hope you find the article interesting and helpful!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Hullo, I'm back on some Guildball figures. Now I'm painting the Old Father's Harvest box:



Hope you like them so far!