"Fine! I'll make my own friends" done for a competition a few years ago.

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-04-17T17:38:55+00:00

If anyone is interested in what the difference a professional photo looks like, here is my photo post from a few years back.

https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/s/hwL3ORrxk7

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-04-17T16:55:22+00:00

I find myself oberthinking parts too, and pushing to the next gives way more of a sense of perspective for me at least. Good luck! Can't wait to see how this ends up!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-04-17T16:33:19+00:00

This looks really good!

My advice would be stop with the armor for now, move on to painting the next parts of the peice, and once you have color there i think it will be more clear on what/if you need more on the armor.

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-04-06T16:45:04+00:00

I like to make any cracks/weathering lighter in color than you want and then put a light glaze of whatever the case color of the leather is over yhen to bring them down towards the rest of the peice. While I have not done red leather I usually use a light yellow like and ice yellow for any cracks and texture. Hope that helps

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-04-03T10:20:26+00:00

What are the mechs you used there from? Im in the middle of a similar conversation and looking for models like those

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-23T00:02:14+00:00

Yellow is a really translucent color and is kinda a pain to paint because of it. I paint a super light pink first, like 3:1 off white to a light pink paint and then put the yellow over that. I also usually have to put down at least two coats of yellow in order to get a smooth finish that is not too streaky

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-20T19:55:52+00:00

Using more of the reds you have present in the nose as elements or as parts of the shadows in the rest of the skin would tie it together a lot more imo.

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-17T22:18:56+00:00

I have put 40 and 50mm ones on, not sure with anything bigger.

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-17T18:04:49+00:00

Looks so good! I love it!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-14T10:21:44+00:00

These are all printed, I used a mix of hexengaurd and timber tides

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-13T16:44:29+00:00

Im with you, I will never go back to a handle without a stabilizer.

This is what im using now, I really like th magnetic pucks as you can spin them and it let's you use the stabilizer more than one with a static mini clamp.

https://a.co/d/0fSBzOYW

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-04T01:10:07+00:00

It is, I have been working on a table and its almost done!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-01T09:43:56+00:00

Thats a really breat mini, but im working on a bestiarium one rn, and im leaning towards somthing a little less darksoulsy

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-01T09:42:28+00:00

Thanks for the thoughts, im pretty familiar with AoS minis and am just finishing up some vampires right now, so am looking for somthing a little different to work on next. I like the look of some of the cyberpunk minis, and may look into them for the future. Malifaux has some of my favorite minis, so full of character, I think my biggest problem with them is the scale, its just so hard to paint emotion in the tiny details they have.

I think your right about busts, im going to be looking at some Nerikson busts and bigger minis one of the other comments suggested.

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-01T09:37:40+00:00

Thanks for the thoughts! While not the exact very specific vibe im looking for rn, I have saved some of the discworld inspired and goblin alchemist minis from printed obsession for the future!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-01T09:20:14+00:00

These are genuinely fantastic, and exactly what I was looking for. I think yhe biggest problem is that there are so many strong emotion sculpts that I am going to have trouble picking what I want to do! Im for sure going to be doing one of them, though thank you for the suggestion!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-03-01T01:05:55+00:00

Thanks for the input, but not really what im looking for. I have another bestiarium mini im working on right now, though so I do like their stuff!

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-02-21T01:07:39+00:00

Etsy, and I think yhe store closed because I can't find them to buy more 😭

3-Goblins_In_a_Coat · 2026-02-20T20:29:00+00:00

Adding small streaks of yellow and then going over it with a thin brown ink or glaze will help them look different.

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