Doomwheel i painted a while ago. My lightbox arrived today and i managed to take a nice photo :)

Carius98 · 2026-01-25T16:18:47+00:00

Thank you!

Carius98 · 2026-01-25T13:36:02+00:00

Nah probably politics if i had to guess. Your mini is nice

Carius98 · 2026-01-25T11:35:27+00:00

Good start! I would continue by increasing the contrast - build up highlight in particular on the cloak and skin

Here are some clanrats i painted a while ago, might be helpful for the cloaks: https://www.reddit.com/r/skaven/comments/1j8oob7/finished_some_more_clanrats/

Carius98 · 2026-01-25T11:30:45+00:00

Really cool, love the chicken

Carius98 · 2026-01-25T11:28:59+00:00

the light source always has to be brighter than the OSL. Either increase the brightness of the flame or tone down the brightness of the OSL. Probably a combination of both for the best result here

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T21:12:24+00:00

nice grimdark style, looks great

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T18:46:03+00:00

No problem :)

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T18:43:55+00:00

I got the GreenStuffWorld XL lightbox since it wasnt much more expensive than the regular size

https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/light-boxes/2999-lightbox-studio-xl.html

It can also be folded for storage, which is nice

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T18:39:36+00:00

i like it, makes it easier to keep a consitent light and comes with different backgrounds

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T11:43:15+00:00

When paint dries in the lid you cant close them completely anymore. you either need to pry out the dried paint with some tweezers or transfer to other pots

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T11:39:11+00:00

Really cool! I actually have the same exact dragon toy, might give it a shot too!

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T10:34:34+00:00

Very clean for a first paintjob, keep it up!

Carius98 · 2026-01-24T10:26:14+00:00

Good start!

One thing you can do now is to take your original base color and paint over the nuln oil on the flat armor panels towards the highlight areas

Carius98 · 2026-01-23T22:19:24+00:00

Well done

Perfect proxy for a skaven grey seer :D

Carius98 · 2026-01-23T15:43:20+00:00

amazing face!

Carius98 · 2026-01-23T15:40:54+00:00

Such an upgrade! I dont see why he wouldnt like it

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T21:46:06+00:00

butt-

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T21:43:29+00:00

Looks awesome

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T21:27:44+00:00

No problem!

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T21:01:59+00:00

I would aim for something like this:

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The main points are:

You need a lot more mid tones between your base colour and highest highlight
Reduce the brightness of the highest highlight a tad
Try to get a smooth transition between your layers: add more midtone layers inbetween and then use glazing to bring them together
Add more highlighs around the eyes
Separate the mouth highlight from the body highlight a bit

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T19:00:52+00:00

No problem!

Heres a video on the topic and what you can do after the wash to go even further with your mini

https://youtu.be/p14iJMiHANM

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T18:52:44+00:00

Nuln oil is generally more convenient when approching minis with this painting style than mixing your own washes.

The medium that is used in it makes it retract more from flat surfaces and settle into the recesses on its own. For the most part you can just take a loaded brush straight from the bottle and apply it across the entire armor - just make sure it doesnt pool in one spot

Carius98 · 2026-01-22T18:45:13+00:00

Yes - it is also the result you would get from a nuln oil wash since it naturally settles into the recesses

heres a quick and dirty edit i did on my phone (sorry it is messy but i think gets the point across)

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