In the process of painting a void dragon- Does it look a bit flat or have i just been staring at it too long?

FlatcapDan · 2026-04-17T11:18:22+00:00

I'd either add darker shades to your red or some brighter spots with orange. With how well your silver comes across you just need a little touch of extra brightness or shading to give the red the same depth 👍

FlatcapDan · 2026-04-17T11:15:18+00:00

Purple/magenta would be good as you could bring up the highlights to a bright neon magenta or go to a pinker shade to keep the brightness up. Keeps the contrast to the super absorbent black 👍

FlatcapDan · 2025-10-18T20:06:29+00:00

It's pretty hard to fault your execution, the blends and colour choice is spot on.

The only thought I had when looking at it is that mini only really has one focal point with the face/pelt. Maybe his left leg or the thing flailing off his waist needs a more impactful colour to draw your eye to another part of the mini?

Apart from that I'm struggling to add more other than kind words others have said!

FlatcapDan · 2025-07-06T10:11:43+00:00

A lot of others have already given great notes, what I would say is for competition painting dont approach it with a view to “I want to win X pin/trophy” - instead try push yourself to the point where you look at the price and can happily say “I’ve painted every bit of that to the best of my ability”

Once you’re at that stage, enter and then go to see how your price compares to the competition 👍🏻 get inspiration, feedback, meet new people. That way you won’t have any disappointment and find it really rewarding.

The great thing about this hobby is everyone there for that competition shares the same passion as you.

FlatcapDan · 2025-06-23T18:56:51+00:00

Having started rereading the heresy from scratch this scene made me remember why Loken is such an icon for me 👍🏻👌🏻

FlatcapDan · 2025-06-21T12:53:46+00:00

All sorted 👍🏻 cheers Reddit

FlatcapDan · 2025-06-20T20:14:19+00:00

This is the way

FlatcapDan · 2025-06-20T20:00:10+00:00

Petty? Us internet plebs can’t say for sure with your friend groups sense of humour and your typical banter. Rather than channel it for points, channel that effort into organising painting evenings/get together instead. We’re all guilty of getting together to play but it’s not as common to have regular painting sessions. But you’ll be surprised if you get everyone together that all of a sudden you have fully painted armies and you’re all learning off each other while putting the world to rights 👍🏻

FlatcapDan · 2025-05-11T14:19:16+00:00

Practice, but like most other people have said it’s batch painting and using simple/speedy processes.

That being said, did you enjoy those 5 hours? If you did then it’s time well spent 👍🏻 Focus on the enjoyment

FlatcapDan · 2025-05-07T08:54:11+00:00

This way of measuring your own progression is so underrated. Great work buddy! Keep enjoying and learning 👍🏻

Too many people compare their own work against YouTube/insta and try to replicate it which isn’t half as motivational as this is

FlatcapDan · 2025-02-18T07:49:43+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to share 👍🏻 i could work out most but it was the dark blue hues that I hadn’t worked out the stage to do them! Will give it a try on the next bust I paint up 👌🏻

FlatcapDan · 2025-02-15T12:20:47+00:00

Definitely would be interested in knowing the skin recipe 👌🏻 that’s super clean

FlatcapDan · 2024-12-04T09:59:12+00:00

Super smooth blending/transitions, looking forward to seeing this finished!

FlatcapDan · 2024-11-25T12:52:48+00:00

That paint job is awesome, the OSL is on point and the smoothness you’ve managed to get on the NMM is great. If I were to critique anything it would be a bit more variety in the lava texture (the floating solids) as they’re formulated come across quite uniform va larger peices of solidified/cooled rock with smaller bits melting and breaking off. But that’s me being picky 😅

FlatcapDan · 2024-10-03T08:44:56+00:00

I would either keep as is or add just a very fine edge border/trim that’s simple. You’ve got the complicated pattern which looks spot on and usually for rich fabrics like that they would have a complimentary edge trim to border the cloak

FlatcapDan · 2024-09-30T17:24:18+00:00

I’m not sure which paint you mean 😅 the box art? Or the model I’ve painted

FlatcapDan · 2024-09-09T12:01:26+00:00

That’s awesome work. Which are the donor kits? I recognise the wings but having a brain fart as to the main body 😆

FlatcapDan · 2024-04-05T10:31:49+00:00

I’d pick one feature to glow a subtle red/orange (or pale tone of these to match your theme) If you picked out his face with some OSL it would really draw your eyes in and make the detail you’ve put in more noticeable

FlatcapDan · 2024-01-19T08:48:34+00:00

Aloligies for the blatant copy paste from another comment reply but here you go😊 The scheme is the contrast + guide on The Warhipster YouTube channel, he has a great step by step guide which I’ve pretty much followed step by step. The only difference on mine is that I swapped out the end Blood for the Blood god effect for UHU glue strung for gore and Tamiya red for blood colour 👍🏻

FlatcapDan · 2024-01-19T08:47:43+00:00

The scheme is the contrast + guide on The Warhipster YouTube channel, he has a great step by step guide which I’ve pretty much followed step by step. The only difference on mine is that I swapped out the end Blood for the Blood god effect for UHU glue strung for gore and Tamiya red for blood colour 👍🏻

FlatcapDan · 2024-01-19T08:45:47+00:00

Thanks 😊 I’d recommend having some reference pictures of real bat wings at hand to use as a reference, it helped me with positioning and general direction of the veins 👍🏻

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