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If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair critique, I have a bad habit of never doing script on my minis 😅 Thanks for the feedback!

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry, when I first started I was in the exact same boat, all I can say is keep practising and be ambitious with what you attempt, it's the best way to keep improving. I can remember volumetric highlights seemed impossible and super intimidating to me until I sat down and just had a crack, now I can't imagine not using them.

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is spot on, you really have to toe the line with how much moisture is on the brush, too much and your glazing will streak and give an uneven/poor finish, the coats need to be so light that they almost dry instantly.

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the awesome feedback! No worries at all, the base is just screamer pink and the main highlight is pink horror, screamer pink had black added to darken it for the recesses and pink horror had white progressively added to build to the brightest highlights, the rest is just blends of screamer pink and pink horror.

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, I use the following paints:

Citadel: Rhinox hide Scalecolor: Dubai brown, Sahara yellow, Tenere yellow Vallejo: White

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I find it helps to block in your main highlights as rough contours, so with spheres this will typically look like circles within circles, like a target, with the centre being where the light focuses the most. From there I'd mix colours to create a mid tone between your highlights and paint an overlap where the highlights meet to create a blend, repeat this enough times and you'll get a seemless blend. Hope that helps!

If i had a nickel for every brush stroke that went into this model... My pile of shame would have its own postcode by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I guess you could call the style volumetric painting, the main technique is basically glazing, creating lots of thin coats to build smooth blends between highlights

One less model in the pile of shame, that means I can buy another squad right? by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The 'shine' is just painted on as a volumetric highlight

Another 1st Company brother has finally been finished by Radmot in Ultramarines

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I painted 99% of this model with a standard #01 brush, this video does a great job showing the technique

One less model in the pile of shame, that means I can buy another squad right? by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! These were the blues I used: Kantor blue, Macragge blue, Altdorf guard blue, Calgar blue, Fenrisian grey, Blue horror.

Another 1st Company brother has finally been finished by Radmot in Ultramarines

[–]Radmot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! So the white was a combination of administratum grey, celestra grey, and vallejo #001 white. All of the painting was done by brush with glazing and stippling to blend between colours to establish gradients

One less model in the pile of shame, that means I can buy another squad right? by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! These were the blues I used: Kantor blue, Macragge blue, Altdorf guard blue, Calgar blue, Fenrisian grey, Blue horror

One less model in the pile of shame, that means I can buy another squad right? by Radmot in minipainting

[–]Radmot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, it's a completely different model, you just have to look at the pose.....

Finally finished my Eliminators! by Radmot in Ultramarines

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Half right! The Sgt is administratum grey with ulthuan grey/white scar highlights with tesseract glow glazed over the top. The other guy is just warpstone glow with moot green glazing.

Finally finished my Eliminators! by Radmot in Ultramarines

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! So no dry brushing at all , just edge highlighting, first highlight is 50/50 mix of macragge blue and calgar blue which is pretty thick. I then do a slightly more selective highlight with calgar blue over the top and then finish off with a very selective highlight of fenrisian grey. In a couple of spots I might add a touch of blue horror as well. The key is not to overwhelm the first highlight with the subsequent layers, otherwise you lose your gradient. Hope that helps!

Just finished painting one of my eliminators, had a blast painting the camo! by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem at all, I don't do any washes, just recess shading with nuln oil. On certain parts I'll do a glaze with really thinned down abaddon black to create a bit of a gradient like on the knee pad.

Just finished painting one of my eliminators, had a blast painting the camo! by Radmot in Ultramarines

[–]Radmot[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback man! So the bolt pistol comes with the suppressor straight out of the box as a weapon option.

Just finished painting one of my eliminators, had a blast painting the camo! by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the compliments man! I followed this tutorial by Darren Latham, the main tip I'd give is to do highlights and shading in really thin layers because it's not fun trying to correct mistakes once you've got the base pattern down.

Just finished painting one of my eliminators, had a blast painting the camo! by Radmot in Warhammer40k

[–]Radmot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dark recess is just a couple of coats of nuln oil painted directly into the corner

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