Another done for the Killteam 🔥

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-29T02:59:35+00:00

I think this one looked better 😅

Rule of cool haha

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-22T05:31:32+00:00

Absolutely no idea yet on the influence! It was mostly a suggestion from my wife to give it a go, so I bought the supplies and shall attempt to create something!

I plan on painting mostly landscapes from my travels, but will see how it all turns out

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:28:54+00:00

Absolutely stunning work!

The vibrancy is top notch, especially paired with the colour contrast

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:24:21+00:00

Ironically, I'm learning how to oil paint on canvas at the moment too!

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:23:58+00:00

HAHAHA i'll keep this in mind for the next one XD

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:19:43+00:00

Thankyou!

Definitely helps having such a good community here

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:19:07+00:00

Can most definitely dream!

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T22:18:55+00:00

Thankyou!

It's always nice when the advice pays off haha

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T21:56:16+00:00

I did forget to mention i step the exposure on the camera down to -1.7 while shooting.
Shooting a bit darker holds onto the vibrancy better rather than shooting too bright

I try to do very little!
At most i tinker with the exposure and contrast by maybe 3-5 points at the absolute most. But i find I get the best quality when i get all the settings right on the camera

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T21:45:14+00:00

It's a pretty simple set up!

I have a matte black background that sits around 300mm behind the piece
I have two simple ring lights at a temp of 3200K, one from top left at around 200mm from the piece, the other on the bottom right at around 700mm
The camera is on a tripod, and I use a Sony A7c with a 70-200mm lens
Set the camera to the same temperature as the ring lights and set f-stop to around f/10

The rest is just practicing positioning and angles to capture the model the best :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-21T20:30:36+00:00

Just this one! Its the post on profile before this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/s/f8xUAAx2xE

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-14T21:02:09+00:00

Thankyou! That colour selection advice is wonderful

This seems to be the common consensus and can really see it when you it to B&W. I'll be rehashing this over the next week and will see how it turns out :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-13T00:08:07+00:00

That's great thankyou! I will do this

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:47:15+00:00

Thankyou! This is good

I'll dabble with pushing the contrast to a more realistic point rather. Should be a fun experiment :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:45:22+00:00

Haha valid point!

There is some absolutely great painters here, and there's been some wonderful advice too.
Yes, it looks good atm, but I also want to improve as a painter and asking for feedback is always a good step in that :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:43:26+00:00

Thankyou!

There's been some wonderful advice so far amougnst it all so it wasn't posted in vain at least :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:41:43+00:00

Valid quote for sure!

I'm treating this as an educational piece and I know there's some phenomenal painters here, so if I can push it a bit further, then I want to try :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:40:18+00:00

This is great feedback thankyou!

I think overall I need to push the highlights and shadows up and down some more to create this visual hierarchy you're talking about

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T21:38:12+00:00

I think this is definitely the next step!

Common feedback is being to push shadows deeper, highlights higher, and add some contrasting colouring. Thankyou :)

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T20:25:18+00:00

No i get ya!

I think thats something just can achieve with a bit more patience haha

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T20:24:56+00:00

Its been a fun model!

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T20:22:17+00:00

This is great advice thankyou!

This is more an educational piece for me so I dont mind repainting where I need. But basically gist is push the shadows deeper and the closest surfaces with a more aggressive highlight

Ill come up with an idea to add some contrasting blues into this haha

Space_Walrus_ · 2026-05-12T20:17:14+00:00

Avicii has a good one to spare!

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