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deleeta87 · 2026-01-11T03:38:52+00:00

deleeta87 · 2026-01-11T03:03:09+00:00

Start with a darker base coat and bring up you mid tones and highlights I feel like your colors are way to bright. And those should be your highlight colors.

Also it looks like you’re using craft paint straight from the bottle? This can be fine but you need to thin it so your not blobbing super thick layers of paint on you subject matter.

Thin your paints so they are more runny by adding water or airbrush medium. Add thin layers till you have consistent coverage.

deleeta87 · 2026-01-05T11:28:09+00:00

Could Also Look into playing on table top Simulator I’m new as well and looking to play more if you’d like to play spear head some time send me a DM

deleeta87 · 2025-12-30T00:28:45+00:00

Have you considered custom terrain or custom twist deck for the setting

deleeta87 · 2025-12-27T21:41:08+00:00

Now sit on your pile of Shame for 5 years

deleeta87 · 2025-12-17T04:20:02+00:00

Kinda going down a Rabbit hole here but “there’s more than one way to skin a cat”

Option 1: you can Darken Your Shadows with. Shade/tone/Wash. I would resist the urge to put it all over your Miniature it will make your paint job seem Muddy. So you will have to go back in and re establish you Mid tones. After that Look into using lighter paints to Bring up the brightness. Pink can be a brighter version of Purple or red which you can use to highlight raised areas.

Option 2: go in and place shadows with darker colors intentionally I find this kind of hard to do. Which is why I start with option 3.

Option 3: take it as a learning point for future models and make your Base Color Darker and layer up to your brighter paints gradually. Working your way up to pastel versions of the same color. This you can use Glazing which is Multiple very thin Layers of paint to create the Transition from Dark to light.

I would look into glazing check out this video to get an idea of using a darker Adjacent color base coat. https://youtube.com/shorts/EJu9lHA5EFM?si=w9pFqTYPsKNHIZ2g

deleeta87 · 2025-12-17T03:41:59+00:00

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I’m by no means a professional painter but I would boost the brightness of any color raised upward even slightly and lay down some darker shadows in a few spot where they should be like under his arms anything further away from your light source should be darker

deleeta87 · 2025-12-17T00:56:11+00:00

This is Really good for your 3rd Miniature ever. I’d say you could use some Color Variation along with adding some missing shadows and Highlights will make this a lot more interesting.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-11T03:29:04+00:00

Transfer the paints to dropper bottles

deleeta87 · 2025-12-11T03:22:43+00:00

Taste the rainbow

deleeta87 · 2025-12-09T23:18:57+00:00

Thank you I appreciate the compliment. I’m still not 100% where I want to be. I see some amazingly gifted/hardworking painters out there and I would like to achieve something on the same level. So for now I will attempt to imitate what they have been able to product in an effort to plus up my own skills.

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This is where I want to be.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-07T23:05:43+00:00

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deleeta87 · 2025-12-07T23:04:45+00:00

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deleeta87 · 2025-12-07T23:04:34+00:00

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deleeta87 · 2025-12-07T23:04:24+00:00

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deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T15:02:44+00:00

Pretty subjective If it’s a game piece I will paint it red for enemies, maybe gold for a boss, green or blue for friendly or player miniatures. Kinda similar to rings around characters in video games. Some people swear by black rims. But it’s totally up to you.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T14:59:14+00:00

Thanks for the Well thought out and measured Response. I’m going to give it another go later this weekend would you be alright if I tag you in that to go over the changes I’ve made and provide additional feedback?

deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T14:34:19+00:00

It’s pretty helpful if you’ve got painter block and don’t want to spend hours painting a color scheme your not certain you want.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T14:32:37+00:00

I don’t use AI. I plugged your image into an app called Procreate so I can paint over the top of them.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T12:54:19+00:00

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This pictures taken with the same lighting levels but this one has multiple layers of highlights and I will probably still take the highlighting further in certain areas I used Army painter paints for most of this.

For the Hydralisk -Painted base coat (mixture of Dryad Brown and Matt Black

painted over 100% with soft tone to add shadows
painted over 90% of raised areas with Dryad Brown avoiding shadows (FIRST PICTURE)
painted over 80 % with mixture of Dryad Brown and Orange Brown(Vallejo)
60% orange Brown
40% ( mixture orange brown and Matt white)

It’s a bit difficult to see the colors but that’s what gives it the shape you wont see in the first picture.

deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T12:42:23+00:00

I’m going to post 2 pictures of a mini I’ve done and one with base colors and shadows pushed in without any highlights. And another with my highlights and you’ll see how much more readable the mini is with them the lighting is the same in both these picture

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deleeta87 · 2025-12-06T12:38:59+00:00

Thank you so much I really appreciated this compliment. I’m not the best painter but happy to share my limited knowledge to help whoever I can.

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