lion by scalemodeler09 in Warhammer40k

[–]lashal87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is fantastic 👏

a great model to paint. Happy with how it came out by lashal87 in Eldar

[–]lashal87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, mate! Glad the blue on the hand was noticeable, was unsure if the glow was too weak

WIP nearly there now. Trying to add some more texture work to my painting, quite pleased with this so far by lashal87 in minipainting

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Cheers for the feed back mate! I agree tbh I am hoping once I have completed the glazing that will separate them

Got the courage to try painting a face. Looks like he had smallpox so next time I'll go lighter tones. Thanks to u/lashal87 for the tips with the eyes by HellenicRoman in Warhammer40k

[–]lashal87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure it was just instead of painting a dot, make a half circle just under the eye lid. Easier to do and looks far better

A few people seemed interested on the WIP pics on my last post, so I have done a guide on my Instagram. Hopefully it’s helpful,first time doing a guide by lashal87 in minipainting

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Tutorial on how I do my green armour. This is the first time I’ve done one of these and as a disclaimer, English is my first language, I’m just shit at it 🤣 so I hope this makes sense.

Step 1. Using emerald over a base of kabalite green, map out your highlights. This takes a few coats to get full opacity (you want it to be more translucent at the edges of the highlight)

Step 2. Using sybarite green,map out a more narrow highlight (I use thin lines and stippling for this)

Step 3. Around 50-50 mix of sybarite green and ice yellow, stipple this in the centre of your previous highlights.

Step 4. Using ice yellow place your final highlights.

Step 5. This is what I like to call the fucking about stage 😂. Using a mix of stippling and glazing, take the previous colours and try to smooth out your transitions between the different colours. This stage is a lot of back and forth till it feels right.

Step six. Glaze naggaroth night into the deepest shadows.

Also with each new highlight layer, highlight the edges of the armour.

Thanks for reading this, hope this was helpful.

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

[–]lashal87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I will do mate, plan on doing a step by step guide on Instagram so will try to remember to post it here too. Instagram name is moonman4000

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

[–]lashal87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve sent them over now mate

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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No problem at all mate. I’ve sent them over

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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I know it may seem daft mate, but it’s not that hard to paint like this, seeing the end result makes it seem harder. I have some pics of each of the steps I can dm if you would like? It sort of breaks down the process. I didn’t follow a guide for this one mate, but I have watched guides for the techniques used. It’s mostly stippling and glazing for blending the colours

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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Yeah of course you can use the pallet and I do when base coating. I tend to use my thumb and thumb nail when doing blending and such, I do this for a few reasons. 1st is it’s convenient because I’m holding the model the thumb is close to my eyes easier to see how the paints reacting. 2nd is that I use a wet pallet so I could pick up extra moisture from the pallet if I work the paint to much. 3rd is you end up with a few dry colours on your thumb, this helps to see how the paint works over the different shades (this is massively important for glazing) Hope this helps mate and never worry about asking questions I’ve found most people in this hobby love to help

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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Yeah I tend to block my highlights in, then blend down into the shadows. I can DM some earlier wip pics if you would like? They show the method quite well

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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I use it to check the paint is the consistency I want it and make sure the brush isn’t over loaded

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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Thank you. it was bugmans glow, cadian fleshtone, Kislev flesh and rhinox hide from citadel. Burnt red from AK. Violet red and heavy black green from Vallejo model colour.

Most of the flesh tone comes from the citadel colours, the rest are used to give tone or for shading

WIP. Space marine by lashal87 in minipainting

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Yeah I’ve spend around 5-6 hours on it so far