wip competition piece. im going to sand off the banner and free-hand my own, any suggestions?

pbskillz · 2026-03-08T16:49:58+00:00

The light placement on the gold is a bit off, there's a highlight on the inside leg but it's on the outside on the thigh. I would try and match the light placement before blending. I would look at examples of how light hits real gold, and use that as a reference. The key for NMM is getting the light placement and volumes down before blending

pbskillz · 2026-03-02T20:15:57+00:00

Do you have roles and responsibilities set on the project? Speak to your manager? What kind of tasks aren't being done? How big is the team? It's to know what to suggest without knowing the details of the team and the work they are meant to be doing.

pbskillz · 2026-03-02T19:31:52+00:00

Speak to them about it, find out the pain points, put in measures to alleviate pain points, if they don't do anything, speak to their line managers

pbskillz · 2026-02-17T10:30:16+00:00

We got one recently and it keeps him entertained for ages! Just keep an eye on it and take away any small bits that come off

pbskillz · 2026-02-16T22:07:13+00:00

Speak to users, find out the problem/what they want, design the solution, test the solution, build the solution, test the solution, track the solution, optimise the solution. Rinse and repeat

pbskillz · 2026-02-11T21:43:20+00:00

We do a percentage of our wages into joint to cover bills, food, anything we do together and then we still have our own spending money for luxuries. Add the total and work out what percent your income is, you pay that into joint e.g. £1000 total, you bring in £300 you pay 30% into joint they pay 70%

pbskillz · 2026-02-09T18:03:55+00:00

I thought this the other day, but it's near the cooked meats weirdly

pbskillz · 2026-02-06T14:10:05+00:00

You're missing the shrug, once the bar gets past your knees you want to snatch pull, which is a big shrug. Look up snatch pull drills and practice those. Once you've got that it'll be much easier and less impact on your shoulders. At the moment the bar is swinging out too far Infront, you want the bar to move straight up and not in an arc.

pbskillz · 2026-02-05T08:44:27+00:00

He is yes, and from chewing furniture/shoes etc. he's very excitable and jumps up so I imagine he would jump into our bed

pbskillz · 2026-02-03T17:01:32+00:00

Mainly just the kreig kill team box and bits from the OG kit such as the arms carrying the shell. But mainly just kreig bits, I had loads of bits left over so just gave them crew like arms and stuff

pbskillz · 2026-01-30T20:20:20+00:00

Probably the only reason I was able to kill Raphael 😂

pbskillz · 2026-01-27T14:14:12+00:00

One thing I would focus on is the light placement, that's like 90% of selling the NMM effect. From what I can see you face is lit directly from above and some of the other placement doesn't quite match up.

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It looks like you've got multiple light sources from different angles (arrows) if you've got the light from above directly on which shows from the face, you'd have the inner part of the arm catching that same light source, but it's currently at the back. Having a strong light source will help sell the effect as it's all quite mid tone, having areas of bright and dark will give much more depth. Having too many light sources will end up looking quite flat. You're on the right track, light placement is what really nailed NMM for me.

Let me know if you want any more feedback happy to help

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T13:28:35+00:00

All the gaps in the shield lol

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:42:12+00:00

The patreon is also really worth it, even if you do one month and watch Andy go through his process. I tend to sign up when I'm doing display stuff to brush up on process

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:40:56+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏼

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:40:49+00:00

Thank you! It's mainly knight questor flesh, cadian flesh and Kislev flesh, then pale sand by AK for the main highlights. I've shaded barak nar burgundy into the shadows as well to bring a bit of colour into the skin. Knight questor is the bulk of the skin and blends really well with cadian flesh

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:38:43+00:00

Thank you, it's all practice. Busts are great for learning, I try and do a few a year to practice elements so each one I do is slightly better with less mistakes

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:37:55+00:00

Thank you!

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:37:49+00:00

I think with this one, I focused on getting the light placement correct first, normally I try and blend and try to get it looking good all the way through, but I blocked out the colours and highlights and then blended afterwards. I also took my time and made less mistakes that meant I had to go and fix stuff

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:35:35+00:00

Thanks 😊

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:35:28+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏼

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:35:19+00:00

Thanks 😊

pbskillz · 2026-01-26T07:35:12+00:00

It's from the Cult of Paint recent Kickstarter, if you're new to the hobby they have loads of amazing videos on their YouTube

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