u/kensanity

First off, here’s my finished Tenjin Bust. It is one of the fine models from Blackforge gaming.

Looking back, I should have chosen a darker color palette for the armor to better show off the armor, or I should’ve spread the secondary lighting a bit more.

Anyway, I’ve been using anyvubic 14k texture resin for these sculpts and other 1:6 or 1:10 scale projects and I consistently get failures. Is texture resin better for smaller scale like 32mm?

Gonna try more stuff at this scale with abslike resin in hopes that I get less cracking or pieces falling off of the supports.

CnC on the model is welcome. Not sure what subreddit there is for this type of stuff.

the model

So here is a small mini broly that I’m working on. I tried to use markers and various black paints for the lining and I’m learning that perhaps I am just horrible at edge highlighting

My two main struggles (imo) are

1. how to create distinct highlights/midtones that are easily separated from the shadows
2. establishing where I can put black lines and where I shouldn’t.

Like it really felt like a mistake to try to edge highlight the hair with black. But maybe that worked? I could’ve done more prominent black lining on the boots areas (around the gems and the front foot) but I didn’t know if that would be too much.

And quite frankly, at this scale it’s a lot harder than at say 1:6 scale.

This bust is from loot studios I believe the Scarlet Requiem bundle. Anyway, my first attempt at non metallic metal and osl.

I really struggled with the NMM and after hours put in, I feel no closer to understanding how to place it on large panels. I think areas like space marine trim I could work it out better but it just did not work out for me on this.

I failed to go back into the sword here and darken up parts of it with some gray but can always do that later.

Any tips on how I can add “more” to the OSL? I’m thinking a blue tone to the glow I just didn’t know how or where to apply it.

Also any tips on how to learn NMM? My biggest issue is when I put the highlights or contrast down, it just looks like I put paint on the mini. It doesn’t give the blend or transition between the two colors and I have no clue how to soften that.

I used a pdf guide from craftworldstudios to paint this. Used my own color variations since I couldn’t match this as much. My NMM gold was a failure but my first time trying it. Also the turquoise jewels came out looking ugly and I don’t understand how the craftworld people made those so much better lol.

I’m not really sure that my final product even represents the purpose of underpainting. All I can say is that this is quite unique compared to other things I’ve painted.

How can I improve the NMM gold and any suggestions on how to work up a gradient on the turquoise jewels?