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Hey everyone! My players at my table have pushed me to share this build I've been working on. if you're interested I'll share (for free) the full model so you can print it for your games too!

For those of you who are interested in printing a copy:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3391107-daggerheart-ikeri-colossus-fan-model#profileId-3859615

(If you want me to upload it to any other platform, just let me know below)

Minature is Orc King from the Northern Orcs set by RescaleMiniature, scaled up to 110%,

I need some advice and critique, especially on NMM and how to focus and pick apart all of the different details in a way where I don't burn out while painting a pack/squadron/army.

First, some background about how I got into the hobby and where I think I am right now:

I've started painting minis about half a year ago or so, since my DnD group was not very much into painting tabletop pieces. Our DM usually just printed out minis and we used them as is. I like to have things "pop" (I do Gunpla custom paintjobs, so you can imagine I like things being a bit special), so I decided I would start painting everything. I was also (and still sort of am) the dedicated 3D printer of the group ever since I got a S4U, so this felt like natural progression.

I did some basic paintjobs to get things started - basic paint schemes, paying attention not to muddy things up. Then I started blending skin, researching colour triangle schemes, how to match and balance warmer and colder tones, etc.

Now, I decided to finally give it a go with NMM and I feel awful about the progression. This mini is the best try I've had so far, and I am positively certain it is just wrong in so many ways. Granted, I am getting burned out due to having to paint an entire expanded set for War of the Ring Tabletop game for a friend, printing and painting a bunch of orcs and adjacent creatures for a sort of penultimate fight we are soon to have in the DnD campaign where I am a player, AND I am writing my own campaign right now and printing & painting sets I am positively certain I will use in the coming months (I am a control freak, don't ask me why I do this to myself lmao).

I've seen tons of videos, but I just feel like on this particular thing (NMM), and higher-detail miniatures like there, I just get analysis paralysis and botch it in one way or another.

I need literally ANY and ALL critiques, suggestions and advice I could possibly get from you folks.

I love the hobby, I can see myself doing this virtually for the rest of my life, but I want to get better instead of stagnating and being "okay with okay".

tl;dr - Feeling stuck, need advice on methods & how to not get caught in a burnout while trying to improve

Beholder mini i painted some time ago

Thank you for the advice and opinions, I'm very happy with my dragon and the purple belly undercoat was genius!!

Just another airbrush session, little brush work. Really love how the colors blended and came out on this guy, almost looks like chameleon paint. As always any advice or tips/tricks are encouraged, learning as you paint is the best medicine..

Anybody have any advice on how to deal with the mold lines on the edge of these clear acrylic bases? I scraped it down after the photo which helped a bit - thinking about brushing some varnish on unless somebody has a better idea

Is the floor on this supposed to be stone or what? Thanks!

Sculpt and print by MidgardMiniatureUS

This was a little rushed, but I wanted to get him done quickly to add to my Halloween diorama. The green smoke has some gray shadowing in it, but it's not showing up well in the picture.