Manufacturer stamp says “Fitz 1997” so I assume they are Citadel, sculpted by Chris Fitzpatrick, but that hardly narrows things down. I recall that these were part of some army game Id never heard of. Bought them because they made me laugh and looked fun to paint.
Note that some of the poses may be different than original box art because I have done some minor alterations.
Just to preface this is not my model, this is painted by bjoernlauch_painting on instagram. The last image is my very quick attempt at the recipe. I am looking to figure out how they got this white to look this way. In their comments they simply say that the base coat is Ulthuan Grey, recesses are Eshin grey, and highlights are white scar. I attempted to follow that recipe however it does not have the same grey tone that the reference image shows so I’m wondering what else there is to it. Any help is appreciated.
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
Sorry, I put up another post like this but the original post I forgot to add I would like to get into a small side business venture of painting miniatures for people for like a small feet and I’ve seen stuff online of Demon Primarchs going for absurd prices, and my stuff is I’d say almost as good but not quite there yet but just curious do you think I would be good enough? These would be good enough to get a commission off of painting things on the side? I would love nothing more than to be able to paint and do my favorite hobby and also have it as my line of work and also I’ll get better with time most of these miniatures that’s like my 10th or 11th time painting but when I was younger, I was a really good artist so I thought I’d be good at this and I’m hoping you’re good enough to get that people would enjoy them for their armies and take pride of them being on the battlefield🫡. I’d like to roll play with you guys cause I love the 40k Reddit community you all are so you guys are beyond awesome and would like to know a fair price I could charge for some of these. You can just pick one and estimate for me that would be great. Thank you again
After like 4 months of not painting Warhammer I’ve finally started going through the spacemarines with the Ancient Banner Bearer 😎
Please help me and be the judge of it. This is actually good painting on miniatures. I know it’s not perfect or anything, but I think it’s better than some of the stuff I’ve seen on the table tops. Let me know what you all think. Be honest not nice unless it’s good then you can be nice.
Właśnie kupiłem ten zestaw, żeby poprawić mój warsztat malarski 😉 następny plan za kilka tygodni — aerograf, co polecicie dla początkującego???
Budget - 200 dolarów
Currently working on this idea.
A lord of change in front of the warp portal spewing forth pink horrors.
Daemon base is removable for easy painting but I’m not sure how I’m going to make the portal. Thinking of mixing resin with the Vallejo space dust paint set with an opaque base. I’ll post the final for all of you to see. In the meantime here’s some progress pics
Still getting used to using an airbrush on something this small, coming from 1/6 scale statues it’s kind of daunting working on such tiny details. Brush work is next, I wanted a classic red dragon type of look but with some purples, ochre, orange and yellows mixed in. Always looking for advice or tips/tricks as I progress in this discipline. I’m thinking decktan for the claws/bones and gunmetal for the armor plates.
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
I got these from a Kickstarter by the same name.
I'm mainly asking because of an OCD thing and all of my paints being from separate brands serious sucks for me. I'm hoping to have good quality paints, even if some of the few aren't as good. Just looking for the best option I could get if I were to pick one brand line and stick with it. (Example: AK Interactive 3rd generation line)
I had a lot of fun painting this miniature, especially the orange skin. I'm still learning and would love some constructive feedback. What is one thing I could focus on improving next?
Minis are from the game Magic the Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers
So, I thought I would be a little bit cocky and use white spray paint (instead of using the usual black that i alwaus do) before applying any of my usual Citadel stuff to these miniatures and it's just resulted in absolutely none of them popping in any way whatsoever (colour wise)
What do I do?!!
Do I go back and re-spray them again, in the usual black or is there any way that I might be able to bring the shading up another notch or two without having to go right back to square one again?
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Any/All help would be VERY much appreciated right now at this point!! 🙏🙏
I I got the urge to paint miniatures after buying the game Dragon Eclipse; it has beautiful miniatures that I wanted to paint. After watching a lot of YouTube videos, I decided to venture into this hobby, so I bought some Vallejo paints and brushes from Amazon. Having not painted anything since elementary school, this is the result of my first miniature. I know it’s not perfect, but seeing the outcome encourages me to keep going. Do you have any advice for me?