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Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:38 am

Hi,
I've been painting for about two years and this is the first Darklands figure I've painted. I started with green army men and then painted the much-maligned Bones until I gained enough confidence to try one of these great figures. This is also the first time I had to prep, assemble, prime, and base a figure. I'd much appreciate any comments and criticisms. Thanks.

Dyndraig warrior Clundwr from my KS1 order.

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby deadlydeceiver » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:06 am

Oh wow! I REALLY like your style. So colourful yet not unnatural.

It seems like the chainmail was painted quite roughly and so looks a bit out of place. What happened there?
I'd also recommend a dark brown wash to the skulls and a final drybrush. They seem to lack depth ATM.

I think I get what you tried with the green eyes, but nevertheless I think a beige/yellow would "pop" a bit more and still look natural.

The soft transitions on the skin and on the horns are very impressive. How long did he take you?

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:54 pm

Hi, thanks for the reply and your comments. I didn't keep careful track but this guy probably took over 60 hours to complete. I am a pretty slow painter, obviously. I definitely agree with you about the mail and the skulls. Those were the two parts where I didn't but much effort in and I think it really shows. I've never managed to paint mail in a way that I've been satisfied with. That's a good point about the eyes. I like how they are the same color at the dragon on his belt but it probably would have been good to have something higher contrast there.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby Slinky » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:12 pm

The skin tone is brilliant, I sat here staring at it for ages :)

Loving the base work too.

All round - Bravo! :D
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby Quuids » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:21 pm

I absolutely love the base. How did you do it?

Keep up the great work,

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:33 pm

Thanks Slinky and Quuids. The base was pretty easy and only took me a few (well, maybe 4 or 5) hours despite being my first one. I basically just followed this guide:

http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/359 ... -tutorial/

I got a little bucket of gravely sand and rock from a beach nearby, painted it up, then glued on the vegetation.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby Azhrarn » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:47 pm

Very impressed with the natural skintone you created for the model, looks really good on a Dyndraig. :D
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:01 pm

Thanks Azhrarn. To be honest I thought people would say that the skin needs some brighter highlights. That seems to be what a lot of people do, though it's not really my taste.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby deadlydeceiver » Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:34 pm

Nono, the tone of the skin is perfect, don't change a thing ;)

The metals look great as well BTW! Both the bronze and the cleaver. But why didn't you add the effect to the lower side of the weapon?

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:11 pm

Well I figured that since the underside of the weapon is completely out of the zenithil lighting it wouldn't have that bright shiny effect. I'm not sure if that makes any sense though. What do you think? I probably should have just done a little research to find the answer.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby deadlydeceiver » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:35 am

Well, ATM it looks like it was simply forgotten, as the pure metal contrasts with the overall style.
I'd try the same effect but have the dark tones dominate.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:57 pm

Now that the forums are back I thought I'd post the other models I've finished up. I'm slow so there are not many.

First up is Geraint.

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I put a bunch of hours into a more elaborate base but it ultimately didn't work out. I finally just threw something together to finish him off.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:01 pm

Next is Beowa in Bear Form.

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:05 pm

Drast the Hunched. My first attempt at a freehand. I'm no artist.

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby deadlydeceiver » Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:04 pm

Still a big fan of your subtle blended colours! ;)
Are doing this by hand? Great work either way.

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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:07 pm

Hey thanks a lot. Yeah, this is all by hand.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby JerzyK » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:21 am

Well done figures. It's nice that they're painted thoroughly. And I like your bases - they are really complex.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:18 pm

Thanks for commenting. We seem to have very different styles, which I always find interesting, and I really like you work.

I'm painting up Aradae now and have a pretty ambitious base planned. I'll put some photos up in the WIP gallery.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby Jonathon Chester » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:00 pm

Really like how you have moved away from some of the more 'traditional' colours for your dyndraig mate
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby zedmeister » Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:27 am

Care to share the materials you used for Drast's base?
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:23 pm

Happy to Zedmeister. The very bottom is just a circle of cork. I then made a little hill on top of that. I took a styrofoam sphere and cut off a section, which I glued onto the cork. It's a little unnaturally even perhaps, but still I thought it looked ok. The rocks are just stones I painted up, but this is where the styrofoam was really nice. I was able to push the stones into the styrofoam so it looked like they were half buried. The tree was some root from the garden. The ground cover was Forest in a Pot, which I liked a lot. I had a lighter pot and a darker one, and I mixed them in different proportions over the base, lighter in the front to darker in the back.
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby zedmeister » Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:01 pm

Thanks for that. Just looked up that forest in a pot - very nice looking material. Is it natural or artificial do you know?
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Re: Cilantro's completed Darklands

Postby cilantro » Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:32 am

It's mostly artificial, but there are a few small bits of twigs or sticks that are natural.

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