One (Chaos) Kinght In Parr Ish-Ultan ('s Warband)

[whisper]

Here is the test peice for the Dark Elves to try out the colours.

Will take better shots when he's finished.

Regards
Whisper

 

[Obscure Creator]

Looking nice! And dark, lets see how it evolves !

 

[whisper]

Dark Elven dude

Hello all

Little bit stuck here; still doing the paint scheme for the dark elf. I cannot decide what colors to do the skullz (i thought oldschool had less of them )

I've got 3 choices so would like to see what the collective comunity thinks.
I quickly photoshopped some proxies from the picture above to show what i mean.
1 Bone: Totally Old School in style.

2 Bronze (metallic) with bright blue patina.. Gives some colour pop to the mini.

3 Iron (metallic) with Orange brown rust.. may look too like the chain mail, but should really give the mini a touch of style! Much more modern style of painting.

So whats the comunitys collective oppinion?

Regards
Whisper

 

[Obscure Creator]

3rd one for me Closely followed by 2nd option.

 

[Erny]

I like the bone.


Nice subtle colours whisper. Way more subtle than I could pull off.

 

[bug16]

Re: Dark Elven dude

Hello all

Little bit stuck here; still doing the paint scheme for the dark elf. I cannot decide what colors to do the skullz (i thought oldschool had less of them )

Unfortunately the model you're painting is where the skullz obsession kicks in with GW!

With regard to the colour to paint them, definitely option 3.

 

[Just John]

I'd go with option 3 too. Nice work so far, whichever you go with.

 

[Harry]

I like the purple/Bone in number 1 ... I am going to revisit my purple having seen yours.
Wonderful painting.
I went gold, gold and gold ... heres mine if it helps.

 

[whisper]

Hey Harry those I great, love the depth of colour you have in the gold. Looking forward to catching up and seeing them first hand.

I cannot help but feel we are polar oppersites... You seem to be a machine churning out literally hundreds of fantastic paint jobs while it takes me a week to do one!

Regards
Whisper

 

[Zhu Bajie]

Re: Dark Elven dude

2 Bronze (metallic) with bright blue patina.. Gives some colour pop to the mini.

This!!! Give him buckskin boots and a bronze sword, more turquoise, Give the skull a Mictlantecuhtli or sugar-skull feel - tiny bit of brght pink or red. Real Aztec / mezoamaerica vibe.

 

[Harry]

Oh, these aren't new.
I painted these a few years ago.
As it happens they are not even finished.
Mine really are army standard ... yours? ... a work of art ... You take your time buddy.

 

[whisper]

Update

Ok not bad for a test piece. Im not happy with the Kuri hilt im thinking a jet black would look nicer and im not satisfied with the skin tone.. I think working up from a pale blue/green/grey would be better than trying to get some of the pink in there.

Oh and yes I did give him a bright pink hand bag!

just 3 more to go, oh and to base him properly. I was thinking a woody base compleate with obligitory toadstools

regards
whisper

 

[Obscure Creator]

They look good!
How about adding a bit more deep shadows to add a bit more contrast to the whole mini?
Some diluted black washes here and there should do the effect ... just saying

 

[whisper]

Pretty sure no black washes needed.. Photo was taken with flash and it's buggered with the colour/ contrast. I played about with it in photoshop to get the colours more accurate but that took a lot of the contrast out..perhaps a mistake

 

[Orlygg]

Looking good there mate. Well done! I am looking for inspiration for my Slanneshi warband and have pinched a few ideas here and there on this thread. Thanks.