osl or not

clownshoe

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Just finished this minotaur or bovigar. I wanted to make the sword a magical stone imbued with power via the hilt, it seems to lend itself to it! - plus i like to mess with weapons and colours, i think it worked out ok, but i am not sure if i should do some lighting effects from the swords glow. Probably green. Do you guys think it will make it better? Spoil it? or have any thoughts before i commit!
Thanks in advance.
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clownshoe

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mbh":3vhvvs20 said:
I think it coud look good

Did you airbrush this guy?

I might risk it.. Yes airbrush pre shading, and initial skin tones, also on the sword and horns, then brushwork and washes after that. I took longer than usual on the tones, some blending, although i am not very good at it.
 

Con-fusion

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It looks really good. Very smooth.

Would you project the glow from the forte of the blade, the guard, or the pommel?
 

clownshoe

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Con-fusion":2j7f7xzu said:
It looks really good. Very smooth.

Would you project the glow from the forte of the blade, the guard, or the pommel?

I think a simple medium green glare from the overall blade would look best, the brightest part "should" be the part where the hilt "powers" the sword but this would possibly be a more white light, - i am drawn towards green though.
 

mbh

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clownshoe":38gpg2v5 said:
mbh":38gpg2v5 said:
I think it coud look good

Did you airbrush this guy?

I might risk it.. Yes airbrush pre shading, and initial skin tones, also on the sword and horns, then brushwork and washes after that. I took longer than usual on the tones, some blending, although i am not very good at it.


it's nice


You're convincing me to invest in one but I was hoping to hear it speeds up the whole process
 
TBH I think OSL is the most abused painting technique of the moment and IMHO in about 95% of the cases I see it, it takes from the paintjob rather than add to it. IMHO unless you do it perfectly, it looks weird, Often I see painters just paint colours on places they think should be lit by the light and it ends up looking like stains of colour. They see a light source and paint the surrounding area in the colour that the light is supposed to be, without thinking what the light would actually do.

Now judging from what you've painted so far it looks like you're a decent painter so you might do a decent job of it, but I don't think the mini needs it, it looks great as is, but if you do decide to do it, think about it first, if you're going with a green light, think what a green light would do, don't just paint stuff green, think which parts would be lighter because of the light but also think about the shadows you would introduce, think about how the green light interacts with the colours of the places it lights up
 

clownshoe

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Thanks chaps - MBH - it DOES speed up painting - i painted using brushes only for over 20 years. I estimate since learning to use the airbrush my painting is 200% faster if not more.
Mr tough - i agree it is very much flavour of the month, and can be abused - in my weak defense i admit to being a little addicted to using it. It is just so appealing to be able to try these new techniques - and i have already spoiled some miniatures by overdoing it!
 
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