Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)
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MGibster
Legend
A Rebel officer for Legion. I spent the better part of my Labor Day painting this guy. The art on the box depicted a Black male, so I went ahead and used that as a guide. Painting human flesh is my Achilles hell and I find darker tones to be especially difficult. Very often what happens with darker tones is I end up with what looks like an indistinct dark blob where the facial details should be. When I correct for that, I usually end up painting a person with lighter flesh tones than intend, but I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.
I based dude's flesh with a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Nocturne Shadow (purplish brown) and Reddish Flesh. For the next layer, I combined my mix of Nocture/Reddish with 50% Base Flesh. The final layer is just some Base Flesh. Remember, kids, these paints are slightly translucent, so the paint below your layers influences what you see on top.
This officer also has a lot more brown than I'm accustomed to painting. I tried to make the leather holster and boots look distinct from one another. The coat was painted with Paratrooper Tan from Army Painter followed up with a wash of Flesh Tone and Biel-Tan Green. Once dried, I highlighted my areas with the tan again and highlighted further with Skeleton Legion from Two-Thin Coats.
One thing I have to note about Star Wars: The units don't really look like they're designed to look cool. i.e. They have a believable aesthetic. I've gotten used to Warhammer 40k over the years, and everything in there is over-the-top, balls-to-the-wall and in-your-face, but I can actually see a real human being wearing something like this.
I based dude's flesh with a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Nocturne Shadow (purplish brown) and Reddish Flesh. For the next layer, I combined my mix of Nocture/Reddish with 50% Base Flesh. The final layer is just some Base Flesh. Remember, kids, these paints are slightly translucent, so the paint below your layers influences what you see on top.
This officer also has a lot more brown than I'm accustomed to painting. I tried to make the leather holster and boots look distinct from one another. The coat was painted with Paratrooper Tan from Army Painter followed up with a wash of Flesh Tone and Biel-Tan Green. Once dried, I highlighted my areas with the tan again and highlighted further with Skeleton Legion from Two-Thin Coats.
One thing I have to note about Star Wars: The units don't really look like they're designed to look cool. i.e. They have a believable aesthetic. I've gotten used to Warhammer 40k over the years, and everything in there is over-the-top, balls-to-the-wall and in-your-face, but I can actually see a real human being wearing something like this.
Ulfgeir
Hero
The 12 figures for the base set of the boardgame Tang Garden is now ready for play. Now I only need to paint the 25 figures from the expansions... The eyes were so-so. Room for improvment. Got a tip form a friend to use a micron-pen instead of a 3/0-brush, and if I don't count the worms for the boardgame Worms, this was the first figures painted for 30 years.
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MGibster
Legend
Eyes are tough. A lot of times I don’t bother because you can’t really see them anyways.
Ulfgeir
Hero
The figures felt like something was lacking before I added them.
DrunkonDuty
he/him
Micropen! What a great idea.
