Some of my latest miniature work

[Murrdox]

I recently got into Fantasy mini painting. I've mostly been sticking to the Reaper line. Some of my earlier work isn't that impressive, but I think it's improving. I'm just starting to experiment with highlighting and shading and such, so I'm still getting the hang of it. Here's a few shots, including a couple really early, horrible ones, and some of my later ones which I think turned out much better.

Any comments or hints will be appreciated!



First one I did. Not very good.



One of the lastest ones that I did, and probably my best job highlighting so far. You can't see the highlights on his plate armor from this angle, but you can see some of what I did on his muscle.



I did these guys very early on, and it was a very simple paint job, but I love how they came out anyways, even if they're nothing fancy.



This is the latest one I did. I wanted a very green-fleshy look for a half-orc. I think it turned out okay, but I'm still not 100% happy with how the pigment for the skin turned out. However, I think I did a good job on the bandages. I wanted them to look old and sweat stained.

 

[rowport]

Murrdox-

These are really excellent- I especially like the blending work on the exposed skin of the human fighter and half-orc monk. I see what you mean about the skin tones being a bit off on the half-orc, but I do really like your use of olive/pink tones. You understand real color theory on flesh tones to get the shading- I bet with another try toning down the extremes on either end you would have it perfectly.

I did have a suggestion: you might want to consider basing materials (sand, pebbles, flocking, etc.). I am a relative newbie to painting minis, but learned that with nearly no effort, basing can dramatically improve the visual impact of my figs. Of course, you can get really fancy with cork bases, weeds, vines, etc. as well- but even just some basic flocking helps. Just a thought.

Thanks for sharing! Post some more!

 

[pogre]

Murrdox,

You have excellent brush control for a new painter. Keep painting!

I have taken the liberty of bumping my thread with a ton of painting advice links. Use and abuse at your leisure.

 

[D'karr]

Murrdox, these look very good. I really like the color blend on the ghouls and ghasts. The barbarian also has a good "lived in" look.

Very well done.

 

[Murrdox]

you might want to consider basing materials (sand, pebbles, flocking, etc.). I am a relative newbie to painting minis, but learned that with nearly no effort, basing can dramatically improve the visual impact of my figs.

I've painted lots of Battletech Minis, these are my first fantasy based ones. However, I've never really done ANY base work. I've been reading up on how to best go about doing it. So far I don't even have any supplies though. I'm pondering going into it, I just need to find a really good tutorial on how it is done.

In the meantime, here's a few more.



Another early highlighting attempt. Turned out pretty good, but as you can tell my gradients still needed some work when I did this one.

Her face turned out well though.



Another relatively early figure.



Early gradient experimenting. His face turned out somewhat 'meh'.

 

[Jdvn1]

I hate seeing these mini's that I just can't have...

Nice work.