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Studio Update

Posted by Plarzoid on May 26, 2015
Posted in: Commission Work, IABN, Painting (Hobby), Studio Update. Tagged: , , , . 1 comment

I managed to have a four day weekend this weekend, and I thoroughly enjoyed having some free time.  I spent lots of it outside with family and friends, but I also spent a fair bit in the studio, painting.

One of the key pieces I worked on was a Forsaken for the Legion of Aquablight.  I need one for my army for Feat of Service (have you donated yet?), and quickly painted one up.  I had already base-coated a Forsaken before Temple Con, so it only took about two to three hours to finish her up.

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Her base needs snow and grass, but that’ll get done at the same time I do my Custom Caster.

But, that’s not all I worked on…

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[HtT] Painting Faces & Eyes

Posted by Plarzoid on May 19, 2015
Posted in: How-To Tuesday, IABN, Painting (Hobby), Tutorial. Tagged: , . 2 comments

I was asked on Twitter how I paint faces, so here’s a tutorial covering a basic human male face.  At the end, I’ll cover how I tweak this process for female or non-human faces.

I’m using 100% P3 paints for this, and I’m primarily using a wet palette so I have fairly transparent paint.  This lets me use glazing.  The faces on models are too small for 2-brush blending, so the best method I’ve seen is glazing – layering thin, transparent layers of paint to build up color.

If you haven’t yet, study some faces to see where the shadows are and where the light catches.  This is a decent reference:

Mr. Jake Gyllenhall

Mr. Jake Gyllenhall

For this walk-through (and a few more to follow), I will be painting Reaper #2803, Brother Vincent.  Feel free to follow along!

I started by priming the model black, and then base coating the face with Midlund Flesh.  I used my airbrush for both of these steps to preserve detail, but several thin coats with a brush should do just fine.

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[Aquablight] TempleCon 2015 Hardcore Master Craftsman Army

Posted by Plarzoid on May 14, 2015
Posted in: Commentary, Convention Coverage, Games, Hordes, IABN, Painting (Hobby), Studio Update. Tagged: , . 1 comment

This post has a ton of pictures.  Be warned.  Also, you can click on any of them to see a picture roughly 8 times larger.

I know TempleCon was three months ago. I’ve waited this long to show off the army because PP took photos of it for No Quarter at TempleCon, and they haven’t printed them in the last two issues, so I assume they’re not going to.

My warcaster of choice was Thagrosh, Painter of Everblight. Not only is he a fantastic center scenario caster, the alternate sculpt that emphasizes the hobby is fantastic. Plus, he’s a pretty new sculpt, and judges like seeing the newer models. To represent Thagrosh’s FURY, I glued rubber shredders from the Blighted Bather model to some washers and quickly painted them in my grey and teal. They then got a serious protective coating of gloss.

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[How-to Tuesday]: Red Modeling Paint Studio

Posted by Plarzoid on May 5, 2015
Posted in: Guest Post, How-To Tuesday, IABN, Painting (Hobby), Tutorial. Tagged: , , . Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since there was a How-to Tuesday, but today’s installment is hefty-enough to make up for the segment’s absence, I assure you.

Ashton Holbrock, aka Red Modeling Paint Studio aka kommander_redfinger on the PP forum has been streaming painting tutorials and posting them to YouTube for over two months now. He does this as part of his commission painting service.

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Ashton paints the client’s mini live on Twitch, instructing them in the techniques and methods he uses to paint his amazing miniatures.  All of these videos are then archived on his YouTube channel.  He covers airbrushing, 2-brush blending, color theory and a multitude of other things as well.  If you tune into his Twitch broadcasts, he opens up the last 10-15 minutes of his hour long broadcasts to questions from the audience.

Here’s some videos of his that are very insightful:

Airbrushing:

2-Brush Blending:

So, give his YouTube channel a look, and be sure to subscribe to his Twitch feed so you can watch him live and ask questions