The colors are tinted yellow even after correction so they're not quite as vivid as in person. The blue is really a nice blue-green that I love. I'll have true color pictures when they're painted.
I'm making this army for the ReaperCon Warlord tournament. I know, I know. I've been painting dwarves like a fiend but didn't want to field them this year. And then there's the troop of battle nuns. But those are for later. This year, elves take the field.
Obviously the armor isn't nearly done yet. The plan is to pick out some details with a thinned metallic blue and then wash all the silver with green liner. That should get me the blue-green to match the dominant color in the minis. I'm a big fan of color washing my silvers.
I got myself all confused by trying to work blues and greens into the colors to go along with that blue-green I like so much. For the record, it's the Ocean Triad by Reaper. I love using it as a skin tone too. But I digress.
A friend of mine helped me talk colors and that's why almost everything else is a neutral. The leather is a red-brown but not heavily so. Mr. Color Wheel says it's the compliment of my blue-green and I think it looks pretty darn good.
I did spend a good chunk of tonight fixing and cleaning up the work I did here with inadequate lighting. My paint table lamps has been packed away, along with the chair I've used for over 20 years at my work tables. Excavating in the small bedroom resolved both of those issues. The lamps are yellow shifted but I don't use them for picking colors so it's all good.
I also got most of the rest of the army based and primed in the last couple of days. The last pieces are on order so I'll be painting like a fiend for the next few weeks. I need this to keep myself occupied.
I got myself all confused by trying to work blues and greens into the colors to go along with that blue-green I like so much. For the record, it's the Ocean Triad by Reaper. I love using it as a skin tone too. But I digress.
A friend of mine helped me talk colors and that's why almost everything else is a neutral. The leather is a red-brown but not heavily so. Mr. Color Wheel says it's the compliment of my blue-green and I think it looks pretty darn good.
I did spend a good chunk of tonight fixing and cleaning up the work I did here with inadequate lighting. My paint table lamps has been packed away, along with the chair I've used for over 20 years at my work tables. Excavating in the small bedroom resolved both of those issues. The lamps are yellow shifted but I don't use them for picking colors so it's all good.
I also got most of the rest of the army based and primed in the last couple of days. The last pieces are on order so I'll be painting like a fiend for the next few weeks. I need this to keep myself occupied.
Hey Marie, glad to see you painting away so very quickly! Still miss ya!
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