#OSLAlong Feb - Mar

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versed belfry
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Paint something using an Object Source Lighting technique.
Take the opportunity to learn a new technique or enhance your current one. Share your wips finals and ask for advice if you wish. rave_dog
Technique semester part 2

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@plain hearth @steep zinc

ionic flame
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I’m in as well 🥰

round valve
muted thunder
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Gunna hop in here if not just to watch peoples osl posts

dense junco
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for me the example above is a second light, which is fun to paint, but not "OSL" strictly speaking 😉 (in the scope of mini painting)

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(sorry for being pedantic)

versed belfry
steep zinc
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DO FIVE

versed belfry
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Just All fires everywhere

dense junco
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a character watching fireworks exploding all 2m away at the same time....?

plain hearth
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Do it!

velvet oasis
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Happy to join !

harsh obsidian
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Let's go

sage monolith
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I think I’m in for this one. But, that depends, can a mini who has just been zenithal’d be entered?

ionic flame
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Yeah

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@sage monolith

sage monolith
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Sick! This would be my first paint along because I couldn’t figure out which one to join 😹

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I shall save this mini for Feb!

steep zinc
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Easy answer, all of them partyHard

sage monolith
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Alas, I am but a slow painter.

ionic flame
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Same

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Don’t burn yourself out like I did last year trying to keep up

muted thunder
plain hearth
frank bone
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Not sure If' I'll participate or follow along, but this is sweet

round delta
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Hmmm let's see if i have a good one for this

dawn storm
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I would like to try.

frank bone
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Found this in the wild:

steep zinc
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That's super helpful!

timid fern
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I did an OSL mini for the black and white along. It would be fun to try one with colour.

sage monolith
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I have a wee question, other than literally painting along, and posting progress pictures here, is there anything else i need to do to prep or finish my model?

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(I couldn't find a "you want to join a paint-along' how to 😂 )

versed belfry
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And just posting in the channel is fine to mention you want to join. Which reminds me I still need to get pics of mine

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And to finish well just submit final pics and get points in the usual #request-points channel

sage monolith
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That sounds perfect! Thank you very much!

versed belfry
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If you ever have questions about the point system it's a pin in the request point channel. Make sure to mention the size if it's above 55mm

glass mason
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I’ve never posted here or tried OSL but I have this guy unpainted… a lamp AND candles… would love to put him in a lil scene. I’ll need all the pep talk I can get 😅

versed belfry
sage monolith
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Oh he’s a cool fig! Also that cart is awesome.

glass mason
sage monolith
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That’s a great idea!

scenic vine
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oohh, I realised I have a great unpainted models for this if I just add some green stuff fire to the cocktail,

round delta
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I think I'll do this lady for OSL along, green light from the lantern and maybe a red moonlight from the direction of the bird

glass mason
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Primed and ready to go (wheelbarrow in the background while I paint on a temp base)

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The lantern is veeery delicate, might have been smarter to do sub assembly painting but then I wouldn’t know where the light would be coming from so 🤷🏼‍♀️

sage monolith
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I feel you there, the fig i'm painting for this also has a lantern which i swear i've repaired like 5 times... that's why it's not painted yet 😹

agile inlet
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Think I’ll do the flames on Bronte’s hammer for this one, since he’s queued up next anyway!

ancient sandal
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I should remember to do this. Have lots of magicians with magic effects

versed belfry
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Boom see you tomorrow

glass mason
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Heck yeah! I’m so keen - I’ve been reading up on OSL methods and there seems to be a few ways to go, gotta work out how to tackle this thing… what are you folks going with, in terms of techniques?

steep zinc
versed belfry
steep zinc
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A desatured purple or blue on his back would probably be perfect as a contrast

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I'm excited to see it 😍

versed belfry
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Heck yeah I'm excited

steep zinc
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The All out War stuff works with PALs right? Cause I got a rat ogre with a burning ball of magic in his hand

versed belfry
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Because you are getting points for AOW so can't double dip sorry

steep zinc
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Ok no problem!

agile inlet
static ruin
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it's a fun technique. really enjoy it.

versed belfry
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I loved that one

steep zinc
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So hot AL_firesred

static ruin
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Thanks...

steep zinc
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The NMM is really interesting on the sword

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But we're in OSLAlong 👀😂

static ruin
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hahaha, that sword was a huge pain to do...

agile inlet
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I won’t flood this channel with WIPs if it doesn’t involve the OSL, but I had a “doctor appointment” this morning, so while I was away from my work desk, I went to the painting table. Bronte says hi.

sage monolith
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I can’t wait to get home from work today to start on mine!

glass mason
versed belfry
glass mason
versed belfry
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Definitely as long as you can be consistent you can trick the viewer that it's valid 🙂

velvet oasis
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This will be my Oslalong mini, combining cellshading too...probably not for the best but let's try it anyway 😄

sage monolith
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Well. Apparently my partner recycled my painting lamp, so we are definitely at a hold on painting 😭 hopefully I’ll be ordering in a new lamp tonight!

versed belfry
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nooooo!!!

rustic summit
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I already have these wips in progress from painting for funsies(just started this weekend), can I use one of them for this? Or does it have to be an unstarted mini?

ionic flame
rustic summit
ionic flame
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Your light source could be many things, like moonlight coming from above

agile inlet
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Or off scene fire light from a campfire

versed belfry
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Damn it Chromium, beat me to it 🤣🤣🤣

rustic summit
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Thinking I might do a glowy portal for the tentacle warlock, but I also found a little fire lizard guy in my DM box. Not sure which one to do 🤔

agile inlet
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Choices, choices. If you are unsure, flip a coin. Let fate decide. 😉

scenic vine
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Ahh, I may have messed up. Is it okay if I do this one I under coated on Monday? Realised my idea for it would be better for this pal. Is it okay if I still use it? (I have back ups, but keen to do this one)

versed belfry
scenic vine
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mmm

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that's okay

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I have a back up, I'll just paint them to match haha

static ruin
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I think I will do the bad day mini for this... I am going so deep into this one that I don't know if I am just making myself fail

versed belfry
static ruin
static ruin
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no, so I wont fail haha

versed belfry
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Airbrush my OSL plan out.

versed belfry
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Jk!

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Be supportive.
Send you happy thoughts and praise.
Provide any feedback requested

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Send cute emojis

static ruin
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I am doing a base with actual clay bricks that I need to roughen up, cut and lay down in herringbone pattern ( which I might scrap) then I am painting or attempting to paint a background of a dungeon, something I have never done. and on top, I want to make a lamp that is what is emitting the light in the shape of a skull

versed belfry
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I just burnt my fingers on my sandwich.. and yeeted the mayonnaise at the fridge and watched it bounce and hit me in the leg. So I don't know if this makes anything better or worse 🤣

versed belfry
static ruin
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what kind of sandwich?

static ruin
versed belfry
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Home.made bread with some Italian cured meats. Cheese. Mayo. Pickle. Mustard lettuce and tomato

static ruin
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I just don't know if I can cut the bricks precisley

versed belfry
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Hmm could you not make a giant " brick" and cut it up individually

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Like a cookie cutter from above?

static ruin
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I tried... it didn't look good. also tried sculpting it, didn't look the way I wanted it to look

versed belfry
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Can you print bricks?

static ruin
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got the bricks and they look really nice but they are too smooth so I just need to chip them

versed belfry
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Ah fair

static ruin
versed belfry
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Ah. Well if you are worried and can sculpt the bricks I don't mind printing them

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Although i might be far idk I'm in Canada

static ruin
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Thanks, I appreciate it! The bricks I got will work nice, also like how they break, I need to make a few broken ones so dirty up the dungeon

versed belfry
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Perfect

static ruin
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need to find some sand or something like that to show dirt

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is this one

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I am also separating every element from the base which is not fast

versed belfry
velvet oasis
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ok, let's try to airbrush this magic this week-end.

sage monolith
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The lamp is finally here! I can get started now!

sage monolith
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Progress from tonight. It almost looks like he’s oxidizing copper 🙀

novel rose
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Painting her for osl along

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I haven't painted osl in ages, how hard will a dual light source be? X3

glass mason
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I started on this the other day and proceeded to break the mini’s lantern pole in several places 😤
I ended up whittling some toothpicks down to make a new pole. Plus side is I can get the lantern on a better angle for lighting the guy’s face. Downside… re-priming!

agile inlet
novel rose
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Thinking green flame, and pale blue blade, but for rn, she's a bit on the back burner

agile inlet
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That is an interesting idea. Yeah, there’s plenty of time for the PAL

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Finished for today. I’m doing a blue flame from the hammer in his right hand for the OSL, and I’m now curious how the blue glazes will interact with apron.

sage monolith
static ruin
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Well. This is the composition

harsh obsidian
steep zinc
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HOT 🔥

versed belfry
velvet oasis
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It felt difficult to do cell shading and osl on the same minis. If you have any advice to improve the osl effect, I will gladly use it (on the next ones probably).

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Matt varnish tomorrow... to improve the cellshaded effect.

versed belfry
agile inlet
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Anything I can do to improve the flames? I’m not sure I’m satisfied with them. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

versed belfry
agile inlet
agile inlet
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Thanks!

agile inlet
versed belfry
agile inlet
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Thanks for your help! 🍻

versed belfry
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anytime

agile inlet
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I guess I lied about spamming this channel with WIPs. Apologies.

versed belfry
velvet oasis
harsh obsidian
fossil nexus
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Hell yes

versed belfry
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A little bit of progress. Ignore the ink mess on the bottom

agile inlet
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This was fun. Wasn’t entirely sure how to handle the flame reflections on the arm bracer, so I treated it like NMM cylinders. I’m not sure if it’s correct, so any critique, tips, advice would be much appreciated.

glass mason
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First WIP from me… Just starting to emerge from the ‘absolute mess’ stage. Decided to highlight towards white first and then I’ll glaze in the warmer tones later. That’s the plan, anyway!

velvet oasis
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Here is my final result for this OSL+ cell shading personal challenge, thanks for your advice!

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Remind me not to blackline before making the OSL next time 😂

agile inlet
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Nice work!

versed belfry
sage monolith
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I think for a first attempt at OSL, I’m happy! I’m going to call him done!

plain hearth
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Omg didn’t realize this had started lol

harsh obsidian
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Boro

plain hearth
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Playing with some airbrush OSL

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Two source OSL is rough but figured I’d try it

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Lol I need some better lighting for those guys

glass mason
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Ooh nice! I’m also trying two sources and it’s tricky for sure. These are coming along nicely!

rustic summit
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So I've never actually done osl before, does this seem good so far? My light will be a glowy portal underneath the tentacles (i'm using a brush btw)

rustic summit
# versed belfry So far so good yes

Any suggestions on where to go from here? At the moment I have just been trying to make the transition from green to purple smoother. But it still feels like something is missing 😕

versed belfry
rustic summit
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Okay thanks 😊 that's a neat tactic for figuring out where you are

versed belfry
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But I think I shared my greyscale of my blacksmith up above. ( unless it was in a different channel)

rustic summit
versed belfry
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Either way here it is just by comparaison

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But yours would be upside down 🤣

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For obvious reasons

rustic summit
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I dare say these horrors beyond mortal comprehension are coming right along 😋

rustic summit
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Gonna call this done so I can move on to other things lol. Decided not to paint the caster that came with the tentacles since I just wasn't really feeling her vibe ya'know?

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(Also not sure how to take a picture of this so that the osl transition looks as smooth as it does irl, had to use the back of my college diploma as the base since I didn't have anything else flat and black 😅)

rustic summit
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Took a pic of the tentacles up close in normal light so you can see the osl a bit better

rustic summit
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Didn't have space for the circle on my usual finished projects shelf so had to make due with limited space on the backup project shelf

agile inlet
plain hearth
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That looks awesome!!!!

glass mason
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Getting close with this guy, the candles are a mess because I wrestled for ages trying to paint in the light they’re casting on each other. Giving up on that now, instead they’ll just light themselves up 😂🫠

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Also this is a hand sculpted metal mini and the lantern is so lumpy, it’s been a challenge

glass mason
versed belfry
whole yew
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my entry in osl along, his sword will be in flames!

candid flume
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Just for clarification, is it possible to combine the OSL Along with #abra-capaint-your-heart-off-bruh ?

versed belfry
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You can only submit each mini for 1 event or PAL. Otherwise it's kind of cheating and defeating the purpose

candid flume
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Makes absolute sense, was not sure since I was only aware of "only one PAL". Thanks for the clarification 🙂

whole yew
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whole yew
whole yew
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plain hearth
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Wowwwww

round delta
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Ended up switching to a different mini i had laying around primed. But had fun using a fluorescent paint through the airbrush

scenic vine
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Where did we land on does the object that casting the light have to be on the mini or not? I read it so long ago, I don't remember triggered

velvet oasis
scenic vine
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Awesome, thanks!

static ruin
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Ready to prime

whole yew
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only photoshoot left

static ruin
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Starting

static ruin
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Chugging along

glass mason
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Calling him done! I need photos from other angles to better show his wheelbarrow, but I’m really pleased with how this turned out for a brush-only first-time OSL paint. Most of all, I’m so happy to have finished a model within a reasonable time frame! Hooray for paint alongs!

glass mason
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Thank you!

glass mason
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Hey thanks a lot! I definitely rushed the base to get it out the door 😅

glass mason
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One more from another angle

steep zinc
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You nailed it 👌🏻

compact canopy
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Gonna do a frog fishin' at night for this one.

scenic vine
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now that Feb is almost done I can think about what model I want to do for this...

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Thinking of fixing this one and starting it again...

harsh obsidian
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dope!

scenic vine
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I was upset when she broke, but I think it's a good opportunity to make her much much cooler and really apply the new knowledge I've obtained since I started her like 3 years ago

halcyon quest
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I was going to use this guy for something else but I think I’ll try for some OSL from the sword for this instead 🙂

static ruin
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Slowly moving along

glass mason
halcyon quest
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Got a little bit of paint on it. No OSL yet but it’ll come lol

steep zinc
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It has been decided

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That base sucks though, no clue if I should do something about it or just make it black

halcyon quest
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Lil bit more

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Thinking green for the flame

static ruin
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Done

scenic vine
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Nice

halcyon quest
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aaaaand done. Is it perfect? Nope, but I still like it lol.

glass mason
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Phwoar!!! Now THAT’S a glow!

scenic vine
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Finally fixed and ready to go

scenic vine
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Airbrushing, and oils done today. Oil painting feels like cheating for how good it looks for such little effort CB_Chef_kiss

dawn storm
versed belfry
compact canopy
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Basic basing weeee

compact canopy
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Shading has all gone wrong. Glaze just turned everything solid charcoal grey. Time for a fresh pass and maybe a pant purchase trip

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*Paint purchase. I WFH, I don't wear pants

rain grail
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I was painting this for the NMM-along, but honestly it feels like it makes more sense here. Hope you like it 🙂

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needs a layer of ultramatte though, some glare in places.

plain hearth
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It’s insanely amazing

rain grail
# plain hearth It’s insanely amazing

thanks!

fun anecdote:
the last mini I painted OSL on was this Halgrim I painted last year. Until just now when I placed them side by side in the display case I was was convinced they looked similar since I'd used roughly the same paints, roughly the same technique and painted them at about the same pace.

rofl, they look nothing alike 😂

plain hearth
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Lmao 😂

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That’s a great NMm reference photo for something on working on now good timing you posted that lol

rain grail
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I can't really say why the vampire looks like it's got so much more glow... sure, more red and more space for light falloff on the mini makes the bonfire fire look more alive... but... I dunno... the vampire's OSL looks like it's glowing even in real life

rain grail
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(the skeleton)

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it's the quickest NMM you'll ever do. Basically. it's 95% just stippled pure glacial blue over bluegreen base coat

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the bluegreen is a mixture of talassar blue, warplightning green and wyldwood contrast paint painted sloppily over a zenithal prime. think I used something like payne's grey ink or watered down black to add the darkest spots

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because the armor looks so beat up, the un-evenness of the stippled dots just looks like dents in the armor or at least that's the intent

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#fucksmoothness 😂

plain hearth
plain hearth
rain grail
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ironically, also glacial blue 😄

plain hearth
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Lolol apparently that’s a must have color

rain grail
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well, tbh, it's a great color for mixing cold highlights

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I'd say 80% of the highlights I paint are mixing ice yellow or glacial blue into the midtone 😂

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and probably 80% ice yellow, 20% glacial blue of that split

plain hearth
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Ugh ice yellow is a STAPLE

rain grail
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glacial blue is like the cold ice yellow ;D

plain hearth
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I have pro acryls pale yellow which is similar and their new white blue is nice but a little too white may have to pickup glacial blue lol

rain grail
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whiteblue sounds very much what glacial blue is

plain hearth
rain grail
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the glacial blue might be a smidgeon more blue but honestly I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse

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I just use this because I saw it in some Vince Venturella video 3 years ago and it's served me well enough that I haven't tried anything else

plain hearth
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Damn that’s pretty similar

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Lol the white blue is his paint for pro Acryl 😂

rain grail
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then... you probably have it

plain hearth
rain grail
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that's funny, then that's probably at least as good as the dropped I have

plain hearth
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Lol probably made what he wanted lol

rain grail
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yeah

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it's like the "Dark Magenta" really is kimera magenta (aka quadrablahabquinone magenta)

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because, from I've heard, the "magenta" in the pro acryl line is not a great magenta

plain hearth
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Lolol yes that’s what I’ve heard but can’t confirm yet I’m supposed to be getting kimeras this week! Super excited

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Yeah it has a lot of white in it lol

rain grail
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that magenta is beautiful with skin tones or that glacial blue mixed in btw

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(the kimera one)

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glacial blue gives you a really cold popping highlight for magenta while adding a skintone (or sunny skintone) gives you a really nice warm lush highlight

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@plain hearth is the pale yellow also from the Vince V line btw?

plain hearth
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Damn that’s beautiful

rain grail
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ah, it is not.

plain hearth
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Nope that was part of their original

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But it’s supposed to be their version of ice yellow supposedly

rain grail
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sure looks like it

plain hearth
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Lol I use both a lot, or am starting to

glass mason
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@rain grail both of these are phenomenal!

compact canopy
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Finally hitting some stride on froggy

scenic vine
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Ohf only 10 ish days left 🥴

whole yew
rain grail
whole yew
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it is one of my favourite colours for nmm, i use prussian blue/dark sea blue, then verdigris and then ice yellow + dead white for flare

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gives nice bluish tone and rather easy to blend

fossil nexus
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I started this guy too early to get points for this PAL but I’m attempting glowing green slime OSL on this duder. I need to push it more but I’m happy with the genera direction.

fossil nexus
compact canopy
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Theme of this PAL - "I'm gonna push it further"

fossil nexus
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lol I feel like every mini painting c+c response is just "push the contrast". I feel like you could literally paint a mini matte black and gloss white with no blends and someone would say "push the contrast"

harsh obsidian
harsh obsidian
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I always do homie

fossil nexus
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push it real good

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hey @harsh obsidian you live blogging Adepticon or what?

harsh obsidian
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Nope

fossil nexus
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bro

rain grail
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@fossil nexus Maaaaaybe.. you could try thinning that paint hmm? that would be greaaaat...

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in addition to pushing that contrast, I mean

fossil nexus
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Should I go ahead and come in o Saturday?

compact canopy
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Yeah we've lost some people and have some extra contrast to push

compact canopy
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Pushing it, but man oh man lighting makes it look good or terrible

compact canopy
scenic vine
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Oh many work got so busy I don't think I'll finish in time cat_crySoBad imma try to get some painting time in tho

rich coral
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He's mostly done, should post a finished one tommorow

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Cropped pic

rich coral
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I overdid the final highlight, and the parts with mixed metallics and colors are bad, but I suppose it's okay for a first time osl without airbrush

glass mason
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@rich coral I think the effect looks cool! Great job

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The boots especially