Infinity wip! | minipainting | Page 1

silent spear Aug 22, 2023, 10:52 PM

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Made some progress now. Two sessions in. Blending is so tough... Enjoying my time though pepecheer

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Most recent progress

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stone carbon Aug 22, 2023, 11:56 PM

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silent spear

This is looking so goooooood

silent spear Aug 23, 2023, 11:15 AM

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stone carbon This is looking so goooooood

That's very kind thank you PeepoLove

fickle vortex Aug 23, 2023, 12:31 PM

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that looks fucking sick

silent spear Aug 23, 2023, 10:28 PM

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fickle vortex that looks fucking sick

Thank you! Great Models ☺️

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Some more progress. Unhappy with the shoulder still and the highlights in the cape holes I liked the stronger variant from before. But besides that pretty happy

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Changed these from yesterday

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From here is good I think

fickle vortex Aug 23, 2023, 10:39 PM

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that cape fucking pops

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and that OSL is slick too, fits into the model and adds flair without stealing all the attention as OSL often does

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just a shame the pose/sculpt causes it to not be visible from the front

silent spear Aug 23, 2023, 10:50 PM

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fickle vortex just a shame the pose/sculpt causes it to not be visible from the front

Thank you ❤️

From slightly above you can see the edges pretty well I think with the back ribs of the helmet it helps at lot ^-^

I can't pinpoint what's wrong with the shoulder. Maybe it's because of the shadow underside from the supposed to be glowing blade which makes it look like it's too dark...

fickle vortex Aug 23, 2023, 10:53 PM

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might be the glow creeping too far down the arm

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glow looks quite subdued on the shoulder armour itself but it doesn't quite match with how far it creeps down the shoulder cape thing and then down to the weapon

silent spear Aug 23, 2023, 11:04 PM

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Good input I think I will come back and reduce it somewhat. Is fabric and shouldn't be this bright for sure

silent spear Aug 24, 2023, 10:13 PM

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Switching to another model for now. Thinking about anime hair like bubblegum pink or a light green like the blade

silent spear Aug 25, 2023, 11:29 PM

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Polished her yellow plates today. Used the rest of the paint to add some to the next model

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silent spear Aug 26, 2023, 10:25 PM

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Shiny butt done pepecheer Polished the Jacket and Pants today, some Metal parts and Hair.
Still missing is the face, equipment, fur, leather.

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kind bluff Aug 26, 2023, 11:37 PM

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That’s great you’re doing NMM on an Infinity mini. They’re so small!

silent spear Aug 27, 2023, 9:49 AM

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kind bluff That’s great you’re doing NMM on an Infinity mini. They’re so small!

I feel obliged to paint them to a high standard for me. The sculpts and casts are great, very inviting to paint PeepoLove

silent spear Aug 27, 2023, 9:54 PM

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Face maybe done, idk frustrated enough for today at least. Right eye is even harder to reach...

fickle vortex Aug 28, 2023, 2:51 PM

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I need to try this approach some time

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just sketching everything in and then blending it all out at a later stage

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I know it's a fairly common approach but seeing it laid out here like this is pretty magical

timid flint Aug 28, 2023, 3:52 PM

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silent spear Face maybe done, idk frustrated enough for today at least. Right eye is even har...

Really impressive for such a tiny scale! What did caught my eye looking at the face that the cheeks and the skin on the mouth are looking quite grey/ purple ish .( might be the photo though!) but I’d introduce some red tones back in there. 🙂

silent spear Aug 28, 2023, 5:24 PM

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fickle vortex I know it's a fairly common approach but seeing it laid out here like this is pr...

Haha I'm a bit afraid it's just wasting time but it's for sure motivating to see progress and it's nice to figure out how to get there. Hopefully I can cut some steps out I feel like I redraw a lot

silent spear Aug 28, 2023, 5:28 PM

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timid flint Really impressive for such a tiny scale! What did caught my eye looking at the f...

Thank you! Great input she is indeed somewhat desaturated suddenly. Lips and her cheek is a bit missing. I'm afraid I have to touch it again MonkaS

silent spear Aug 31, 2023, 7:18 PM

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Tried to fix the face and the shoulder. Moving on to the next mini I think enough pain endured for a thing noone will see 😆

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silent spear Aug 31, 2023, 9:57 PM

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Started with the face first but eyes are a pain pepecry

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More butts

fickle vortex Aug 31, 2023, 10:42 PM

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you're really good at butts

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has anyone told you that

fickle vortex Aug 31, 2023, 10:43 PM

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silent spear Tried to fix the face and the shoulder. Moving on to the next mini I think enoug...

that's looking good I think

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did you tamp down the cloak highlights though or is that the camera doing funky stuff?

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everything looks darker actually, prob the camera

silent spear Aug 31, 2023, 10:44 PM

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fickle vortex did you tamp down the cloak highlights though or is that the camera doing funky ...

Yeah it's the camera I only touched the shoulder. I did some glaze in a midtone at the bottom but not everything

fickle vortex Aug 31, 2023, 10:45 PM

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right yeah

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I really wonder if it's worth getting a handle on that sometimes

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but on the other hand sometimes your camera gives you nice colour suggestions by just fucking your shit up

silent spear Aug 31, 2023, 10:46 PM

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Strange how different it looks actually. I usually shoot from the same position and aboutish distance but not here. Didn't realize there is a big shade casted.

The butts are fun I think that's why 😆

silent spear Sep 3, 2023, 10:17 PM

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Polished basically everything including the face. The arm is the last part missing and some small areas... I think... like shoes

fickle vortex Sep 6, 2023, 10:13 AM

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I hate painting shoes

silent spear Sep 6, 2023, 8:53 PM

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Ye shoes are boring AF. Only upside is that you can weather them which is always some fun. But I don't know my basing yet.

Second trooper done. Have to fill in her socks when I have blue on my palette again. And continued with the third trooper which is second to last Mini of this faction before the next game pepecheer

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silent spear Sep 7, 2023, 10:21 PM

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Face done and some more sketching. Not sure about hair color yet

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stone carbon Sep 7, 2023, 11:35 PM

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The hair looks nice although you could always add a bit of light blond highlights maybe but otherwise 10/10

silent spear Sep 8, 2023, 6:39 AM

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stone carbon The hair looks nice although you could always add a bit of light blond highlight...

Current hair is just unpainted primer currently 😆. It has a bit shiny finish.

Black is probably a good call though just some highlighting. Or dark blue poopesus

fickle vortex Sep 8, 2023, 9:08 AM

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I'd love to see some more anime hair tbh

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we already have a pink

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what about some blue-green gradient hair

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also these minis look so fun

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definitely going to get some infinity when I run out of plastic

silent spear Sep 8, 2023, 5:40 PM

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Hmm ye good call. More Anime is more better. I tried a lot of colors digitally first and green on the Brown haired girl but wasn't really working. Thats why I though blue is at least adding some color. I made some new Swatches here.

For me working very well are more blue ones 4 and 10 and surprisingly to me red ones 2, 6 and the golden one 7

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What do you think @fickle vortex @stone carbon 👀

fickle vortex Sep 8, 2023, 5:47 PM

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2 is probably my favourite right now but I'd give a completely different answer if you asked me in 3 hours' time

stone carbon Sep 8, 2023, 5:48 PM

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silent spear Hmm ye good call. More Anime is more better. I tried a lot of colors digitally f...

5 green, 1 and 6

silent spear Sep 8, 2023, 6:56 PM

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Votings
1 II
2 III
3 II
4 II
5 II
6 IIII
7 III
10 I
12 II
Winner: 6
Second: 2,7

fickle vortex Sep 9, 2023, 11:06 AM

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I'm definitely ok with 6

silent spear Sep 9, 2023, 10:44 PM

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Idk I don't really see red working in reality. Same vibe I get with the green I tried on shiny butt lady number 2

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I think it's just too much color. Need to be something more muted

fickle vortex Sep 10, 2023, 11:09 AM

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... would blonde to pink gradient hair be too much to ask for on one of these?

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I will say if someone forced me to paint this on a mini I'd probably hate them for 2 weeks

silent spear Sep 10, 2023, 3:01 PM

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I wanted to give Shiny Butt 2 the 7 blond type color anyways red/pink tips are good ^-^ Mr. Serios will get some dark blue hair I think

silent spear Sep 10, 2023, 10:02 PM

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Here she is. With 7 color variant and pink tips

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And the dude has blue hair now. Fur and browns got some work and forgot some yellow parts

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fickle vortex Sep 11, 2023, 2:49 AM

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yo that gradient hair is fucking sick

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any chance you could like

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maybe sculpt a dragon tail on there

silent spear Sep 11, 2023, 9:44 PM

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No Dragon tail, sorry 😆

Calling the dude done, polished everything I saw. Shoes I think will just finish when I'm basing

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fickle vortex Sep 12, 2023, 1:01 PM

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silent spear No Dragon tail, sorry 😆 Calling the dude done, polished everything I saw. Shoe...

😡

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unfortunately I'm having trouble being too mad as the minis are looking sick

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I hate the fact that you're making me want to drop way too much money on infinity

silent spear Oct 10, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Gathering tonk stuff and having all the trash clutter in my hobby space really gave me a huge demotivation to paint anything. Now it's cleaned up and painted some more of this sqirmish squad. Sketched some yellows for the flamethrower guy

silent spear Oct 10, 2023, 10:24 PM

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I will try some flame glow effect like this at the tip I believe. Looks fun and suits the flame thrower https://www.flickr.com/photos/novaopen/53161295617/in/album-72177720310949224/

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silent spear Oct 13, 2023, 8:31 PM

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Moar sketching for blues and shinies

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Different light is a bit more blue

fickle vortex Oct 13, 2023, 8:33 PM

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huh

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he's wearing a turtleneck

silent spear Oct 19, 2023, 10:16 PM

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Yes! And now it's hopefully reading some more like wool.

Some more polishing today

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silent spear Oct 23, 2023, 11:47 AM

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Calling him done now until basing

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Forgot his hands and I see some clean up needs to be done on the right thigh. Otherwise I'm pretty happy. Still looks more rough than I would like though

fickle vortex Oct 23, 2023, 1:19 PM

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love seeing these before and afters

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need to try this style of painting at some point

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I've never sketched to this degree before

silent spear Oct 23, 2023, 1:26 PM

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fickle vortex I've never sketched to this degree before

How would your process look like? I feel like I rush too much and have to clean up after myself 😄

fickle vortex Oct 23, 2023, 1:27 PM

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usually I just develop some part from start to finish and then move onto something else

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maybe go back to polish/adjust later but not usually deliberately

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but ofc that doesn't give as clear a view of what the finished product is going to look like as yours

silent spear Oct 23, 2023, 1:43 PM

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Ah interesting I think it's natural for me because of session length. When done I'm cleaning my palette and next time might as well prepare blues instead of the yellows. Works well for me when I'm not sure about which parts to make which color 🤔

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If I can trust my scheme or theory I can finish one set or part completely.

silent spear Oct 30, 2023, 11:31 PM

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Pretty happy where I ended up after one session. Tried to polish along the way inside out as you normally would. I think that helps a lot in saving time.

The cape is pretty boring I think I will do some pattern. Maybe some active camo if I find a neat reference. I like the triangle pattern here https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/2c/4e/7e2c4ec5633c930b140cbdc1852648a6.jpg

He also has some strange neck metal skelet thing. Not sure what to do with it yet. Can always go back to chrome but the back side is so monochrome already

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Maybe stripes is enough. This was my initial guideline reference

silent spear Nov 11, 2023, 10:26 AM

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Gone for triangles. Interesting learning experience. I wanted to add some wavy energy pattern on top but it's not working at all. I suspect the cape is too bright so the highlights are lost

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Like this approach but no idea how I get there with my colors https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bb/5c/eb/bb5ceb3605c02bde489a804407a18ff2.jpg

fickle vortex Nov 11, 2023, 11:40 AM

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that looks completely nuts

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what was your approach to colour placements here

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it looks great but I can't make heads or tails of it

silent spear Nov 11, 2023, 11:59 AM

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fickle vortex it looks great but I can't make heads or tails of it

I wanted to do some kind of energy liny things with the green energy color I established in the power sword mini. I marked the lines I followed.

But it's fightning in value a lot with the cape highlights and destroys the established patterns shading. So is all over the place at the end and not really working as I wanted

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I would need to tone down the capes contrast or value some for this to work I think. So that the energy thing is the brightest spot. Also not a lot of areas next to the fabric to make this glow read as a glow.

fickle vortex Nov 11, 2023, 12:05 PM

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right now it reads to me as if the entire surface of the cape is covered in digital artifacts

twin minnow Nov 14, 2023, 8:54 PM

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I am currently working on
an invincible army force. Having the same great results with my colors as well.

silent spear Nov 14, 2023, 10:35 PM

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twin minnow I am currently working on an invincible army force. Having the same great re...

Noice! I like the sculpts a lot is like they consider painting when posing 😄

twin minnow Nov 14, 2023, 10:54 PM

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They consider everything except how hard it is to learn to play. Lol

twin minnow Nov 14, 2023, 10:55 PM

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silent spear I wanted to do some kind of energy liny things with the green energy color I est...

I like the fabric texture on this one.

silent spear Nov 21, 2023, 11:56 PM

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Working on the next one for now with a different kind of cape. Also camo unit though. Her cape is a lot more interesting I think I will just go with plain triangles for both and avoid the green energy thingy. I think I will make his neck thing somewhat glowy.

Her shoulder things are supposed to glow as well but is not really selling the effect yet. Tough to reach as well