Work-In-Progress Paint Jobs

[storm dagger]

Not ready to show your final paint job in its own thread? Drop all of your work-in-progress screenshots here!

[shell portal]

@storm dagger thanks!

I did a test on some hair for my very first attempt

[warm jackal]

haven't touched the actual game yet but having a blast with the painter 😄

[warm jackal]

she's coming along, just gotta finish her lil creature dudes 🙂

[rotund pumice]

wip 😄

[shell portal]

not sure if i wanna change this further, i'm pretty pleased

[soft arch]

I love the cape!

[shell portal]

thanks 😄

[stray void]

Any suggestions to make this beak pop?

[static minnow]

Waaaait, that cape is awesome!! How do you do that?

[viral mason]

Bring that yellow down more onto the center stripes to contrast against the dark orange and red

[shell portal]

multiple layers of washes, and then the stars were just regular white dots on a tiny brush

[static minnow]

I have to work more with washes

[shell portal]

oh, and dry brushes for the part of the cloak that stick out the most

[static minnow]

I use a lot of dry brush

Makes great effects

[shell portal]

general rule i've found that works best is: washes for recesses, dry brush for excesses

i feel like the colour range is quite limited right now, but that might be alleviated when unlocking more from the battle pass or whatever

i hope we get stuff to make brighter colours honestly

[static minnow]

most probably

[storm dagger]

The CAPE.

[shell portal]

thanks 😄 i'm glad i conjured up something nice for my first model

[errant notch]

Working on trying to get more defined eyes, would love a finer point for painting in cases like this or possibly just a decal for eyes

[shell portal]

someone explained it pretty well in the regular chat

drop in circles of the eye colour you want

and then smaller circles for the pupil, and highlight/reflections

[errant notch]

@shell portal So I discovered this amazing tool called "Airbrush", Fml .... and did what you suggested, went a little more into the detail and darkened one side of the iris along with coloring the sides of the eyes a 'Chivalry' Red to try and give a more realistic look

[shell portal]

looks great!!!

[static minnow]

Trying some tools with this one, need to learn how to do proper shadows and light, also looks so hard to made rusted robots D:

[hazy stratus]

messing with the painting system, it's pretty nice although still getting a grip on how it handles a few things

[rotund pumice]

wip insect, i think the best mini to start to painting

[hazy stratus]

Good call of a mini to start with, probnably the most simple in terms of number of materials

It's a fun one to futz with

[rotund pumice]

awesome job, and nice colors 😄

[hazy stratus]

think my first one I'm gonna actually finish is a de-hologrammed Jax lol

[fast mango]

Decided I'd start by diving into the deep end. Did some Non-metallic metal on this pauldron tonight

As a force of habit, I did "prime" the mini black beforehand hehe

[soft arch]

I don't have the bottom painted yet, but I'm loving how the face of this mini has turned out

[rotund pumice]

ok, this guy have some issues with the model, BUT ARE GREAT

[pallid holly]

Not sure what to do with the robot

[heavy raven]

experimented with osl tonight. having loads of fun!

[errant notch]

Just working on my miniature slowly, feels like they have a message for me

[weary valley]

This is one of my favorite color combinations for painting minis and I am really happy with how well its translating

[jolly prawn]

Haven't finished Astra, but finished her Frog Mount now, took me hours yesterday and today I'll begin working on Astra. 🙂

[ornate hemlock]

frog wip, about to start highlighting but a lil stuck on the colours i wanna paint her bugs, they always look wrong xD

[fallow agate]

first miniature i ever painted in my live. 12h+ in it, still not done, but i f***ing love it!!! best game ever 😄

[rotund valley]

I have no idea what I am doing but enjoying it lol

[viral mason]

Working on a "Rusty Paladin" Ex

[burnt helm]

going for an "ember" type of vibe with this one. I like how the wings look, not too pleased with the main body yet

[viscid leaf]

Now that finally I've configured the tablet, I can do something more with the painting tools... Amazing what it can be done

Detail of the robot's face

[dapper talon]

WIP, dig the tools as someone who paints analog minis. Wash application lags a bit on my side so its hard to gauge but still very cool

[keen smelt]

May I introduce you to Captain Cool-S? 😄

[mint sail]

Captain Cool-S is sick as hell lol

on that note, here's my first paint job! still gotta do the hair and helmet but this is what I got for now

[knotty lantern]

Needs metallics to finish off the pearl, but for someone with no artistic ability I'm happy with what I've managed

[mint sail]

hey nice paint job! looks really weird in a good way lol

[heady arrow]

Decided to paint up my mad scientist captain and crew. I've never been into painting minis before but I get it now, this is a cool feature.

[visual atlas]

My word the hours I am sinking into this playtest!

[mint sail]

your Guardian looks amazing! love the black and red, looks like a proper villain lol

[visual atlas]

This will be cheaper than real Minis 😛 but so far as hobbies go I really encourage it as a meditative process. Kick back with some paints and a drink, some chill out music or podcast. Lovely way to spend an afternoon 🙂

[heady arrow]

If only real life came with the auto-masking feature then I would be airbrushing everything I own, haha.

[real crest]

Just a Suggestion on how to do Rust alot better, Start with a Grey, then hit is with a 30-40% Opacity Brown, then Dry brush a Bright Orange, and Finish it all with a soft Highlight of a Low Opacity Grey to give the appearance of the Metal underneath and the Rust chipping off

[real crest]

Big Facts

[floral spear]

Just trying to Figure everything out

[visual atlas]

This is incredible!

[flint rivet]

definitely a work in progress... but I had to share my stroke of inspiration somewhere... thinking I'll do a whole squad up this way

[warm jackal]

my current work in progress 😄 https://imgur.com/uGBwRLT

[mint sail]

ooh loving the desert theme your Gauntlet has going on!

[warm jackal]

thank you! I didn't want to make them all super homogenous but coming up with nice colour palettes is much easier when you just recycle the one nice one you found 😅

I feel like I ought to play the game more and actually find a squad I like before I commit to painting... but I know I'll miss the painting too much when it's gone in a couple of days 🙂

[cunning juniper]

WIP for Flamin' Switchback

[frail oxide]

How long was this model supposed to take to paint, do you have any idea how many little dots are all over the carapace? 😮

[severe light]

loving how nice this looks with the inner panel painted in

[severe light]

loving how this is coming along

[heady arrow]

Haha, if John Deere doesn't already have a military production back up plan this might give them some ideas.

[tired yoke]

Fiddling with a test scheme for my first model, I'm hooked

[maiden python]

Ah a fellow NMM lover ! To many people on here asking for the metallic paints 😅

[real crest]

I'm personally just not a fan of NMM's Aesthetic, but that is just me

[true hedge]

working on some base layer concept for Minato on Gamabunta

[mint sail]

doing an Axl-themed paint for Maximus and this is the progress on the pistol!
the catch? I have to do a second one as well

small update! added some more red on the pistol and some brown on the handle

[fast mango]

Wonderful OSL on your paint job! It was fun leaning how to do nmm. Excited to do more

[grizzled abyss]

We gettin' there

[grizzled abyss]

Ehm have i gone to far into murder bot?

[pseudo venture]

Still got some polish to do, but I tried to paint my snareling based on that creature from Midnight City by M83

[grizzled abyss]

i need some feedback, is the gold gaudy?

[maiden python]

Not at all I feel this guy always needs a flash of gold somewhere (I gave mine a gold pinky )

[grizzled abyss]

Thanks!

[static minnow]

Aria Cyberpunk

Still some work to do

Want to change all golden colours

[plush badger]

Hey folks just wanted to share my WiP of Astra on a poison dart frog 🙂

[eager spire]

My current Project. I Don't Know if im going to get any more done before this test weekend ends

[burnt helm]

going for a bubble gum theme for Detonia

[modest bay]

The tool is pretty cool , messing around to do some NMM

[dreamy geyser]

Ayo that looks so good dude

[modest bay]

The whole paintjob is going to take a while 🥲

[dreamy geyser]

a smol update

[viscid gyro]

Work in Progress - Missing Textures Zax. I sincerely hope that this paint job will not cause any bug reports XD

My eyes are quite sensitive to high contrast, so I will have to keep taking breaks from this.

[stray void]

My Gallurret is very much a WIP.

[maiden python]

Gotta appreciate the NMM on that sword 👌

[dreamy geyser]

thank you homie!

[hoary ferry]

that's hilarious i love it

[limpid kite]

frickin' clownfish at the beach. Looks sweet

[hoary ferry]

imagine how differently the beginning of finding nemo would have gone down if that guy was marlins neighbor

[viscid gyro]

Tidying up the edges from left to right on coat, not quite half way.

[dreamy geyser]

ayo looks good! also when does the early access thingy end?

[cerulean heron]

incredible work

[viscid leaf]

some experiments (blanchitsu style, "magma" rocks) and more progress on the sniper gal

[limpid kite]

Bathrobe BDSM Max:
Just blocking some stuff in for an idea I had. Feathers will probably turn into a pink boa. Not sure what I'll do with the helmet yet.

[limpid kite]

Not sure if I'll keep the boxers (maybe heart boxers) or put him in something more sexy. I think boxers worked better with the bunched up nerd socks.

[cerulean heron]

as far as i got with the testing period

[flat storm]

Absolutely loving the painting in this game, will be worth the $ for me regardless of the gameplay tbh. Here's the result of an hour experimenting around on my first night of playing

[rocky dawn]

cant wait to paint more. wether you spend 25 mins or 4 hrs plus its easly to make them look fantastic. going to try a diamond or plaid pattern on my next spin

[limpid kite]

does this look like bread?

[merry zinc]

Kinda

[green kayak]

made my first custom paintjob 🙂

still got the very small detail work left

[flat storm]

settling into a nice groove with some metallics

[summer kindle]

I think it's pretty close!

[limpid kite]

still loafing around

[maiden python]

im so happy i can continue to finish this

[weary valley]

Don't know if anyone else has done this yet, but I realized something really fun you can do with the Micoani Thicket's stamen

[limpid kite]

Fun!

[frail oxide]

Trying to paint a lava effect... dunno if it's working. 🤔

[weary valley]

its not reading as lava to me but it looks great

my thicket as of right now. the top flower with the eyes is mostly done- i just need to repeat the process

[weary valley]

better angle after some more work on the mouth- i love the thickets model so much but it is SO detailed. its gonna be a timesink

[frail oxide]

Does this look like lava? :S

[weary valley]

Oh yeah that looks great! the only thing I would maybe say is since lava glows, maybe do a light airbrush with a bright orange on the black by it to give that effect?

Spoiling this but realized the thicket could really easily turn into an anatomical monstrosity of bone and tongue and intestine...

[weary valley]

like this kinda glow on the black maybe (tried a quick mockup for what i meant)

[naive pulsar]

Gonna do a whole patriotic team soon. Still learning how to utilize airbrush and some other advanced stuff. Anyone got any guides or something like that in mind?

[noble pilot]

WIP, first paint, I'm unsure what color to make the grenades. Any suggestions?

[naive pulsar]

Yellow is more 'splodey. But a darker red or grey might look good, imo.

[noble pilot]

I think grey works!

[weary valley]

since you are going very cool blue/greys i'd say go with an orange-yellow glowy effect. it will pop against your colors

[noble pilot]

I'lll try that though I'm not yet sure how to do glows

[weary valley]

if you like I can do a quick demo in vc

[noble pilot]

My mind's in kinda maintenance mode rn since I'm really sleepy, unfortunately

[weary valley]

since i'm here- i am pretty happy with how this face and eye turned out

[weary valley]

About an hour and a half later

[atomic cape]

I Need sleep

[limpid kite]

I spent like 12 hours on mine https://discordapp.com/channels/852221544699920424/1018682729417687142/1018682729417687142

[warm jackal]

Really can't decide if this kintsugi stitchy concept works or not

[naive pulsar]

Still working on my super america attempt. I don't know how to do the glowing effect on she shield's cinder power source seen by the default paint job. Any idea?

[weary valley]

yeah i can do i quick glow run down

okay so quick mockup

[naive pulsar]

is listening intently

[weary valley]

so the first thing you wanna do is put down some white where you want the glow to be- use the pure white in the mixing palette and use the airbrush. i use fairly large but my opacity is 5%- the will let it mix with the surroundings and I can make my brush smaller to go over again when i wanna pick up hot spots i.e. where the wires are glowing yellow

[naive pulsar]

ok!

[weary valley]

from there you are gonna use the airbrush to cover up that white using high opacity red orange and yellows- you want bright cause that will scream heat and light

from there id say its mostly clean up and playing with it? you can use red at a very low opacity to clean up glowing areas to red as red edges to the glow. id hit the high spots of glow with yellow or white with the dry brush again

another thing you can see they do in the extilior standard paintjob is sink a red wash into the glowing regions to make that red the shadow i.e. there are no shadows

The Sun palette is loaded with great colors for this, Chivalry in particular is fantastic for the warm wash/glows

anyway im running to the grocery store but if you have any questions i can answer when i get back!

[naive pulsar]

after i run a couple sets of the game i'll give it a shot and let you know how it went. 🙂 Thanks big time for the help!

[naive pulsar]

I just used the regular mixers but I already see the effect taking place. Awesome. I'll be really goofing around with it.

It's super sloppy but at least the concept works. How would I go about doing this on a brighter color like blue or white?

[weary valley]

Same concepts really. The Sea palette with the hologram color as your yellow HEAT color works fantastic

white is trickier. you dont want gray as your lead in color so i'd say pick whether you want it to be a cool or a warm light and then have the it doing from yellow or blue to white

example of cool blue light

[rough spindle]

Experimenting with kind of a painterly style on Savria.

[warm jackal]

much happier with my kintsugi design now I've worked on it a bit more 😄

[naive pulsar]

holy cow that is wild. nice job

[warm jackal]

coming along 😄

[static minnow]

No way, that's just awesome! Great job 🙂

[weary valley]

the blue china pattern makes the gold pop so much and the pattern itself is SO GOOD

[weary valley]

okay- really happy with how this glow came out

[frail oxide]

Lava spikes 😄

[ripe galleon]

Needs a little more work, just gotta figure out where

[frail oxide]

Almost finished, hope I can get it done before the contest deadline.

[slender dew]

Working on some shenanigans for the contest ! Trying my hand at various types of NMM (with various success as well 😄 )

[noble pilot]

Some work done on the grenades, making progress!

[maiden python]

Hey my guy I just finished mines with a ton of osl effects it's not as complicated as it looks . If you need ant tips just ask my guy , keep at it though

[maiden python]

I'd say the only slight issues your having is isolation and less bleaching . So try think about where the light comes from and what parts the light would naturally hit . And use alot less white as your washing out all the intense colour . Glow effects you want bright vibrant colours like that orange you've used for the "dark" parts I would have used as the highlight and overall colour

Quick shot of my sheild attempt might help as a reference as well

[half horizon]

I've been having a lot of fun with this contest entry, they're like a four armed mango

[limpid kite]

Doin' faces

[weary valley]

continuing my fleshy paintjobs... loving the potential bodyhorror

[weary valley]

i am having way too much fun with the fleshy horror faction

[rocky dawn]

Was trying do redo Zax for thr painting contest but did not have anywhere near enough time to finish this as most of my weekend was at work

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1010605721521500160/1021233713528442900/20220918182156_1.jpg

Went with line work to give the hologram more of a resolution line look. It turned out better than I though but took a lot of time. I actually ordered a wacom pen/tablet which I have been wanting for some time so I'm really looking forward to using it in this game

[limpid kite]

A little bit o' Furia

Maximum power

[maiden python]

Oh this NMM Is looking sexy my guy keep it going

[slender dew]

This is as far as I'll be able to go before the end of the playtest, can't wait to get it done

[warm jackal]

ooh wow super nice chrome there

[maiden python]

That is some old school looking chrome you got thier 🔥

[slender dew]

Fresh out of the mirror factory 😄

[shell portal]

Looks nice

[shell portal]

Activate the Bass Cannon

[tight cliff]

Working on that Eldrich Sea type of mini

[limpid kite]

I painted Zax a little name badge

[long tapir]

working on a reskin for Z-Man

need some suggestions!

[crude merlin]

work in prog. astra

[shell portal]

Nice stuff

[rotund pumice]

green light

[shell portal]

Looks awesome!

[tender topaz]

I wouldn't have it any other way!

[radiant geyser]

these are two i've been working on i asked my friends for a color scheme and they were torn between black/white or pink/gold

[graceful galleon]

Making Venusar and Lulu because I like them both

[azure ember]

Pretty much covered the whole model with first pass, now moving onto a detail layer gonna get some of the large details down!

[tender topaz]

Hahaha I had the same idea about Venusaur, it fits so well!

[rotund pumice]

i love this models, maybe the best to just paint for some time.

[crude merlin]

Work in progess still 20 hrs in lol

[sterile finch]

work in progress. G2 Esports inspired theme. would love some feedback or help with this. my first mini i have ever painted.

[limpid kite]

Giving Bitol a new face:

[quartz fractal]

not too great at the black and white but here is what I got

[lime arch]

i had an idea. and i think it may have been a terrible one

[torn tide]

Working on a glow-y froggy friend. Astra herself is still more or less the base coats so she's not ready for the spotlight yet.

[warm jackal]

roughed in a kinda spacey zax, can't decide if it's working for me or not yet tho

[willow spire]

This is sick!!

Heres something ive been working on, just kinda winging it atm

[vivid ruin]

Cell Inspired Bug WIP

[static minnow]

does this looks like Jack Skellington or like a zebra?

[jade linden]

My first dabble into it and I'm really enjoying the painting feature!

[viral mason]

Thoughts on this first attempt at NMM?

[static minnow]

Looks great

[short sky]

I'm trying to go with a Flesh Golem kind of thing.

Like, there's a meat monster living inside a robotic exoskeleton.

I'd like to shift the armor to something more gray, but I don't think I have the skill to replicate the look of metal with the default paints. Any tips?

[woeful whale]

Curious about this too, I don't love the available color options for trying to NMM silver metallics

I feel like you can get a quick and dirty NMM gold drybrushing chaotic cinder over deep cinder or another red for things like trim, but not great on broad surfaces

like on the shin guard here

[viral mason]

That's gross...and I mean that in the best possible way 😅 Super cool!

[azure ember]

current progress on this paint

feedback is welcome

[static minnow]

some toy story inspired paint

[azure ember]

oh damn thats a really creative idea!

nice!

[static minnow]

thanks 🙂

[limpid kite]

Just taking a break from this one while I think about whether or not I like the direction of the gun. I kinda wanted it to look like a luxury car with chrome/white leather, but I don't know if that meshes well with the red-green power bar, or the burnt iron nozzle, or the figure in general. What do you think?

[short sky]

Is there a way to darken in our disabled part of a model, or is the gun the only part with light color?

[limpid kite]

Yeah, it's just painted that way

I haven't finished shading the gun yet

Or any of it really

The rest of the model needs more contrast

[gaunt cairn]

Working on a CMY recolor of Aria for my first project.

Final step will be to recolor the cloak, but my hand is getting sore for now lol

[fickle breach]

Been tinkering with captains. Black and gold Extilior's the one I've sunken a bit of time into since lines can be a bit of a pain.

First time painting so still figuring out textures and etc. Also banged out a basic Zax recolour, waaaaay easier, although could use some touch ups to improve some details and colour consistency.

[woeful whale]

making some progress here but can't decide where to go with the gun and not satisfied with orange for the helmet crest

[willow spire]

Here is the 90% done result

still winging it tbh

[wheat cedar]

Still trying to learn how the tool works (using a pen and tablet makes things far easier). Not really sure about that edge lighting around the little hole in the shell :

[raw flume]

She is getting there...

[shell portal]

looks nice!

[dusk hemlock]

Really wishing the palette was easier to customize

[fallen kraken]

Experimenting with gradients a bit while I decide how to paint the rest

[ripe galleon]

oooh love that palette

[woeful whale]

this is a great set of colors for this model imo

[tropic yew]

Still a lot to go 😅

[vivid ruin]

Another WIP, working on a few units & Ex with the same prototype steel theme but having to take lots of breaks to avoid RSI. Bit of matrix inspiration with the blood tubes

[slender dew]

Very promising !

[mortal widget]

Working on another Methedori Privateer skin c:

[shell portal]

going for some sort of pirate lich kinda deal with zax

not sure if i'll keep going with it or not

[merry zinc]

They’ve really nailed that addictive relaxing quality painting minis has. Also I’m very impressed by the models available so far.

[sleek fiber]

here is my WIP Beatris!

[slow carbon]

didnt like the smily default :P

[woeful whale]

Working on a red and gold Beatris as well, in the same pallet as my Silvermoon Savria and Aria

[woeful whale]

That’s an impressive freehand, damn

Do you use mouse or a tablet?

Nearing completion on my Aria but still having a hard time deciding what to do with the rifle, and adding depth to the black fabrics. Really happy with how the green tunic is coming together, the green pallet in general is lovely to work with

[slow carbon]

ive been using mouse but could be using tablet lol, too lazy to take the 5min to set it up, but am happy to dump hours into painting

[slow carbon]

ty

am also loving the green palet <3

[woeful whale]

I'm sticking green on every mini just because its got such a straight forward progression for blending and shading

[merry zinc]

Same. I need to break out my iPad and try to tablet it though, mouse works really good but I really ought to try it tablet.

[left socket]

WIP - satisfied so far

[storm skiff]

WIP looking for some tips and suggestions. I cant find a good combination of colors for the mechs legs and feet or the pilots pants/legs. Also techniques to make the unit look more used and damaged.

[soft lintel]

I don't know anything about techniques or if you're going for rust or more dirt or maybe both but rust from a long life in use localizes into areas water would collect and run off.

Evenly spread rust is from being stored and forgotten.

old dirt and grime too will collect in areas of run off and areas that wouldnt wash off easily compared to like right after being blasted by dirt which is more evenly spread and has a directional feel.

old grime and dirt and rust all have a downward direction

[storm skiff]

yea my attempt at rust is in the mechs chest area

[merry zinc]

To make stuff look worn I also like to use a metallic gray in cuts/troughs, and dry brushed on scratches too, since worn paint exposes bare metal

[soft lintel]

the yellow is the chest right? haha yeah so the crevices and like above...what I would call the cheekbones of the mech haha

[storm skiff]

yea i just used dry brush on the ball joint for the left arm looks like it was shiny but now its worn down

[storm skiff]

maybe but i call that its face lol

this was my rust attempt using a decal and washing it

[soft lintel]

ah gotcha, is that decal supposed to be rust? I thought it was mud haha. Anyways yeah isolated the blotch looks like rust but it feels unnatural in context of the structure if that makes sense

sorry I meant the decal itself your use of it defeinitely looks like a rust formation. Id just think of rain causing rust in certain spots

[storm skiff]

i think it was supposed to be some type of damage idk

cant tell 100%

i used it as a coffeee stain on jail break 😆

[soft lintel]

haha yes! dude looks like hes a gene steal tyranid!

working on Khorne Kranker. Any servants of the Blood God got suggests to make it extra cheesy...I mean Korny

[limpid kite]

I spent a bunch of time crafting the perfect mine for my Zax. and in the end, it looks almost exactly like the default mine 😦

The default mine is really shadowy on the bottom side which is the side that faces the camera when it's deployed, so it looks a lot darker. But the mines visible on the character models look about the same

I'm gonna change the glow to blue or green maybe

and definitely spend more time shading the bottom

[soft lintel]

wasn't really planning it but getting some nice rust looking stuff here. Started with the bone colored metal color from the pallet you unlock layered a bunch of different greys on it and now adding copper, the light bone base showing through around the edge of the copper make it pop as rust

anyone got some tips for cranker's engine? I like how it's going but it's totally by the seat of my pants haha

[mortal widget]

The fist

[short sky]

Nice

[soft lintel]

So glad this game came out just before spooky season

[mortal widget]

For a pirate it's always spooky season. ^^

[upbeat helm]

At first I was just practicing zenithal highlights and seeing what I could do with washes to get weathering, but I decided I wanted to do this guy up (he's my main)

[upbeat helm]

changed the shoulder and used the official art to figure out the highlight for the tricky pauldron symbol

[tight bay]

My first work in progress, the Pegasus fighter

[odd cave]

Doing a paint scheme I have dubbed "Dark Reaver" with a glowing green theme. Not done with dustying them up yet but getting there

[languid saffron]

Almost done with the mount! Feathers left and some tongue blending

[grim rose]

obviously a WIP but as a huge Marvel fan I had to do this for the obvious Cable character.

[warm stratus]

Probably going to change the cape but this is with full base and some wash.

[warm stratus]

Love the skull theme

[soft lintel]

when you're done I'd love to share it twitter if you dont mind! Can credit you however you like

[mortal widget]

If it ever should be done. ^^

[soft lintel]

looking for tips on the engine and making it look more like it's running. Also if any servants of Khorne have ideas for me Id love to hear them. Blood for the blood god!

[mortal widget]

Gauntlet has a big lot of outlines

[cedar root]

This is my first paint job, still working on it and was wondering if anyone had some advice in terms of stuff like texturing. I've never painted a real mini either before

[tight bay]

looks like the glow could be brighter and maybe cast out to some of the surrounding area to give it more of a feel of active energy. an example is extilior's shield where the brightness really stands out and casts a light out from it:

[soft lintel]

yeah struggling hard finding the right balance of brightness and blending. but hey how do you make to the Apollo...practice

[grim rose]

Still working on some areas but this is coming along as good as I hoped it would. Any Cable fans?

[slow carbon]

wash is for shadow, dry brush is for highlights. can use stipple to add some texture with other colors. otherwise, might have to draw texture with paint or airbrush

[cedar root]

Ok cool, good to know what each of those are for. Tried to stipple a bit in the gun barrel to create an effect like a shot is charging up at least so I have that going for me

[warm jackal]

just the clouds & a few little details left 😩

[tight bay]

little more into him tonight, lots of details yet and I can't decide how I want his guns and boots to look yet

[quasi pebble]

What you guys think 🙂 having so much fun panting

[mortal widget]

One of the best Astra Paintjobs I have seen so far.

[quasi pebble]

Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[wintry schooner]

This is great, good job

[soft lintel]

yeah that is fire. Real frog god vibes, or toad I dont know haha

[glacial zealot]

My first try at painting in this game what do you think?

[slow carbon]

love the glyphs and custom decals! adds so much character when you customize your own stuff. great job! very creative

[lone pelican]

My first paint job. I want to finish and then go back and add some finer details. Front and Back:
Would love to hear feedback

[slow carbon]

very nice! if you look at the "elephant ears" around the head there is a nice contrast between the very dark and very bright. i would add the same contrast to the back. another place to add the contrast is on the "bulbs" where there could be a darkness at the bottom of the sphere contrasted with a rim light highlight around the surrounding rim. am i making sense? lookin great tho!

[lone pelican]

Yes. I plan on making more contrasts as final details to add a sort of 'glowing' effect. But I wanted to mainly focus on the color scheme and see if it was working. I may like it but I wanted to showcase it to others too lol

[woeful whale]

Try to think about the way colors progress as more light reflects off them - for example you can start with a darker tone for the coat and then gradually work toward lighter tones where more light is applied

Using the most saturated, bright colors as your base layer will limit your options for edge highlighting with the dry brush tool

[soft lintel]

that's awesome, if you want to move forward just duplicate it and mess around with the airbrush for blending or I really like the stipple brush for an easy lizard skin spot effect. Nothing wrong with pure basecoast minis though. Gives them a cool animated look in my mind.

[woeful whale]

pre-highlight armor trim all done, procrastinating on the shield because it has little to no automasking

[quasi pebble]

Looks dope

[warm stratus]

Thoughts on skin tone?

[limpid kite]

Kinda similar to the helmet/armor color

[odd cave]

Don't know how I feel about it but still going with details

[weary valley]

loaded unsaved paint job
spits coffee*
no you did NOT.

[tight bay]

started in on the glamrock mobile

[quasi pebble]

what you gusy think 😦 almost done

[mortal widget]

This is really cool. You are using a tablet?

[quasi pebble]

Yeah I’m using a tablet I only use mouse and key board when I’m doing the main base colors and all the details with the tablet

[quasi pebble]

Your using one to ?

[mortal widget]

Nah, I'm a mouse drawer.

[soft lintel]

what tablet do you use? I've seen some people say hyion or something. This game has pushed me over the fence of wanting to buy one 🙂

[woeful whale]

same here!

[tight bay]

I just picked up a new Huion Kamvas Pro 13 and am really liking it but you definitely don't need one with a screen and the cost that comes with it

non screen based ones run in the $40-100 range

[quasi pebble]

Yeah I say you get one definitely worth if specially if your a digital artist just so much fun and feels more natural

[quasi pebble]

But I use a Wacom cintiq 👍my favorite brand

[quasi pebble]

I use a Wacom cintiq 👍👍 best one in my opinion a little costy but it’s great for professional use

[tight bay]

Wacom cost was too high for me since its just for hobby for me

[quasi pebble]

Yeah if you don’t do it professionally i recommend other brands I use it because I actually do digital art

[tight bay]

ya Huion so far is solid quality for the money, but I've only got 2 nights painting with it in so far

[limpid kite]

I just bought a wacom one for $50ish on sale on Amazon. It's a pretty small tablet, and I haven't had a chance to really try it out yet

it's my first tablet

[worthy steppe]

WiP pic of everyone's favourite (Not) Death Bot

First time trying NMM so it is probably off. The pauldron is particularly hard.

[limpid kite]

Looks good to me, but I get bored if there's more than one band of highlight

[woeful whale]

I think it looks pretty good - I've just been doing it the lazy way and drybrushing the yellow cinder over red

followed by a lighter edge highlight

[tough comet]

WIP neo zax

[tight bay]

ziggy and the spiders is coming along still more colors to decide on though

[worthy steppe]

Thanks @limpid kite and @woeful whale ! Mine is just from the copper non metallic pallete. Brown, then drybrush the highlight with a gradient. Any areas not under shadow are then given another drybrush with the next lighter paint.

[limpid kite]

saw this in a match (had to cc right away since i queued by mistake) looks great!

[tough comet]

Thanks for the xp !

[tender topaz]

Astra & Venusaur WIP, I'm very happy with these little pokeballs on the sides

[zinc bough]

What do you guys think its still inprogres 😄

[fallen kraken]

Love the smoke

[worthy steppe]

Last few touches then I'm done.

Is the rust effect over the top?

Should either reduce the intensity on the smiley face, or make the rest just as intense. The shield is quite intense though

[woeful whale]

I think the rust looks good, it's obvious it's rust and the color pops on the model

[soft lintel]

Welcome to my nightmares. Fell in love with Quetz yesterday figured they needed a Khorne version. Thought about making the skin red like bloodletters but went with the idea that this was once a human.

[mortal widget]

Potatoes for the Potato god!

[rocky dawn]

My neon snarling on acid

[rocky dawn]

And the best Zax ever

[woeful whale]

another silvermoon-inspired methedori gettin started

oh how I wish his beard was masked

[tender topaz]

Update on the Venusaur toad. I'm amazed at the difference some shadows and highlights makes!

[mortal widget]

Almost done.

[languid saffron]

Detonia flame theme. Armor and boots done. Coming together nicely. Any suggestions for remaining color combos? Also - skin tone suggestions? I am finding it exceeding hard to find a non-flat looking tone.

[warm jackal]

I love this!

[tender topaz]

Thank you! I'm curious to hear your feedback once it's finished 😊

[limpid kite]

I love this

[sleek fiber]

Thank you!!

[soft lintel]

finally starting to feel like I'm getting somewhere with my Khrone Kranker so many little areas to get to.

[naive pulsar]

got inspired to continue my America paint job. Does this globe look too tacky on his shoulder? lol

it's still a work in process. just a concept.

[olive prism]

that looks pretty sick, i put a yin yang sign on there

i dont think it looks too tacky and i love the detail

[naive pulsar]

LOL did we get paired in a match together? lmao

[olive prism]

WAIT YES

LOL

[naive pulsar]

prepare for justice and liberty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk-87jzhVhs

[olive prism]

goodluck bro

gg's bro!

[naive pulsar]

dangit got greedy. gg. 😛 I don't wanna flood paint job chat with off topic stuff though. What are the odds? Go figure. Well played. lol

[olive prism]

gg's! i won the game, but i will never win the extilior paint over you :(

[rocky dawn]

@naive pulsar noice globe

[fallen kraken]

One shield down, 3 more to go

[limpid kite]

this thing is gonna look awesome

[latent rain]

Don't you just hate when you have a funny idea and then it becomes truly cursed?

[mortal widget]

...

I hate it. Lol

[limpid kite]

oh it's chuck n' co?

[latent rain]

yep 🙂

[rocky dawn]

pimp

[latent rain]

Alright, I've taken my cursed idea and workshopped it into something I'm more proud of. 🙂
Now time so spend hours on the detail work of this ship.

[rocky dawn]

doing some blast lighting

[void cobalt]

How does this scratch look?

[rocky dawn]

pew,pew

[fallen kraken]

draw the scratch with a pure black line en then add a bright line (the gray you used is fine) just underneath it. This helps the illusion a lot.

[rocky dawn]

@void cobaltalso if going for realism it would be off set or larger on the raised part depending on what scratched it

finished maxs jacket and mantle

[tender topaz]

I absolutely love this theme you're going for 😂

You could paint the engines as Bullet Bills

[void cobalt]

@rocky dawn @fallen kraken do either of y'all have an example? I'm not quite grasping what you're saying

[fallen kraken]

@void cobalt I mean something like the small one

[void cobalt]

Ohhh okay

I wasn't thinking a hole through the model just like a scrape

[fallen kraken]

being that dark it can work, if not use a lighter black

[void cobalt]

Okay

[rocky dawn]

I think I'll ignore working on my Zax this week and trey to finish my stitch with his med screen readouts

He definitely reads as a blue hologram for sure but I really want the matalics to finish him off

[latent rain]

There's metallics?

[rocky dawn]

@latent rain yes way up on the season ladder

[latent rain]

Oh, damn, I'm so low on the season ladder 😭
I want metallics so bad tho

[ripe galleon]

Doing something weird with this one

Made Zax look like a white noise broadcast

Think I might redo the weird color combo I did with like a green like you would see on an old TV

[warped pier]

TRON theming all the Methedori units. The auto masking for Beatris means I had to do every single blue line by hand. Holy crap my hand is cramping from using a mouse for so long

[rocky dawn]

@warped pier you can cheat it by dry brushing with a smaller head and then washing with black

[warped pier]

I think I tried that but it didn't pop like I was hoping. I'll give it a try next time I'm in there

[torn oxide]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/421822340595318785/1030794230089646101/unknown.png

My first attempt with 0 experience painting I guess

[rocky dawn]

@warped pier you will still have to rehit the high points but zooming in and using a smaller brush with auto mask normally stops the bleed through as it will find the outside edge of the raised part normally. I painted a bunch with my steam controller with great results until my Wacom arrived now its even better

@torn oxide I like the pink and blue. I'm doing something like that on my cholesterol units to make them Navi looking

[void cobalt]

Don't forget the lines on the skirt thingy

[torn oxide]

Idk I think I'm kinda just trying to color it like Dva's mech from Overwatch

[rocky dawn]

Lol my phone hates the culture names. Constantly changing it to Methadone or cholesterol even though cholesterol is way longer.

[teal nebula]

Still have some details to do, like the metal. Any CC is appreciated

[north berry]

working on a creepy paint job

gotta work on making my skull more realistic T-T

[tribal locust]

Working on my Extilior still, feedback would be welcome!

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locusti diggin it so far, maybe some dark gray was on the white parts, i also found rotating beneth the base and zooming out and then using the airbrush at 10 percent with black and the largest brush size and no mask and 2 or 3 passes gives pretty nice easy shodows

[tribal locust]

@rocky dawn oh neat i will have to try that

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locusthold the spray button on while off the mini and give it a quick pass from slightly difftent bottom angles, like real slight

[rocky dawn]

these scales are gonna look so sweet

[rocky dawn]

i split the sections with a w shape in black and will do this along every horizontal line

[teal nebula]

That's a really cool way of mapping things out

[rocky dawn]

oops all this is for my guide, ill move it over

[rocky dawn]

https://discord.com/channels/852221544699920424/1032036300053815357 @teal nebula i moved it to where it should have been

[teal nebula]

Rad, I'll follow it for updates

[rocky dawn]

the scales turned out fantastic. oe just 3 more limbs so i might be done in 3 weeks if i finish a limb a week

[teal nebula]

Learning nmm for the first time. I feel like it's passable, but not quite good. Any tips?

[rocky dawn]

Maybe clean up the bright part a bit and a quick 50 percet opacity wash will sink into the indentation on the chamber

[teal nebula]

I'll try cleaning it up a bit. You think the highlights are properly placed though? Also do you mean the lime green chamber?

[rocky dawn]

Thr lime green chamber. The highlights look good

You could add a few little highlights to the clips also. The more contrast minis have the more they stand out on the field

[teal nebula]

Ahh yeah good point. As it stands the rest of the gun looks unfinished

[rocky dawn]

Stitchy ready to lend a healing hand

[ripe galleon]

Forgot to put this guy up back when the Contest was going on

[rocky dawn]

@ripe galleon I like his eyes

[ripe galleon]

You mean those ones? lol

Honestly its one of the better models that lets you do more with the eyes

[rocky dawn]

Yeah eyes can go jank real quick.

[rocky dawn]

ill easily get these scales done by the weekend, its going quicker than i expected

[ripe galleon]

crazy variation of patterns you got going on there

[rocky dawn]

@ripe galleon this will all end looking the same. I was just filling in the base scale shape and the grading will be consistent thanks to my guidelines. Really going for an iridescent vibe and it makes her look even weirder

[tribal locust]

pretty psyched with how this is going so far

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locust love it

[tribal locust]

Thanks! Im having a lot of fun painting it

[brisk estuary]

https://i.imgur.com/XtD7vWV.png

https://i.imgur.com/m98tf3T.png

[brisk estuary]

Trying to decide if I want to give him a little bit of a nip slip.

[tribal locust]

Dont let the esrb see if you do!

[languid frost]

I present my new work in progress - Waifu Bot

[rocky dawn]

That reminds me of the auto pilot from the Airplane! movie.

[ripe galleon]

Trying to figure out what else I can do with this thing, besides work on the eye stalks

[tribal locust]

@languid frost you could have made anything and you chose to make this. I hate it and love it lol

[rocky dawn]

will i ever finish detailing

[static minnow]

Looks awesome, so many detail.

[tribal locust]

so tired of this pattern. so close to being done with it.

[rocky dawn]

took a break from detailing my contest entry only to super detail on my clementine

[tribal locust]

The detail on that pattern is bananas

I dont know how you have the patience

[rocky dawn]

it helps to break it down into sections and not jusy going full steam and burning out, it why i have soo many started@tribal locust

plus knowing it will look crazy good when its finished helps keep me going

[rocky dawn]

almost done!

[north berry]

WIP ASTRA

[rocky dawn]

time to spend way to much time on the bug piñata

[rocky dawn]

i have officially lost my mind

[static minnow]

You know you're already the winner right?

[tribal locust]

the knowledge that there will be 2 winners is all thats keeping me going lol. Still plugging away at mine

Blindsider has too many friggin feathers

[static minnow]

Love the details

[tribal locust]

Thanks!

[tribal locust]

Cant figure out what to do with his back. Either its do a better spine like i have there or repeat the same pattern i have on his other armor plates

[rocky dawn]

@static minnow you never know, but it is a beauty and im almost done

[teal nebula]

Think I got the nmm done well enough, but still not great

[rocky dawn]

Looking good@teal nebula

[teal nebula]

thanks! Just a few more details to go

[rocky dawn]

One day I'll finish my Zax. Gotta finish the contest entry and Clementines scales first though

[teal nebula]

Yeah I should get on the contest entry, but I'm so close on Zax I just want it done lol

[rocky dawn]

@teal nebula if your gonna do a contest entry get on it as that has a deadline. I put all my other paint jobs on the back burner till I finish my submission

[teal nebula]

Yeah I was gonna do some details on the cape, but decided to put it off for now. I decided to scale back a bit for the contest. Thought about doing a mad scientist Astra with the robot model, then realized I won't have nearly as much time lol

[tribal locust]

decided I needed some contrast for all the orange

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locustlooks good

this piñata bug is taking way too long

thankfully its the last really detailed thing i have left which is why i put off doing it till near the end

[soft lintel]

got inspired by the rave team earlier and the good news today. Feels great not working with Blood of the Blood God red haha. Really enjoying making a rainbow armor.

[merry zinc]

Love the pretty palette

[teal nebula]

The swirly eye and smiley button are nice touches

[fresh acorn]

Looks good enough to eat

[static minnow]

Trying to do some Cholek infused with fire or lava instead of nature

[rocky dawn]

@static minnow or how about biolumensence as that happens with lighting bugs and jelly fish

[static minnow]

nice idea too

[soft lintel]

just realized I had some metalic paints! Shrapnel is gonna be a Khorne Diva Demon

gonna try and cover everything with at least a thin layer of metallic paint so it all shines a bit

[rocky dawn]

i cant get over how great these glow paints are

[tribal locust]

work in progress of my Zax, going for kind of an old school computer screen grid look. Desperately need the glow paints and I am so friggin close

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locust they are so awesome to use bet don't stare at them too long as they might hypnotise yoy

The green color is spot on btw

[tribal locust]

Thanks! I feel like the grid isnt popping enough yet so i am hoping the glows will help

Gotta use them sparingly thoughlol

They have too much power to be careless

One wrong brushstroke could destroy us all!!!

I am loving yours btw

I decided to just use the pattern to highlight when i realized i lack the patience and precision to do it all over

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locust darken the gridlines up and then cut them back if needed before adding the glow. Once the glow goes on harder to get black back into it due to the bloom

@tribal locust also thanks. I have another version of him in my head that looks like a led running light sign that I want to go with casino type things after the story. I also want to do his new alt model in the same day of the dead look as my contest entry but I need to actually finish the first never ending paint job first

[tribal locust]

Hmm not having glowing green is difficult

[rocky dawn]

You can fake it with some lightened green almost white with a touch of yellow then pure white on top of that

Or go get exps for them sweet sweet candy glows

[tribal locust]

Yeah i got the glow paints, still figuring out how to use them best

[rocky dawn]

I have been softening the bloom a bit by doing 50 percent passes and then going back in at 75 with smaller brush size and high lighting with that with a few passes

I do have the advantage of pressure controll from the stylus so those opacity numbers are going to be different using a mouse

[rocky dawn]

@merry zinc lookin good

[merry zinc]

Thx

[tribal locust]

I hope we get matte paint some day

[rocky dawn]

I would love matte black for sure

[keen pier]

Starting a papa nurgle tribute

[static minnow]

That face looks great

[keen pier]

Thank you

wow too long in the painter, I keep trying to rotate people's screenshots......🤪

[rocky dawn]

@keen pier ah haha, i do that all the time also. i click to get a closer look and try to spin i around cause they only posted 1 pic and i want to see more

[keen pier]

I hope we get a showcase type thing down the road.

[soft lintel]

starting an Emergency Chucker, fits well with my other Khorne units without actually being Khorne focused haha

[tribal locust]

my new attempt at zax, I think I may actually try to finish this one

[rocky dawn]

@tribal locustNoice

it looks fantastic so far

[tribal locust]

Thanks! Im forcing myself to take my time with it

[rocky dawn]

yes, patience is key@tribal locust

[keen pier]

Some test work on a couple armor panels. I also just found out last night I could unlock metallic colors. This is gonna turn out so much better now.

[rocky dawn]

I'm going to need to do some jellyfish/deep sea looking things with these glow paints after tinkering with them on this gold skin

[merry zinc]

Wanted to brighten up my colors

[rocky dawn]

i had to go back and sign it and a big thanks to everyone involved, Im looking forward to more of these

[tough comet]

R2D2 and C3 PO

[vital parrot]

@rocky dawn Aiming to defeat you in the next contest. So don't rest on your laurels! >:D

[rocky dawn]

@vital parrota welcome challenge, but just remember no preworking things as completion time line is part of the challenge of it

[vital parrot]

Oh was that a rule in the old one, damn I threw my own idea in the trash

Well I'll least finish it to get the experience of painting in it.

[rocky dawn]

not much of a challenge with no time line@vital parrot

[vital parrot]

Hey man, some of use humans need the handicap!

[rocky dawn]

if not i would enter this when its done

[vital parrot]

OOoh now I get a closer look

That fur and feather detail is incredible

[rocky dawn]

i put a closer shot up

[vital parrot]

Too be honest, I see snareling, and I skip. Just not a fan of him. So I only looked when you mentioned it again

[rocky dawn]

@vital parrot

[vital parrot]

Are you going to add more shadows on the underbelly?

[rocky dawn]

@vital parrotyeah thats the base coat of scale, ill do a wash over all of it once im done and them touch that up

[vital parrot]

Got it was just curious becaue the only thing I could say was the fur was looking a bit flat on the underside and touch shadow would do wonders I'm sure

But amazing work man

[rocky dawn]

@vital parrotthanks, i have not even really started on the fur, it was also bright blue and just recently got changed to the brow/orange color but i dont even know if that will stay. ill get the scales done and then see what works with it

[vital parrot]

@rocky dawn go with whatever works for you, though maybe some tan or yellow legs like that of a chicken. Might help it all pop.

[merry zinc]

I'd agree with this idea and I think one thing that would help if painting challenges become a more common thing is the surprise factor

Halloween was in the month and we all know the holidays are coming up if that becomes a future theme, but outside of anything obvious would love to see if there could be something more unique

(Think things like a text requirement could work since I don't know that most people create text, but as a newcomer I also wouldn't want to see them gatekeeping people out of comps even tho if it came up I think I could manage personally)

(would maybe bring into question the use of a stylus tho)

[vital parrot]

I'm the kind of person want to see someone able to see the best of the best. I appreciate art, and so if I know someone on they fly can make an 8/10 but if they had time they could make a 12/10. I rather see the 12/10 then the 8

[rocky dawn]

@vital parrotmost challenge competitions if not all do have a time factor though. i wont mind either way but the more time i get is just more ammo for me 😁

[vital parrot]

That sounds strange, how do they know how long contestants are working on it?

[rocky dawn]

well i assume nobody is working on one till they announce it

[rocky dawn]

finally geting to add all the gold i wanted to Max

[viral cedar]

i made a chicken warrior beatris and nos can man artillery

[hollow perch]

working on a full color Zax

Should his right forearm be the the color of his shirt, does the jacket end near the elbow?

[viral cedar]

trying out a vibrant astra, cannot wait to figure it all out

[vital parrot]

I think it works fine either way. Just color whatever makes it look good to you.

[soft arch]

I'm working on making a nice Spring-themed Aegys Defense Dome, because why not?

[merry zinc]

Great use of the paint tool, never thought about it, but might have to look into ways to implement it now

As far as making something of an actual painting on certain surfaces

[rocky dawn]

Oh I'm totally putting this portrait on the defense dome for @dark abyss

[dark abyss]

haha

might use it as a pfp if its 10/10

[rocky dawn]

I will be titleling it the Dave-face Dome btw@dark abyss

[dark abyss]

attention to detail

[rocky dawn]

for a first run it is not too bad@dark abyss

tricky part is getting it the same 4 times but i got ways

[dark abyss]

🤣

you might just win the game

[frail sequoia]

Found the WIP Section lmao

[rocky dawn]

@dark abyss if you let me know your favorite color I can work that in also. I definitely have a plan on getting you on all 4 sides and getting them all to match but I'm not letting that trick out from under my hat

It will also have a gold frame around each portrait as you seem like a classy guy

@frail sequoia paint chat or here are almost the same. I think this is meant to show more than for how to advise

[dark abyss]

Does the game have the ability to use other creators painted models ?

For example I can use what you are making in my game

[rocky dawn]

@dark abyss not yet but it should/will at some point. Or I'll just keep asking till it does

I'm thinking of doing the legs with your cats colours and pattern also but it's gonna take me a few weeks to wrap it all up. I'm going to try to at least get the portrait work layer out on all 4 sides as I figured out a great way to duplicate the same image 4 times with very little effort

[dark abyss]

no rush at all, this is pretty insane you are doing it in the first place.

[rocky dawn]

well i think my sanity level is well established as being way nuts so its more like it should be expected from me 😵‍💫

[dark abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/creep-meter-lever-turn-it-up-gif-11112048

[rocky dawn]

more like Spinal Tap as i go all the way to 11

[rocky dawn]

soo close to almost not being done

[rocky dawn]

the stickers made some quick work on the tail feather pattern

[hollow perch]

Ray Maximus

[tribal locust]

work in progress magic bunny slopper

[rocky dawn]

👍

[tribal locust]

Not sure what to do with his ear still, I dont love the red and white

[distant crown]

Don't see many beat drop bae paint jobs. First project 😱

[rocky dawn]

@distant crown I have been doing all my Methadori with pink skin since the first playtest. It gives then a nice 1970s sci-fi look

[dark abyss]

my eyes are a little closer together

🤣

looking at this zoooomed in

[rocky dawn]

think i finally decided on my clementine's tail feather design

[merry zinc]

It's amazing how much detail yours always have

[rocky dawn]

@merry zinci do too much most of the time but they look so pretty in the paint booth i cant help it, the stickers on the tail was a pretty easy detail thankfully as i changed it like 4 times

[rocky dawn]

so close, only 1 part of a leg left for the scales

[viral cedar]

made a genji-themed paintjob for the ol blindsider

[merry zinc]

I love it when people do Neon green glows

Greyscale armor is also cool

[rocky dawn]

getting so close to having this done done

[rocky dawn]

I gonna change her eyes to more of a wild lizard look and get a shine on the scales so maybe 10 or 15 more hours of painting left

[tribal locust]

Is that green glow or are you just awesome at airbrushing?

[viral cedar]

thats just regular paint at like 30% opacity applied carefully

i haven't unlocked any glow paints yet 😦

i did a series of brighter and brighter highlights all the way to white with the drybrush tool, if you are talking about the glow on the blades

the "glow" in the flesh area is from a very bright green wash

[pearl valley]

Still have a long way to go, but my first test it shaping up! Never done any digital painting before, it's gonna take some time to see what IRL mini painting techniques cross over. This is SUPER addictive, and it might even be the push I need to start looking into some more digital art!

[still helm]

just now noticed the WIP post😑

[viral cedar]

Love the skin shading on that!

[merry zinc]

Thnx

[limpid kite]

Making a nerf-punk shrapnel

[merry zinc]

Palette Testing
I was originally planning on doing Broken Vengeance, but now I think I might go Tona Mystic Manteo. While I think Zax would make an amazing Santa, I don't want to keep painting the same model over and over.
Holiday plants could also be fun, but I prefer painting the human stuff

[viral cedar]

POV: you are in the wrong chimney

still blocking out ideas

but i think rudolph the red nosed gauntlet is gonna stay

[rocky dawn]

still needs a bunch of sprucing up but its getting there

[limpid kite]

sprucing up, hilarious

[rocky dawn]

my puns have no end

ill have a solid 2 days on sat and sunday to get her all wrapped up and ready.

i will say if i happen to win a second time i will be gifting the package to @teal pulsar and he can have a copy to give out on his stream whilst swaddled in the mouse pad lol

[teal pulsar]

Thats really generous! Thank you so much! I've just finished a 4 hour painting stream too so hopefully I can win on my own but I won't say no to another avenue ;). I decided to make up for my lack of skill but throwing everything festive I can think of at one model!

[viral cedar]

I am so excited when people can share and import paint schemes from other people

but, much like a real model game, when I see something painted incredibly well I can at least marvel that it is a unique work atm

[merry zinc]

Methedori Crosshair

[void siren]

first time painting, this little patch makes me feel like i can rly do this

[hollow perch]

ooh that's very nice.

[teal pulsar]

Looks great!

[teal pulsar]

#1027543111246823494 message this could help with some design ideas

Not that I think you need them, it's just a really well done astral paintjob

[viral cedar]

Astral Astra is going in my idea queue

[void siren]

https://seaofthieves.fandom.com/wiki/Lodestar_Set

my inspo

[viral cedar]

Excellent choice! That has inspired me to do some models in the style of something like this:

[teal pulsar]

Looks spot on! Cracking job.

[rocky dawn]

@void siren I would exaggerate it a bit more so some of it will show on the map. It looks good there but will be totally lost on the battle map

[void siren]

Agreed and I'm gunna just fully re paint it now that I know I like the concept

[merry zinc]

I feel like I have a concept, but I am probably not executing it in the best way

[soft arch]

I like where it's going! The tip of the flamethrower in particular looks really cool

[merry zinc]

Swampy vibes

[soft arch]

Frost Maximus is progressing nicely! Next I need to think of something cool to do with the coat, though, since having it be just plain blue is a little underwhelming right now

[rocky dawn]

Wow, looking fantastic. Going Simple Rick on the coat might not be bad as it will not clash with your other details@soft arch

Or go all in and go overboard like this

[soft arch]

Thanks! And yeah, that's a good point. I think I'll finish up everything else first and see how I'm feeling about the coat when the rest of the model is put together

[rocky dawn]

Sometimes less is more

But if you gonna overboard go 100 percent all in

[atomic hearth]

She's gon' ride an alien Venusaur

[viral cedar]

no idea what im going for here

safety first!

[limpid kite]

Deadeye is freakin' cool

That looks excellent

[merry zinc]

Random thing

[teal pulsar]

Looks like my Bulwark has a friend!

[rocky dawn]

soooo close to finally finishing these scales

[viral cedar]

felt like doing the scattervine up like this

[merry zinc]

Absolutely loving that palette

[rocky dawn]

i figured Clementine need a wrist watch besauxe its time to detail her lol

[rocky dawn]

mani/pedi time

[rocky dawn]

@merry zinccongrats on getting there

[tribal locust]

finally getting back to my long paused crankbait

[rocky dawn]

well i got this guy prototyped for madness

gonna be hard to pull off tie dye but ill get it figured out

[merry zinc]

Jailbreak Speedpaint

[rocky dawn]

almost done adding in all of the projector lights. I might get this Zax done before the new season/updates

[jaunty trellis]

wow thoes look so good! Great use of the "Brush shape" to get clean lines

[rocky dawn]

@jaunty trellis thanks, if you ever need any help, tips, or advise on painting feel free to ask me or anyone else here. We are all pretty helpful

[limpid kite]

now that's texture

[tribal locust]

Wowsa. Did you use the stippling brush for that?

[rocky dawn]

Ancient astronaut therosists say , yes

[drowsy pulsar]

That effect is fantastic.... I tried stippling but never got something like this.

[rocky dawn]

finally added some yellow stripes, just need to finish the mines now

[merry zinc]

I tried to add stripes before, even used the decals a bit and things kinda got a bit ugly lol

Imagine it just takes a bit of practice tho

And yours came out really nice

[soft arch]

Mom: We have glitter paint at home
Glitter paint at home:

[rocky dawn]

im going all in on a Dr Seuss vibe for this, the toxoids even have little shirts for numbers on them. Got to do a cat in the hat face paint on the humanoid also

[rocky dawn]

sweet, the cat and the tox is gonna work better than i thought

[rocky dawn]

face is done now just gotta do the rest.....

[frail sequoia]

fell in love with this model instantly

[merry zinc]

Zombie

[limpid kite]

Crash into me

[rocky dawn]

Looks nothing like Dave Mathews @limpid kite

[merry zinc]

That's detail

[limpid kite]

Crash Test Dummy

[rocky dawn]

Better. Mmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmm, mmmm@limpid kite

[limpid kite]

Crash me if you can

[rocky dawn]

rough lighding bug tox concept

[frail sequoia]

'avin a bit of a giggle

[frail sequoia]

and a bit more work on this one

tried to simulate a jewel on the flat surface

[limpid kite]

looks pretty good!

[frail sequoia]

Thanks friend, I have no idea what I'm doing

[rocky dawn]

So fun to add in light sources from the models source

[tribal locust]

diners, drive ins, and death to all humans

[limpid kite]

Guy Fielurry

[merry zinc]

Mario Plant

[limpid kite]

Mario Paint

[slow carbon]

wow, love the spotted bowl plants and gradients!

[merry zinc]

Didn't go in with much of a plan but I think my main thing now is wanting to do more highlighting and detail on focal points because I definitely think the face could benefit from it

And doing some things like clean up work

[tribal locust]

now that hes in the meta again I am finally painting my deathbot ext

[viral cedar]

love the shading on the upper plates! I need to paint up aria again

[tribal locust]

Yeah the methedori all take forever because of all their little plates

I have most of the brown ones done and thats it so far, and then i have to go back and do the frame for real

[teal glacier]

Working on a Largemouth CrankBait

[limpid kite]

Looking fishy

[tribal locust]

Looks like its going swimmingly

[rocky dawn]

@teal glacier have fun painting in the scales..... great start though

[merry zinc]

Red Fixer

[vast warren]

Started on my first paint to get a feel for the tools. I love the amount of control there is with pressure surfaces. I'm so sad the glowing paints are locked behind the pass but I'll get them eventually. 😭 How long did it take for some of you to unlock them?

[slow carbon]

Still dont have them ;-;

[viral cedar]

Beautiful

[merry zinc]

Snow Decal was an accident but I didn't realize it until it was too late

[limpid kite]

I'm always typing my passwords in here lol nobody hack me

[merry zinc]

I saw it earlier and was highly confused

[flat obsidian]

lmfao

[slow carbon]

Spring submission turned into a Summer Vibe and couldn't finish in time 🤷‍♂️

[flat obsidian]

Such a good idea XD looks great

[merry zinc]

Nice!

Personally My submission is almost done
https://www.moonbreaker.com/en/paint-jobs/Naruto0408/fec95ea7f2ba4cdcaf31ed488c13cc7f
but I wanna do a bit more blending because looking at it from the link there are some harsh lines between the green and lighter green that I wanna smooth out a bit

[slow carbon]

Thanks :)

[slow carbon]

After looking at a picture of my own, it’s easier for me to see what I could do to improve it. I might start taking pictures of minis just to see where to paint!

[tribal locust]

Love those color choices

[limpid kite]

Nice

[merry zinc]

Pastel Pink Knee pad

[merry zinc]

Not going to finish but I'm thinking I want some greyish blue and gold/bronze when these things go live

[merry zinc]

Nice Flag ☠️

[limpid kite]

Thanks! I might go white flag to contrast his new hat:

[somber parcel]

My first steps into paiting, still dont know if i am going with purple and gold

[silver fog]

Extilior Pauldron is finished, time to go back to the shield

This is also my first paint job in the game, C&C is welcome

[somber parcel]

More progress on my Zax, got part of the first leg done

Still don't know about the purple, but we will see

[rocky dawn]

literally down to 3 mines and 2 more yellow/black caution stripe panels and Zax will finally be complete

[limpid kite]

Next you gotta do the slopper Zax

[rocky dawn]

@limpid kite Macaroi thicket is after but i want to do another dia de los Muertos paint up on slopper zax

making all the macaroni is gonna take forever and i hope i dont loose my noodles doing it

i need to do a few scale runs to see if it can even be seen on the map

i was going to repeat the barilla logo on all the petals but i might do one with all the nutritional vales on it

[somber parcel]

ended up swithing the purple with black, i think it looks better

[merry zinc]

I'd agree with the preference for black although purple probably could've worked well if it was in multiple places on the model as a big picture type thing

Gold and purple being complementary

There's a way to make a scheme like that work

[rocky dawn]

got sidetracked from zax again to fiddle with source lighting flare

[somber parcel]

that look sooo good

[merry zinc]

I don't get it but I like it

[somber parcel]

Finished the metal bits of the first leg, it dosent look bad

[somber parcel]

I know its not much, but i am really proud of this little highlight i made between the silver and gold

[limpid kite]

🙂

[merry zinc]

how'd you do that?

[somber parcel]

I used a combination of the Lead metallic paint between them, and used the Shadow mix color to give it more of a sharp look to it

Its really tricky to do it because it needs to be vertical, and i gotta say that mine drawing tablet helped me a lot here

[golden rock]

Booted up the game yesterday, completed the tutorial and then spent about 3 hours painting this guys skin, I think this might become a problem 😅

[rocky dawn]

@golden rocknice, i have a thing for bright pink skin so i totally like the start, also the only problem with painting is how super chill it is and getting zened out for hours lol

[golden rock]

This model screamed bright pink to me! I just clicked on a random one to see what the paint tools were like and then woke up 3 hours later with this haha

[rocky dawn]

all my methadori have pink skin

[rocky dawn]

night light defense dome

[limpid kite]

Here's a little more of pirate rickety: I'm liking the way this could turn out, but I'm not excited about the idea of painting wood texture over the entire frickin' thing

I also want to have (not paint) a lot of these little rope details:

This little jug turned out okay:

[merry zinc]

Even without being too textured I think it reads at least

[somber parcel]

Are you making the wood planks by hand or is it a skin?

[somber parcel]

Don't know if this looks good, what do you guys think?

Making his clothes black and purple

[rocky dawn]

@somber parcel there are no skins, if you want it on the model you can paint it on

only limit is imagination and patience

[somber parcel]

That unit got the drip

[sacred dirge]

Making a more "egyptian" style for a methedori army

[somber parcel]

Trying to make a lether pants for Zex, what do you guys think?

[limpid kite]

everything is by hand. The models with extra skins are Astra, Extilior, Zax, and Maximus

[somber parcel]

God that must have taken a lot of time to make by hand

[undone perch]

toxic extilior incoming

[limpid kite]

I'm only just blocking it in: It will take a lot of time 🙂

[umbral vale]

Max in the same style as my Detonia

gold trim. shirt, and boots still need doing

[somber parcel]

i am absolutely in love with this pants (credit to Pax for helping me out)

[sacred dirge]

Foam max squarish pants

[azure stag]

First time doing this sort of thing so it might look a lil not great but I think it's shaping up 😄

[sonic steeple]

working on a rusty garden bot

[sonic steeple]

now working on this and practicing my glows

[sacred dirge]

looking good

[storm sand]

Hair is fun! It was fun following her braids to see which should be what colour.

[merry zinc]

Did well. Got any tips?

[somber parcel]

Holy frick that looks so good

[storm sand]

Thank you! I did have a reference, which definitely helped. (My own hair is dyed orange with brown roots)

[sonic steeple]

how i do glow effects is a base of some sort of really bright color example i used hologram. I then i dry brush with about 50% op with snowcap if it gets to bright wash with the base at a 20% op. For the glow affect around the lights i use the Airbrush option at 50% op look at where lights would be directed and spray with base color then highlight in the middle of the patches with snowcap.

[kind wagon]

Im trying a new style of painting where I make the model pitch white and only paint with washes

How does it look? what can I do to improve it

[storm sand]

Ooo, I think it looks awesome!

[kind wagon]

Why thank you! Im trying to do my whole army like this

[storm sand]

Good luck!

[storm sand]

it's coming along well! I'm just sort of improvising this one as I go. :)

I'll probably turn the headdress black rather than the bleached-bone colour I made.

[storm sand]

I'm almost done! This has been very fun to work on.

[proven gate]

workin on a Mr. Scroop and Forklift paintjobs. I openly encourage tips for anything I'm doing wrong

I also recently unlocked alot of paints so I might redo a good few sections! 🫠

[storm sand]

Here's the first Shadow Weaver WIP! This is mainly just me experimenting a lot with the colour mixer. This'll likely take a couple days, but I'm excited to give it a whirl.

I'm going to be doing a black outline on basically all of her cloak's edges, should give a lil bit of a drawn illusion? (I am not a painter, just having some fun!)

[merry zinc]

Speedpaint

Otherside

just painted the whole thing black then did a Drybrush on everything

[vernal wind]

Downloaded the game yesterday, and have have had a load of fun in the paint tool trying out some OSL for the first time. If anyone has any tips, they'd definitely be appreciated 🙂

[merry zinc]

love the scheme

[sacred dirge]

progress on fallout ballin zax

gotta pause here but when i get home i think im gunna stream painting it for awhile

but thatll be awhile

[rain quail]

Working on this fella but am struggling to find a base color for the body

[merry zinc]

Honestly I have a thing for white in the palette

In terms of black, white, and shades of purple

White, black, neon green

Good combos in color with these kinds of things

[rain quail]

Yeah but was seeing to work is some saturated yellows somewhere for thewhole poison dart frog vibe

[merry zinc]

Maybe a yellow green? 🤔

[rain quail]

hmmm

[rocky dawn]

toxoids look good in any color.

[rain quail]

funky lil duded

[sacred dirge]

Cat in the hat?!

[rocky dawn]

Nox in a box?

[sacred dirge]

That's amazing

[novel spruce]

I'm thoroughly enjoying the painting

[rocky dawn]

this was started for the last spring painting contest but it might be finished by next spring with everything i want to do still

[sharp crest]

Pinkie Aria :3

[heavy hollow]

Wip of zax for a more jolly drunk pirate esque look (still a holligram though) yall think it still reads well enough as a hologram?

[storm sand]

I like this a lot!!

If you want to communicate the hologram element a bit more, I think you could definitely make at least a part of his face have the hologram style look.

Like, skin intermingled with the digital, like on his arms/legs.

Admittedly, don't know how I'd go about doing that though. 😅

[heavy hollow]

Hmmm 🤔 not a bad idea

[heavy hollow]

Same lol

I've given him a cats eye on the open eye atleast as well as I could. Could try to do a tearing effect there with the hollow gram aspect

Atleast with this I can ctrl z instead of having to paint over thx for the feedback though 🙂

[storm sand]

You're welcome! I love the purple on yellow you went for btw.

[heavy hollow]

Thanks :] (honestly just stole a scheme from one of my tabletop armies)