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One other small figure aside, Amiryth represents my return to painting after a six-month hiatus (thanks, World of Warcraft).
Technique-wise, I tried mainly to regain whatever skill I may have ever had. After a six-month break, this wasn’t easy. Beyond this, however, I tried to push myself to attempt moiré-painting, as represented by the purple haze (someone gimme a chord) about the hem of her blue cloak.
To achieve this effect, I essentially applied super thin glazes of Vallejo Model Color Violet to my already painted, shaded, and highlighted cloak. I then returned with a bit of my mid-tone blue and shade blue to smooth the transitions by dappling on these paints. It’s a bit a subtle, which suits this figure. I think, however, on my next piece, I’m going to be more aggressive with the technique.
The gold NMM pleases me for the most part, with the exception of the bow ornamentation, which I worked over three times in three different styles, all of which displeased me. The entire bow actually began as NM-gold, but I failed at this miserably as testified by Rodnik’s commentary – “dude, nice bone on the bow…” :-)
Anyhow, the rest of the figure was pretty straightforward for me. I used Reaper flesh shades for the flesh and VMCs for the remainder of the work.
As a point of interest, I did not mix any of my colors this time around, but instead chose to use straight glazes of existing colors to achieve my color transitions, highlights, and shades. This technique is used by a number of artists to my understanding and is one I should like to master. Not a bad serious first attempt. I like the technique.
Please feel free to hit me with any questions or comments.
Thanks!
-Whiz. |
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