FergyFergz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Evening brothers!Don't ask me why, but this year hasn't been as productive as I'd wished in terms of the hobby we all love. I've neglected to keep up with my painting, and posting on here. However, I am now making a concerted effort to up my game and paint more, with an aim to improve and tackle skills I'd never really grasped before The first on my list is to paint faces well. I had long made sure that all of my battle brothers were helmed to avoid having to paint the faces and making them look terrible. I've decided to keep up this ethos with a mind to reserve helmetless models to special pieces, and so set about finding the right model to test out some new skills. I decided to start with the head, aiming to use glazing and over brushing to introduce subtones and depth to the face naturally. I also tried my hand and painting on a five o'clock shadow for the, ever righteous, boy in black. So without further ado, here is the first of my WIP shots of the Chaplain from the Indomitus set. (Apologies for the slight blurriness, I am still trying to find the right settings and lens for my camera to capture the up close shots like this.) bigtrouble, Marshal Reinhard, ranulf the revenant and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looks good to me! I really must try some of the online tutorials; some people produce such stunning work. I often think that it’s a shame to spend so much on “my dudes” and then not give them the sort of paint job they deserve. FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergyFergz Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thanks buddy, this was painted after watching a few of Darren Lathams videos. Can't recommend him enough Zebulon 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtrouble Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Looks great! tons of detail on this face. FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Got to be one of my favourite heads in 40k, awesome job. Love the skin tone and the bionic eye osl B) FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K0rtmer Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Fantastic painting there. IDK what skill level you started from but your practice had certainly paid off. Very characterful and expressive. Love it. FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgersinHills Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Lovely painting. :) FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranulf the revenant Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Nice face. Skintone looks quite realistic to me FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergyFergz Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Fantastic painting there. IDK what skill level you started from but your practice had certainly paid off. Very characterful and expressive. Love it. I've been in the hobby on snap since the very end of 3rd, so I'm fairly experienced. However I've never really made a conscious effort to improve and learn. But thanks for the kind words guys. I've started the process of base coating the main colours now and plan on trying my hand at NMM gold trimming. For reference, this is the standard I am painting the main bods to Edited December 22, 2020 by FergyFergz ranulf the revenant and Bjorn Firewalker 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Fine work, FergyFergz. I like the dynamic pose. FergyFergz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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