So, last night I spent prepping some suitable figures. I also have a couple who I'd prepped and primed before, and there are some of my recently acquired Bones who would be suitable, so I'm starting on those now.
To that end, here's Finn, from Hasslefree Minis. He'll be in faded jeans. Haven't decided on a color for the hoodie yet. He has tiny, tiny little eyes. Hmm...think I missed a bit at the very base of that front lock of his hair, there.
I did also do some more work on the vestal. I liked the purple shadow in her hair, but overall it wasn't looking quite right to me. So, I asked for some input from the Hair Expert, who told me to glaze down the shadows some. Per her advice, I also added some more highlight to pick out some of the waves in the middle back of her hair, between the swords.I think it's better, but now I'm wondering if the yellow is too yellow.
I'm in awe of Finn's eyes. You got the light-spot just right. It is so hard to apply such a tiny dot of white so precisely.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the yellow in the vestal's hair is too intense - at least not as far as I can tell from the photograph. It gives her hair the appearance of flame. Of course you can always mute it with a glaze if you need to, but it looks fantastic to me.
Thanks! For eyes, I think the trick is:
Delete1. A brush with a good, fine point.
2. Paint thinned enough that it'll stay wet on the brush and flow smoothly off the brush, but not so thinned it'll want to flood all over the place.
3. Plan to redo the iris a few of times when the dot goes in the wrong place, is too big, or otherwise doesn't work out...because it won't the first time, unless you're better than I am or get very lucky!