| Skaven eyes, windows to the soulless; Looking for advice | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 21st July 2012 - 11:36 PM (1,249 Views) | |
| ActionJack | 21st July 2012 - 11:36 PM Post #1 |
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Ok, I haven't painted in two darn months due to work! Aarrrghhh! But alas, I've been hard at work this weekend (including working on the miniswap model) which I'll post my progress Sunday night in my long lost army thread. So I am looking for some advice. I painted up some test eyes on four skaven which I have posted below. All four of the models' eyes were given a base coat of mechrite red followed by a pinpoint of wild rider red. The two on the left were then painted over with fuegan orange shade and the two on the right were painted over with casandra yellow shade. As it turned out the innermost two seem to have turned out the best, so theres 1 really good example of both. I'm letting them sit for a bit while I think this over and paint the rest of my IoB Skaven tonight. I am leaning towards the ones on the right painted with the casandra yellow as they really seem to glow especially in person. What say ye?![]()
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| HarleyXJGuy | 22nd July 2012 - 12:52 AM Post #2 |
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I like the ones on the left. |
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| ShuNian | 22nd July 2012 - 02:46 AM Post #3 |
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Both look really good! They look terribly scary, though- I feel like the models are looking right at me! I guess that doesn't help that I can't pick a favorite between the two. What I can say is what are the main colors for your army? If you picked the color choice that made them stand out from the main colors of your army, that could make them look more noticeable. |
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| ActionJack | 22nd July 2012 - 04:15 AM Post #4 |
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ShuNian, here's my overall color scheme so you have something more to compare the eye choices to.
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| WillQueek | 22nd July 2012 - 05:40 AM Post #5 |
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I useally take Liche Purple, layer of Warlock Pink and for front-rank or characters I ad a smal dot of a mix of Walock Pink and White. The ones to the left look better btw, they look very Skavenish. |
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| ActionJack | 22nd July 2012 - 06:33 AM Post #6 |
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Ok, I'm going to bed now and sleeping on my decision. However, I think I am being swayed back over to the ones on the left. After looking at my test models off and on all day the ones on the left look a little more natural. The ones on the right, however as cool as they look, don't seem to blend with the rest of the model and colors. I've been happy that I've been at least making some progress this weekend.
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| Kimzi | 22nd July 2012 - 07:42 AM Post #7 |
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The one to that -> side look best, but it's very hard to see. It took me a while to see the subtle colour differences between the two. Both options look great. |
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| Zerixar | 27th July 2012 - 08:48 PM Post #8 |
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i've always done my eyes with blood red and a tiny highlight of skull white. for such a tiny detail i don't know as all the shading or using two reds for the highlight and base are going to really give you a very visible difference or have enough contrast. don't get me wrong, your test subjects look good, but maybe try doing vibrant red like blood red and a white highlight and see what you think. |
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| Olorin the Ancient | 27th July 2012 - 10:09 PM Post #9 |
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Both the orange highlight and the yellow highlight work for red eyes, but in your photos, the yellow highlight pops more. I think this would be especially true over a gaming table with hordes of Skaven all ranked up. So yellow is the way I'd go. These are looking great, by the way. |
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| Zerixar | 27th July 2012 - 10:15 PM Post #10 |
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of the ones you have shown i definitely like the 2nd from the left one best. |
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| ActionJack | 3rd August 2012 - 04:30 AM Post #11 |
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Thanks for the comments guys. I won't be able to do any painting for the next two weeks. When I get back, my priority is getting my miniswap model finished. |
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