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[Thaelynne]

Hi all! ok, so I'm super new to this, but I've got a couple of really rough mini's under my belt. Now I'm helping a friend paint up the table top gaming bad guys. The zombies I didn't spend much time on, but I'd like to do these Lizardmen some justice. I have to paint all three, but I'm tackling them one at a time, in different color schemes, so I'll put them all in here as I go.

First up, the Lizardman with the Sword and Shield. I'm going for a brown color scheme for him. Snagged a pic from Marike as a reference photo (see the crocodile). And here's the Lizardman 1 with his first basecoat. His back is 09030: Leather Brown. His front is 09032: Amber Gold. I'm going to work on the new blending techniques I've been watching on my DVDs, and see how they work out. Any suggestions are Welcome! Stay tuned for more progress.







Thanks for looking!!
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[Anastrianna]

Looks like you're off to a good start!

[Foxden Racing]

Looks good!

Drybrushing or washing should really bring out the scales, whichever you're more comfortable with. I look forward to the end result!

[Thaelynne]

Any suggestions on what colors or 'look' to paint the shield? I'm not sure what it's supposed to be made of. One of the other Lizards has an actual tortoise shell shield, but this one looks like scales...?

[Orionjp]

You think of a dragon or some other large armored reptilian? I know in D&D I've had characters put dragon scales together for armor and shields before.

[Mercius]

Here is a great example from Andrew Pieper (Talespinner)who painted the shield like a blue dragon scale. I am not saying to copy him, but I think a dragon scale of some type is a good idea for sure.

[Anastrianna]

I think the dragon scale is a really good idea.

[Thaelynne]

That was my first thought as well... alrighty, I'll see what I can do with that. Thanks for the reference pic!

[Thaelynne]

Here's my progress from yesterday. I'd like to finish him up today and I already see a few things I want to touch up and work on. I'd like to hear what you guys think/see, though. :) The lighting may be a bit much on him, it was late last night. Thanks!!

[Thaelynne]

Ok, I fixed up a couple of things, but especially the sword. Any better?

[MonkeySloth]

The sword is a huge improvement over the original paint job though it could stand to be darker in the bottom as it looks like the sword is just the base gray and a highlight. I'd make thin wash from black paint and blend it in with your base metal and have more of the base metal showing.

I'd also highlight up the underbelly scales more. Paint the highlight toward the edge and the brush strokes should give you some texture effects that might be nice.

[Orionjp]

The sword is a huge improvement over the original paint job though it could stand to be darker in the bottom as it looks like the sword is just the base gray and a highlight. I'd make thin wash from black paint and blend it in with your base metal and have more of the base metal showing.

I'd also highlight up the underbelly scales more. Paint the highlight toward the edge and the brush strokes should give you some texture effects that might be nice.

I agree, the underbelly should have either more highlight, or more shadow. Otherwise pretty nice looking lizardman.

[Thaelynne]

I got back to this guy tonight. I attempted the additional highlighting on the underbelly scales, though I don't think I really got the effect we were looking for. And I tried a new technique with the sword, which I'm not so sure worked out. I'm having a hard time figuring out how light would fall on this flat, divoted sword. Alas. Final feedback is welcome, though I think I need to seal and be done with him for now. The other bad guys need painting, but I really like these Lizardmen, so I intend to buy more for myself and try them again.

Here's the progress from tonight. (Looks like I smacked him in the face with some stone grey, I'll fix that up before I seal him.)

Again thanks for the feedback!!





Next up, the green guy with the mace.

[Thaelynne]

Just for starters, here's the green lizard concept art and another Marike sample. And here he is so far. I'm using Khaki Shadow on the back and Creamy Ivory on the front to start out. I'll be using olive colors, unless someone has better color suggestions. That's one area I'm struggling with right now... color selection. (this is a real challenge for someone with very little artistic talent!! ;) )

[MonkeySloth]

I think it turned out well. NMM is hard and you've just got to do it a lot, Mine aren't much better then the stuff you've done.

For the belly I think Onionjp had it right, a dark wash in the recessed areas would make them pop more.

I can understand needing to move on.