Justin1
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Well, here I am, driven by the incredible response I got to my Death Warrior buildup, I'm starting on the Bad Blood kit, working on it while I have down time from working on another commission I'm doing. I'm going to do my best to take very consistent in-progress shots, including the paints I'm using for each stage. So far with the paintup, I'm actually quite unhappy with it, and I'm very strongly considering stripping the bits I've painted so far to start over. Just something about it's not jiving for me, and I honestly think it would take more work to try and get it to work then to just start over. I'm very happy with the mottling thus far, and I'm getting more and more confident in my use of the technique. I think my problem this time was trying too hard to get more contrast. In doing something completely contrary to what I did with the DW kit, where I did the main pred in rich, warm tones and the base in cool, darker tones, I'm planning on doing the BB in cooler colors, such as dark greens while doing the pred on the base and spear in warmer colors. I decided to try starting off with mottling a cool, bluish color on the skin, and I think that's where my problems began. It's just not very pleasing to my eye. That being said, any comments, questions, concerns or criticisms, leave em here. Thanks, guys!
Basecoated in Unbleached Titanium, then Mottled with French Bluegray. I also included the napkin I had on my knee while I was painting to show what kind of lines I'm looking for when mottling.
After finishing the mottling, misting the basecoat over the mottling work to "sink" it back into the skin.
Using Raw Sienna to add some color and diversity to the skin, establishing the overall shapes for the patterning I'll do later.
Thanks for looking, guys. IF and when I start over, I'll post it up.
Basecoated in Unbleached Titanium, then Mottled with French Bluegray. I also included the napkin I had on my knee while I was painting to show what kind of lines I'm looking for when mottling.
After finishing the mottling, misting the basecoat over the mottling work to "sink" it back into the skin.
Using Raw Sienna to add some color and diversity to the skin, establishing the overall shapes for the patterning I'll do later.
Thanks for looking, guys. IF and when I start over, I'll post it up.
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