Now, this was a tough project. Converting it was fun and quick, but then it lingered on the shelf quite a while. When I finally started painting it, I just applied the base colors and then it lingered again when I was getting distracted with other projects. Still, the deed had to be done, so recently I sat and finished the damn thing - and actually enjoyed it in the end!
I think the biggest problem was that I didn't have a concrete idea how to paint all those flat areas on his robes - whether they should just be dirty, covered with runes or something else entirely. In the end, I went with some subtle, washed-out runes and a lot of dirt - I think this fits the character quite well. Almost all the blending and shading on this model was done by stippling it with the brush - both to reinforce the necromancer's dirty, non-smooth aesthetics and to make the blending on such large, flattish surfaces much easier.
The whole model is a converted Chaos Sorcerer from GW, which I turned into a mounted Necromancer (kinda inspired by Doctor Doom, with his green robes and metallic mask). The pictures of the unpainted, converted model can be found HERE.
I think the biggest problem was that I didn't have a concrete idea how to paint all those flat areas on his robes - whether they should just be dirty, covered with runes or something else entirely. In the end, I went with some subtle, washed-out runes and a lot of dirt - I think this fits the character quite well. Almost all the blending and shading on this model was done by stippling it with the brush - both to reinforce the necromancer's dirty, non-smooth aesthetics and to make the blending on such large, flattish surfaces much easier.
The whole model is a converted Chaos Sorcerer from GW, which I turned into a mounted Necromancer (kinda inspired by Doctor Doom, with his green robes and metallic mask). The pictures of the unpainted, converted model can be found HERE.
Wow, truly impressive textures on this one!
ReplyDeleteThis is not how I imagined the freehand runes you mentioned in the conversion post. What you actually did is so much better than what I pictured.
Thank you! :) Well, back then I didn't even have anything concrete in mind - but now I wonder what did you imagine ;)
DeleteMasz talent chłopie, nic tylko pozazdrościć. Bardzo fajna konwersja!
ReplyDeleteWielkie dzięki, cieszę się, że się podoba :)
DeleteFantastic work. I love the combination of dirty and ornate on his robes.
ReplyDeleteThat was what I was going for, so I am really glad that it worked and you like it :) Thanks!
DeleteŚwietna faktura materiału. Bardzo dobra robota.
ReplyDeleteWielkie dzięki! Także za wyróżnienie go w 'Zebranych z tygodnia' :)
DeleteBył najlepszy w minionym tygodniu. :)
DeleteWypas. Jak robiłeś runy na płaszczu?
ReplyDeleteRozcieńczoną farbką po stipplingu czy jakąś inszą magią?
Wielkie dzięki! Runy to żadna magia, po prostu rozcieńczona farbka, jak sam zresztą zauważyłeś. Trochę poprawiłem jasne plamki naokoło runów po fakcie, żeby wzmocnić kontrast - ale nic ponad to ;)
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