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Erynis- chapter 3- painting the rough leather cape

Hi Folks, 

here is the next video of Erynis from Inu Kingdoms. 

It´s a rather short but very informative video of how to tackle the rough leather cape. 

We want to creat...

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Erynis- chapter 2- painting the nmm armor

Hi Folks,
here is the second chapter of Erynis- the grief bearer from Inu Kingdoms.
We will be painting the beautiful NMM armor.

We will be mainly using contrast paint to create our nmm, but ...

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Color Guide - Erynis - Part 1

Hey Folks,
Here is the first chapter of the Color Guide for Erynis from Inu Kindom.
This chapter focuses on the face, including the undead skin, the ghostley glowing eyes and the small collar.
I hope you like it.

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Erynis- chapter 1- painting the head

Hi Folks,

I am very excited to share with you today the very first video episode of the in-depth tutorial series dedicated to Erynis.

Erynis is a stretch goal bust for a Kickstarter campaign ...

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Erynis - Boxart

Hey Folks,
here is the final version of Erynis from Inu Kindoms.
I got really obsessed with this bust and really wanted to create something stunning that is dark, yet glowing and full of color and texture.
The whole process took longer than I thought, so sorry for the silence inbetween.<...

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What´s next - Erynis, the Grief Bearer

Hey Folks,

here is a little top-secret work in progress for our next project.

She is part of the upcoming Inu Kingdom Kickstarter, she is one of the stretch goals and has not been revealed so far! Please make...

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Lauka Vai - Part 6- Painting the sword

Hey Folks, 

time to paint the last little element on the body of Lauka Vai, today we will paint the nmm sword together. 

For me the detail of that little pointy sword is especially impressive, it really shows the development of plastic injection mold fantasy models over the ...

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Lauka Vai - Part 5- Painting Purple Armor

Hey Folks, 

in today's episode, we will paint the body of Lauka Vai together. The body features a lot of different materials, we are starting with the purple armor,working our way up to the gold filigree, we are detailing out the plate mail-like diamond-shaped silver nmm elements, as o...

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Part 2 Color Guide Lauka Vai

Hey Folks,

sorry for being so quiet, last month has been crazy with organizational and bureaucratic stuff. We also got our second covid shot, so I should be able to start real-life coachings and workshops soon, and hopefully meet you guys again on a show - once they are happening again. I h...

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Lauka Vai - Part 4- Painting a female head

When we have a look at the sculpt of lauka vai, we can really see what plastic models of today are capable of, it´s crazy to see the amount and the fineness of the details.

A female face in miniatures is for the most part finer proportioned, with fewer deeper wrinkles than male faces.

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Lauka Vai - Part 3- Painting the wings

The wings are one of the parts, that have benefitted from the pre-shading technique. We have a great placement of the highlight color and still see the base color shining through in just the right amount, but we want to tie things together a bit more.

We will be using glazes of translucent ...

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Part 1 Color Guide Laka Vai

Hey Folks,
here is the first part of the Color guide for Lauka Vai, Mother of nightmares.
It covers the Pre-Shading and also the detailing step of the mosters skin!
Something to read at the pool ;)

I hope you enjoy it!

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Lauka Vai - part 2- painting moster vampire skin

Hey Folks,
This is the second part of Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares. In this Episode we will see how fast we can achieve a stunning result for the monsters skin on our pre-shaded base.
You can learn a lot about glazing and feathering if you look closely, paint consistence in conjunction w...

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Lauka Vai - Part 1- The Preshading Technique

Hi Folks,
here is the first chapter of Lauka Vai - Mother of Nightmares, one of the most stunning releases of the new Vampire line from Games Workshop.
We will be using a technique that I haven't been showing before, we will be using the so called pre-shading technique to introduce the init...

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Waiting For Snow White- Complete WIP Guide

Hey Folks,
here is the complete Color/WIP Guide for "Waiting for Snow White", it  includes both parts, and covers everything from the  preparation of the reference pictures, over the grisaille underpainting, to the use of the colors to create a complex light situation
with two li...

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be a better painter

Hey Folks,
currently there are 2 seats available for the virtual coaching tiers, one in the 50$ virtual coaching tier and one in the 100$ Master supporter tier.
Although there is always a bit of fluctuation, the 50$ tiers almost never open up..
So if you want to get some detailed feedbac...

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Adding the second lightsource - Waiting for Snow White- Part 4

Hi Folks,
This is the last episode of "Waiting for Snow White", in the episode we will be adding the second ambient room light to our scene.

The second light source will help to make the dwarfs ...

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WIP guide Waiting For Snow White - Part 1

Hi Folks,
here is the first part of the WIP Guide for "Waiting for Snow White"
in which we will discover what it takes to prepare good reference pictures, with one or multiple light sources and we will establish a grisaille underpainting to out bust to indicate the two different light sourc...

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Adding color to the core - Waiting for Snow White- Part 3

In the next chapter we will be exploring the dark side of the dwarfs, we will paint  in the second light source and take care of the dwarfs standing in the shadow.

This chapter cover everythin...

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Grisaille Underpainting- Waiting for Snow White- Part 2

Hi Folks,
in this episode we will explore the "Grisaille Underpainting".
With the help of our reference photo that we have created in the last episode of straight from the desk, we are introducing two different light sources.

2021-04-14 13:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Directional Light- Waiting for Snow White- Part 1

Hi Folk,

here is the first chapter of our new project "Waiting for Snow White" - the 7 dwarfs from Lucas Pina.

In this chapter we will discover how to create a detailed reference picture with...

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Whats next?

Hey Folks, 

here is a small outlook on what we will be discovering together this month!
I found a great way to create a stunning window light effect, and I cant wait to show you more.
I am still working on the project, but this WIP pic gives already a good impression of the effec...

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Goblin Scout Complete Color Guide

Hey Folks,
here is the complete color guide for our Goblin Scout on bat.
It is a combination of the first two guides plus a new section featuring the last missing element of the bat.
I hope you enjoyed this detailed step by step.
Thanks for you support

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Finishing the bat

Hi Folks,
in this chapter we are finishing the bat. We are finally painting the little back of the body of the bat and we are also incorporating a bit of bouncing green light on the mossy base to tie everything together.

2021-03-23 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Goblin Scout on Bat - Finished

Hey Folks,
the bat is ready to leave the house!
To celebrate the project I have made this little turntable video to enjoy the finished goblin scout project.I hope you all have enjoyed the in-depth journey for our monstrous bat.
The last short chapter with the back of your fearsome bat wi...

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Old Ivory Tusks

Hi Folks,
In this chapter we will explore how to paint old weathered ivory material.
For the Tusks there would have been different options on how to paint them.
I just knew I did not want to go for blank bone material:

2021-03-18 14:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post

New Patreons - Old Glory

Hi Folks,
Most of you are part of this campaign for years, and I am more than grateful for that..
I think its impossible to describe how much your ongoing support means to me!!

If you follow this campaign like a blog , you can follow, and find the content quite well, but already goin...

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WINGS WINGS WINGS

Hey Folks,

I am really happy to share the video of the membrane wings with you today. Membrane wings are a classic element in miniatures and fine art they are the archetype of evil, monstrous creatures, the approach from our bat can be used for anything from tyranid harpys to the latest dem...

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Finishing the Bat´s fur

Hey Folks, here is the second chapter of the Bat´s fur.
It is only a short chapter summing-up some of the essentials of fur and hair

2021-03-09 08:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post

2nd Color Guide - The Bat

Hey Folks,
here is the second part of the color guide for our goblin scout.
In this guide we will explore the different stages and steps of our monstrous bat.

It feels good to see the bat bei...

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