[40k][swp] Updated site pics, critique my painting if you would like/have time
ILLchyld
Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch, wraithguard, a friends kharn
the betrayer, ezekiel, also a couple of the older pics are still up. I'm
still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped again
for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy new
stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan on
restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of work.
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire
Jason Dyer
ILLchyld wrote:
>
> http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
> Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch, wraithguard, a friends kharn
> the betrayer, ezekiel, also a couple of the older pics are still up. I'm
> still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped again
> for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy new
> stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan on
> restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of work.
>
Can I ask a favor? Can you write the code so it works with Netscape
(4.7+)?
I see no pictures when I use Netscape, and I *HATE* IE!!
Thanks
JKD
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Jack & Co.
Jason Dyer wrote:
> ILLchyld wrote:
> >
> > http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
> > Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch, wraithguard, a friends kharn
> > the betrayer, ezekiel, also a couple of the older pics are still up. I'm
> > still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped again
> > for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy new
> > stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan on
> > restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of work.
> >
>
> Can I ask a favor? Can you write the code so it works with Netscape
> (4.7+)?
>
> I see no pictures when I use Netscape, and I *HATE* IE!!
I thought it was just me. Nice to know I'm not the only one.
Octavulg
ILLchyld
news:3C7EC19D...@cord.ubc.ca...
>
>
> ILLchyld wrote:
> >
> > http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
> > Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch, wraithguard, a friends
kharn
> > the betrayer, ezekiel, also a couple of the older pics are still up. I'm
> > still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped
again
> > for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy
new
> > stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan
on
> > restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of
work.
> >
>
>
> Can I ask a favor? Can you write the code so it works with Netscape
> (4.7+)?
>
> I see no pictures when I use Netscape, and I *HATE* IE!!
Holy shit!, I had no Idea the site was incompatible with netscape, thank you
for telling me, I guess I will break out dreamweaver and start from scratch,
thanks again for letting me know it didnt work.
Insane Ranter
> >
> > http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
> > Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch, wraithguard, a friends
kharn
> > the betrayer, ezekiel, also a couple of the older pics are still up. I'm
> > still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped
again
> > for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy
new
> > stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan
on
> > restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of
work.
> >
>
>
> Can I ask a favor? Can you write the code so it works with Netscape
> (4.7+)?
>
> I see no pictures when I use Netscape, and I *HATE* IE!!
well this might tell you somethign about Netscape huh?
John Hwang
>like/have time
>From: "ILLchyld" ILLc...@hotmail.com
>Date: 2/28/2002 6:39 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <Sczf8.771$j93.1...@typhoon.tampabay.rr.com>
This I like. Good colors, tho the power Sword and gun get "lost" in the rest of
the model, which is bad. Sword and gun should contrast more with the rest of
the scheme. Wings are uninteresting, "flat", should have more color, or a
fade, or something.
>wraithguard,
These are also mostly OK. The helmets are great, but should be brighter -- the
lightning strike should go all the way to white, IMO. The loincloths don't
contrast well with the bodies -- should be brighter, like the helmet is now.
As with the Exarch, the guns don't contrast, get lost in the bodies. Spirit
stones are "lazy", don't add needed color. Contrasting knees, ankles, elbows,
and shoulders "break up" the model into small pieces, destroy unity -- would
prefer to restore these to body color.
In both cases, the eye has a very hard time following the model and making out
what's what.
>a friends kharn the betrayer,
Painted like the Codex. OK, tho skin tone doesn't seem right. Gold chains
don't seem "rough" enough. Brass trimming seems a bit bright.
>ezekiel,
Painted like the Codex. OK. As with the Kharne, it's hard to paint this
badly.
>also a couple of the older pics are still up.
Already commented on.
>I'm
>still working on my painting, some of these are slated to be stripped again
>for repainting, just because I'm ghetto poor and I cant afford to buy new
>stuff, heh, go figgure. I just finished stripping my seer council I plan on
>restarting its paintjob soon as I get a couple (non sick) days off of work.
>
>
>--
>"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
> - Napoleon Bonaparte
>"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
> - Thomas Alva Edison
>"A witty saying proves nothing."
> - Voltaire
>
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--- John Hwang "JohnHw...@cs.com.no.com"
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Tahrik Mili
"Insane Ranter" <n...@spam.net> wrote in message
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> well this might tell you somethign about Netscape huh?
>
It tells me a lot about Microsoft.
Mil
smithdoerr
"Tahrik Mili" <oy...@bisiy.yok> wrote in message
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That being Microsoft's IE is better at error trapping than Netscape.
Then again it has to be considering how horrible FrontPage is at writing
HTML...
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-smithdoerr
ILLchyld
John Hwang <johnhw...@cs.com.no.com> wrote in message
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> >http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
> >Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch,
>
> This I like. Good colors, tho the power Sword and gun get "lost" in the
rest of
> the model, which is bad. Sword and gun should contrast more with the rest
of
> the scheme. Wings are uninteresting, "flat", should have more color, or a
> fade, or something.
Maybe some sort of a lightning scheme on them like the wraithguard helmets?,
what else would you suggest I do with the gun? paint them more brightly? the
sword? some kind of a metal color? I have yet to of obtained a color wheel,
so i'm still sort of at a loss.
>
> >wraithguard,
> These are also mostly OK. The helmets are great, but should be
brighter -- the
> lightning strike should go all the way to white, IMO. The loincloths
don't
> contrast well with the bodies -- should be brighter, like the helmet is
now.
> As with the Exarch, the guns don't contrast, get lost in the bodies.
Spirit
> stones are "lazy", don't add needed color. Contrasting knees, ankles,
elbows,
> and shoulders "break up" the model into small pieces, destroy unity --
would
> prefer to restore these to body color.
Again, this is because I have a hard time choosing contrasting colors, maybe
I should use a brighter purple on the body? and do the lightning all the way
white. hmm...okay, sounds good. The problem with the lightning is that it
doesnt show up very well on the bright colors. Paint the loincloth the same
color as the head? or the purple I choose for the body? I really at a loss
for how to paint the guns. Again, I really need to obtain a color wheel like
you reccomended. The spirit stones? I couldnt pick a color with them, but I
am thinking that a green may contrast well with the model....I may try Dr
Faust's technique with the gems
> In both cases, the eye has a very hard time following the model and making
out
> what's what.
>
> >a friends kharn the betrayer,
>
> Painted like the Codex. OK, tho skin tone doesn't seem right. Gold
chains
> don't seem "rough" enough. Brass trimming seems a bit bright.
>
> >ezekiel,
>
> Painted like the Codex. OK. As with the Kharne, it's hard to paint this
> badly.
I actually painted him a bit dirtyier than the codex, because he didnt look
like he had been in battle in the picture, and I am painting the dark angels
inner circle (because I am starting the army and I like the character figs)
so I wanted to follow the book
And I always appreciate your commentation, you are very helpful.
John Hwang
>John Hwang <johnhw...@cs.com.no.com> wrote ...
>> >http://paintingpics.gq.nu/photo.html
>> >Posted new scans of my swooping hawk exarch,
>>
>> This I like. Good colors, tho the power Sword and gun get "lost" in
>> the rest of the model, which is bad. Sword and gun should contrast
>> more with the rest of the scheme. Wings are uninteresting, "flat",
>> should have more color, or a fade, or something.
>
>Maybe some sort of a lightning scheme on them like the wraithguard helmets?,
That would be fine. Or even just a higer-contrast drybrush effect. I'm not
sure lighting works for the wings, but it might be worth a try!
>what else would you suggest I do with the gun? paint them more brightly? the
>sword? some kind of a metal color?
Any sort of contrast works. You can go dark/light, metal/non-metal, or opposed
colors -- I'd just like to see the weapons visually differentiated from the
rest of the model. Personally, I use metallics for all weapons, as that's what
people sort of "expect" to see for these things.
>>I have yet to of obtained a color wheel,
>so i'm still sort of at a loss.
Color wheel simply has preset ways of contrasting colors. Typically, they go
blue-yellow, red-green, black-white. Look at how GW used to paint things in
WFB5 and 40k2 to see how amateur color selection with a new-found color wheel
turns out. :)
To get a similar effect, simply choose one "cool" color (e.g. blue/green)
against a "warm" color (e.g. brown/red), with the occasional substitution for
"neutral" (e.g. black/white). That all there really is to it, aside from
purple/pink, which are problem colors and only work with black/white.
>> >wraithguard,
>
>> These are also mostly OK. The helmets are great, but should be
>>brighter -- the lightning strike should go all the way to white, IMO.
>>The loincloths don't contrast well with the bodies -- should be brighter,
>> like the helmet is now. As with the Exarch, the guns don't contrast,
>> get lost in the bodies. Spirit stones are "lazy", don't add needed color.
>> Contrasting knees, ankles, elbows, and shoulders "break up" the
>> model into small pieces, destroy unity -- would prefer to restore these
>> to body color.
>
>Again, this is because I have a hard time choosing contrasting colors, maybe
>I should use a brighter purple on the body?
The dark purple is fine, perhaps a medium purple for highlights and tinting the
gems.
>and do the lightning all the way white.
Yeah, for contrast.
>hmm...okay, sounds good. The problem with the lightning is that it
>doesnt show up very well on the bright colors. Paint the loincloth the same
>color as the head?
Sure, that'd work.
>or the purple I choose for the body?
Perhaps a medium color, a lighter, pinkish-purple?
>I really at a loss for how to paint the guns.
As the body is dark, and the helmet/loincloth medium brighness, I'd go very
light, perhaps grey-white?
>Again, I really need to obtain a color wheel like
>you reccomended. The spirit stones? I couldnt pick a color with them, but I
>am thinking that a green may contrast well with the model....I may try Dr
>Faust's technique with the gems
If purple, try yellow, pink, or light purple if tinting.
>> In both cases, the eye has a very hard time following the model and making
>> out what's what.
>>
>> >a friends kharn the betrayer,
>>
>> Painted like the Codex. OK, tho skin tone doesn't seem right. Gold
>>chains don't seem "rough" enough. Brass trimming seems a bit bright.
>>
>> >ezekiel,
>>
>> Painted like the Codex. OK. As with the Kharne, it's hard to paint this
>> badly.
>
>I actually painted him a bit dirtyier than the codex, because he didnt look
>like he had been in battle in the picture, and I am painting the dark angels
>inner circle (because I am starting the army and I like the character figs)
>so I wanted to follow the book
>
>And I always appreciate your commentation, you are very helpful.
Glad to help! Keep painting, and watch for what others have done -- the more
you see, the more things you'll be able to incorporate it into your painting.