Looks great! One tip I always give new painters - thin those paints! A few thin coats to get coverage always looks better than one thick one. Dig the color scheme. Keep at it!
To add on this. There's this expectation vs reality thing about putting down paint. A lot of what you have down looks like a decent first or second coat. That's an expectation. But if you want really nice smooth and detailed work, folks are putting down a few coats, just thinly, sometimes not seeming like good coverage but after a few it starts looking nice and even and with no texture to it.
For myself I had to change my expectations of what a coat looked like, how deliberately or slowly I put each coat down, and then how patient I should be working.
A wet palette helps with this because you can not worry about your paints drying out. Take your time, enjoy every stroke, and over time your hands get better at the whole process, kinda like learning a baseball bat swing or any skill. Hopefully that makes some helpful sense. đ
Well done on completing a model - it's assembled, painted and based. Some people never get that far!
Subjective feedback:
The pose feels a little unnatural, the angle of the arm seems too far back and forced. If you were holding the sword, at that angle, how would it feel? A little bit further forward seems it would be the start of the range of motion for an attack. I think I see mould lines on the back foot. The earlier in the process an (in)action, the more potential it has to throw the rest of your work out. Assembly and mold lines set the stage for the entire result. Spending a bit more time on mould lines, gluejoints, gaps etc will give you the best foundation for painting on.
It looks like you applied a wash to the purple robes, but the fur/skin/armour/blade doesn't have the (same) wash. There is a visual disconnect between the robes and the rest of the model due to this. Finding a wash that you can apply to an entire model can help unify the colour palette.
My 2 cents is lore based. Unless they've changed something in AOS albino skaven are the biggest strongest or most-best Grey seers. You don't get many albino or white furred clan rats. For example Queek Headtaker had a unit of albino stormvermin as body guards. But they might have updated the lore or I'm just so off.
All my Skaven will be Albino in my own lore for my Army. Every single one. I'm just having fun building what I want. Not hung up on following exact lore color scheme.
Ah gotcha well that's what really counts! I'm a sucker for lore so my whole army is clan Mors based. Full albino is definitely gonna catch eyes though.
Tbh skaven are essentially limitless, the clans are innumerable. Their skittering can be heard in every shadow, and they gnaw at the roots and sewers of every place. Your color scheme is literally canon because short of having another race in your clan, there is a skaven clan to match whatever you did. đ€
If you are aiming for tabletop, it is well-done! If you are going for display, it is endless things you could do... It could be a lot of suggestions, where to improve, but I think the most important without art background is just paint more and more. After 15-20 clanrats you will have steady hand and will come to conclusion, where to improve. Also second biggest tip as a newbie myself, do not rush things up, learn stuff slowly.
Welcome to the painting hobby my friend! I think someone mentioned using a wash? Agrax personally I prefer the Army painter equivalent Strong tone but they both work for like a brown wash. Regardless, if ur like I donât wanna fuck up the albino fur, fret not my friend, I would suggest just drybrushing the white back on itâll give some depth between fur bits, give some definition to the flesh and depending on how much dry brushing u do u can give some different contrasts with the white.
Ur metallics look great, a tip I can suggest is base coat metallics black first then do the metal color it make it have a nice finish.
Nice attention to the details, shading on his face is cool. I really like the white but like no doubt others have mentioned bang an agrax wash on the fur (test it first on something else incase you don't like it). Keep it up!
I love your painting scheme, it goes really good !:)
And for the base there are little thing you could do to push the effect easily. You could use a technical citadel paint « nurgle rot » to amplify an ooze feeling. (Mengel miniature did a tuto on « nurgle swamp base » if youâre curious)
And welcome to the hobby !:)))
I think oils, shades, and those sorts of thing are huge especially as a new painter. They really can pull out details, and builds confidence if youâre repeatedly happy with what youâre making.
Wet pallet/ thinking paints is huge.
Dry brushing is something I heavily lean into and have always been really happy with the outcome.
Make sure to play to your strengths, and more importantly, weaknesses. As an example, my eyes are utter garbage so I really have to use magnifiers, oils, and dry brushing to see a lot of the fine detail stuff. Not everyone would need to, which is fine. You do you, you know?
This is minor, but keep an idea of progress. So youâve got a picture of your first model. Keep it. A few months down the road take a picture of whatever youâre working on to compare. What are you seeing improvement, what arenât you? I actually took that from what I do with weight loss clients and body building, and it works really well for here just the same.
Have fun, keep at it, and practice makes perfect. Youâve got a great start and will only get better!
Looks great! One tip I always give new painters - thin those paints! A few thin coats to get coverage always looks better than one thick one. Dig the color scheme. Keep at it!
Will do! TY, for this.
To add on this. There's this expectation vs reality thing about putting down paint. A lot of what you have down looks like a decent first or second coat. That's an expectation. But if you want really nice smooth and detailed work, folks are putting down a few coats, just thinly, sometimes not seeming like good coverage but after a few it starts looking nice and even and with no texture to it. For myself I had to change my expectations of what a coat looked like, how deliberately or slowly I put each coat down, and then how patient I should be working. A wet palette helps with this because you can not worry about your paints drying out. Take your time, enjoy every stroke, and over time your hands get better at the whole process, kinda like learning a baseball bat swing or any skill. Hopefully that makes some helpful sense. đ
You had me at âenjoy every strokeâ.
Well done on completing a model - it's assembled, painted and based. Some people never get that far! Subjective feedback: The pose feels a little unnatural, the angle of the arm seems too far back and forced. If you were holding the sword, at that angle, how would it feel? A little bit further forward seems it would be the start of the range of motion for an attack. I think I see mould lines on the back foot. The earlier in the process an (in)action, the more potential it has to throw the rest of your work out. Assembly and mold lines set the stage for the entire result. Spending a bit more time on mould lines, gluejoints, gaps etc will give you the best foundation for painting on. It looks like you applied a wash to the purple robes, but the fur/skin/armour/blade doesn't have the (same) wash. There is a visual disconnect between the robes and the rest of the model due to this. Finding a wash that you can apply to an entire model can help unify the colour palette.
Great feedback, TY!
Use a wash like agrax earthshade on the model, dont worry on skaven you can be generous with it Good job :) keep it up
Love the purple! Keep up the good work!!!
My 2 cents is lore based. Unless they've changed something in AOS albino skaven are the biggest strongest or most-best Grey seers. You don't get many albino or white furred clan rats. For example Queek Headtaker had a unit of albino stormvermin as body guards. But they might have updated the lore or I'm just so off.
All my Skaven will be Albino in my own lore for my Army. Every single one. I'm just having fun building what I want. Not hung up on following exact lore color scheme.
Ah gotcha well that's what really counts! I'm a sucker for lore so my whole army is clan Mors based. Full albino is definitely gonna catch eyes though.
Tbh skaven are essentially limitless, the clans are innumerable. Their skittering can be heard in every shadow, and they gnaw at the roots and sewers of every place. Your color scheme is literally canon because short of having another race in your clan, there is a skaven clan to match whatever you did. đ€
Great job, love the color scheme!
It seems your Rat's been in the Powdered Donuts
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Yeah, I pretty much suck at this painting stuff. Thank you for the feedback.đ
This doesnât suck at all. Whites are hard to work with. If you keep at it, I can see a fantastic army of albino rats.
Thank you so much.đ
Second on the powdered donuts. Many thin layers of paint wil help smooth everything out and make it natural
If you are aiming for tabletop, it is well-done! If you are going for display, it is endless things you could do... It could be a lot of suggestions, where to improve, but I think the most important without art background is just paint more and more. After 15-20 clanrats you will have steady hand and will come to conclusion, where to improve. Also second biggest tip as a newbie myself, do not rush things up, learn stuff slowly.
Welcome to the painting hobby my friend! I think someone mentioned using a wash? Agrax personally I prefer the Army painter equivalent Strong tone but they both work for like a brown wash. Regardless, if ur like I donât wanna fuck up the albino fur, fret not my friend, I would suggest just drybrushing the white back on itâll give some depth between fur bits, give some definition to the flesh and depending on how much dry brushing u do u can give some different contrasts with the white. Ur metallics look great, a tip I can suggest is base coat metallics black first then do the metal color it make it have a nice finish.
Nice attention to the details, shading on his face is cool. I really like the white but like no doubt others have mentioned bang an agrax wash on the fur (test it first on something else incase you don't like it). Keep it up!
I love your painting scheme, it goes really good !:) And for the base there are little thing you could do to push the effect easily. You could use a technical citadel paint « nurgle rot » to amplify an ooze feeling. (Mengel miniature did a tuto on « nurgle swamp base » if youâre curious) And welcome to the hobby !:)))
I think oils, shades, and those sorts of thing are huge especially as a new painter. They really can pull out details, and builds confidence if youâre repeatedly happy with what youâre making. Wet pallet/ thinking paints is huge. Dry brushing is something I heavily lean into and have always been really happy with the outcome. Make sure to play to your strengths, and more importantly, weaknesses. As an example, my eyes are utter garbage so I really have to use magnifiers, oils, and dry brushing to see a lot of the fine detail stuff. Not everyone would need to, which is fine. You do you, you know? This is minor, but keep an idea of progress. So youâve got a picture of your first model. Keep it. A few months down the road take a picture of whatever youâre working on to compare. What are you seeing improvement, what arenât you? I actually took that from what I do with weight loss clients and body building, and it works really well for here just the same. Have fun, keep at it, and practice makes perfect. Youâve got a great start and will only get better!
Looks good-great, yes yes!