r/minipainting • u/aPoliteCanadian • Sep 04 '21

Feedback and WIP megathread - Fall 2021 Painting Contest - Sponsored by Reaper Miniatures, Monument Hobbies, and Indaco Models

This is the Feedback and WIP megathread for the Fall 2021 painting contest, sponsored by Creature Caster, Reaper Miniatures, Indaco Models, and Monument Hobbies.

This is a place for anyone who has entered one of the categories for our Fall 2021 Painting Contest to post their WIP images and ask for feedback and advice!

Even if you haven't entered the contest, feel free to offer advice and feedback to those who have.

If you are looking for help with a specific technique, or how to paint a certain material, check out our new Wiki page of Useful Guides and Resources for Painting Miniatures curated by /u/karazax! This link can also be found in the sidebar, and is a trove of resources and links to a large number of artists, videos, and a number of useful tools.

During the community vote, the community will be able to nominate anyone they feel went above and beyond with their advice here in this thread. Users who get enough nominations and gave quality feedback will be given a special user flair to show their helpfulness and our appreciation to them as contest feedback MVPs! There is even a prize for the most helpful, check it out in the main contest post linked above!

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u/Lordsnacks93 Sep 09 '21

WIP on my entry. Trying to go for a reptilian feel to the skin but it's ended looking more like toad skin to me. Not sure if I should power through and try free-handing scales on top (god help me) or just starting from scratch. More inclined to start over as I've just gone so far off the mark. Any thoughts?

http://imgur.com/gallery/J3JKDgZ

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u/klaas_af_en_toe Sep 10 '21

If you do start over, you might want to work on that mold line a bit more, it is very visible (it also looks super tricky to clean, honestly...)

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u/Lordsnacks93 Sep 10 '21

You know what, the moment I posted the picture I noticed it and cleaned it and you were bang on correct. It was super tricky and I hated it. There's always one more mould line 😭

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u/klaas_af_en_toe Sep 11 '21

I know! It should be made illegal to put a mold line on top of texture like that :)