[jerO]

another image. Was goofing with trying to paint this thing in the same technique as painting a model, which is why it kinda has that "drybrushed" look.

[-[sargent]-]

another great peice, could u give me some advice on how to colour my images like yours cos they look class

-[sargent]-

[jerO]

no problem,
I should see if i can find the layers for this image somewehre.

Let me explain drybrushing real quick for those who aren't model painters or whatever... The base technique there is to load your brush up with paint, then wipe almost all of it off. What you're left with is a little paint residue that when you carefully drag the edge of your brush over the model, the paint only gets on the raised areas. So the recesses stay in shadow, while the detail gets brighter.

So what i did was us my sketch mainly as a template, inverted it so i could see it on a black background, and started off on the first layer.

I used mainly the same colors on this piece as i did on some of my models (this image doesn't show as well what i'm talking about but at least you can see something):


For the painting image above (not the photo) i basically used 4 colors as a core, and you can pretty much just go off of the default Photoshop Color Swatch for what i did.

it was a Dark Red, lighter red, a brown, and a tan.
these translate into the Citadel Model paints: Red Gore, Blood Red, Snakebite Leather, and Bleached Bone.

ANYway... I'd hit all the red edges with a pretty fat brush, representing the larger coverage in real life, then i pulled toward the center of the shape with the smudge tool, trying to simulate the brushstrokes.
I'd do that with the "basecoat" of the dark red and the brown over the entire image.
I then went back and hit all the edges again with a smaller, brighter brush, and tried to follow the previous strokes with the smudge tool.

That's the basis of it. It's by no means as clean or cool looking as other styles, but hey.

thanks for the question and for the feedback,
jerO

[gowansy]

Tnx for the info JerO....great help m8, also v. nice image