GorobarOct 18

So it begins... again

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Primed and first paint layers (lava wet in wet)

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Pretty sure this won't look as good when dried
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Well... good enough I'd say.
And I found one of my UV LEDs 😎🎇

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Oct 19 at 6:03pmWeb
Show threadGorobarOct 19
Even cooler in the dark
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Gloss varnish, then thiiiicc Mordant Earth.

Fun fact: what you see on those rocks is not a mistake but my first attempt at #OSL. Ever.

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Show threadGorobarOct 21
Not quite what I had imagined (I probably should have stuck with the tried-and-tested PVA instead of switching to gloss varnish), but good enough to continue with.
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90% done - drybrushed and rims painted.
I will yet touch up the OSL some.
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These will be the corresponding minis: #OnePageRules #AlienHives

I haven't decided on a color scheme yet and am open to suggestions.
At the moment, I'm leaning towards a combination of light beige-brown (chest) and dark gray-brown (back/spines), but I'm not quite sure yet.
I will try to then add a simple OSL orange from below by airbrush.
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Show threadalexisonminisOct 22
@gorobar Some fleshy tones combined with something rather unnatural can be very cool, too - I think.^^ Something like a red-ish yellow as base and the shadows and down sides tinted with violet/blue. ^^
Show threadGorobarOct 23
@alexisonminis I've had similar thoughts, but also a little different - the planned orange OSL from below is the warm tone already. And to really show that, the mini needs to be relatively dark and in colder or at least neutral tones. A selection of dark-ish greys, maybe, with accents in the blue range
Show threadalexisonminisOct 23
@gorobar yess! that sounds nice, too! :D
Show threadSumireOct 21
@gorobar Hui, die sehen sehr cool aus. 😲
Show threadGorobarOct 21
@Sumire danke 🙂
Show threadBerndOct 21
@gorobar Die schauen wirklich stark aus!
Show threadGorobarOct 21
@fastjack25 🙂 ich bin auch zufrieden
Show threadErikOct 21
@gorobar I guess with PVA you get bigger cracks?
Show threadGorobarOct 21
@erikcats looks like it. Although I am ok with the cracks - it's the "islands" between the cracks that I would have wanted a little bigger
Show threadSpukhäuserOct 19
@gorobar
Cooler Effekt! Bases sollte man echt nicht vernachlässigen.
Show threadGorobarOct 19

@Hauntedhouse ja, sieht schon besser aus, als ich gedacht hätte 😀
klassischer Fall von "trust the process" 😬
Da kommt dann aber noch crackle effect drüber (Mordant Earth in diesem Fall). Mal sehen, wie's dann ist...
(und noch spannender: ob und wie das klappt, was ich mit den Minis vorhabe 🫣)

Bases sind definitiv sehr wichtig für den Gesamteindruck - ich bin da momentan auch total auf einem Ideen-Trip und probiere viel aus. Sind aber auch schöne kompakte Kleinstprojekte für schnellen Erfolg.