Adam Perfect : MinisUsing a custom kitbash Yndrasta is the best place to try NMM for the first time, right?
Right?
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Getting to the scary bit now: adding highlights for the NMM effect.
Who knows how this is gonna turn out! Iāve chosen such a complex model for a first attempt, but Iāve gone far enough that Iāll give it a good go.
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As somewhat expected, I hit the wall of it looking like I've totally messed the effect up last night.
Not sure whether to push on in the hope/belief it'll all come together in the end, or start again.
Leaning towards starting fresh...
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Erik
NinjaDebuggerYou look like you're in the middle of the process, exactly as you should. It looks like ass, but trust the process. You will get there.
NMM is by far the worst for this sort of thing. You are absolutely going to think you are doing it wrong until you get to the end and the illusion snaps into place. After a few runs through, you'll recognize "this is the right kind of ass to look like at this point."
@NinjaDebugger @erikcats thanks both. This is where Iād got to last night and Iām trying to figure out if itās the desaturation making it look wrong or that Iāve gone too bright in too large an area (or both, or something else entirely!)
@minis are you aiming for gold or bronze?
@NinjaDebugger gold, sadly. The colour is way off at the moment
@minis relatively easy rescue, depending on how shiny you want it.
If you have a bright yellow-red contrast or speed paint, like Iyanden Yellow contrast, go over it with that right now. Then, you want to work your tones up from there to be brighter, ignoring brown except for your base tone and mixing in yellow and then white.
@minis If you lack contrast/speed paint, instead you want to grab the most transparent yellow you have and go over it with that.
Your big problem is that you started off with a neutral brown and seem to be continuing neutral as you go up in tone, but gold is very warm. You want to start with a warm brown like Terracotta or an Iron Oxide based brown, and then mix in a warm yellow until you hit your mid tone of warm yellow, and THEN mix in white to go the rest of the way.
I use mostly artist acrylics, so my start is even easier, I start from a Zenithal and a base coat of Nickel/Azo Gold, which is basically perfectly made for this purpose.
@NinjaDebugger yeah, I got impatient and picked a poor set of base colours trying to match a couple of examples Iād seen but rapidly obvious more yellow/orange needed.
Iāll try the Iyanden Yellow over the top then try building up again, thanks for all the advice.
@minis One day you'll be the one paying it forward. Good luck!
roofuskit@minis @NinjaDebugger glazing fixes everything.
Not gonna lie, I find glazing easier when I use heavy body medium instead of glazing medium. The layers aren't that much thicker and it's so much easier to work with.
Granted, I use artist acrylics mostly, many of which are mid to very transparent to begin with, so that makes it easier.
Darren McGuicken@minis @NinjaDebugger @erikcats I donāt think Iāve been particularly successful in any of my own NMM, but for what itās worth: you could try sketching in an extreme step even brighter in a highlight, and go a shade darker right next to it. A big jump in value without a blend can help point towards the eventual illusion.
Says he hasn't been successful in NMM, after having posted _this_ bullshit.
https://mastodon.ie/@dmcgk/116148101225259604
C'mon, son.
@NinjaDebugger @minis @erikcats š Incredibly kind, but I honestly donāt think it works massively well as-is! It may just be the contrast in style with the rest of the mini, but never do I look at it and think āshiny!ā. It reads to me more like someone painted a design on his axe.
@NinjaDebugger @minis @erikcats ā¤ļø Iāve copied basically the same light pattern onto the reverse which gives me a handy double to practice on without being too precious about ābreakingā the front while I try to figure it out.
@dmcgk @minis @NinjaDebugger I think so too. It needs to get closer to white in the reflections. The stuff you've been laying down thus far looks good as a basis for NMM.