Non-metallic metals and cloth in particular, I see examples that blow my mind, but I'm struggling to find "medium execution" examples that I feel comfortable trying to replicate.

I was gonna try slapchop on a model & see how that goes. It seems to get good results without doing the highlight buildup for minimal effort

nmm is a whole other thing

Yeah, it's funny, I have so many mini games I've never been inclined to paint, but I think I could have done a passable job on. Now I have a game I actually really want to paint and I'm almost paralyzed with fear lol. I guess I'll start with terrain and maybe some of the early chapter bosses with less intricate modelling.

or the characters. The allies aren't too complex

Yeah, I was going to do allies before main characters, but like this one feels like it's begging for nmm.

Why are you locked in on NMM? Check out Juan Hidalgo or Dr Fausts youtube channels for some really good TMM tips.

the base is horrible😆. but i think everything else is fine. i dont know everyone has other expectations. you coloirsheme is decent, is see highlighting (drybrush?) and also i think you used a wash. so i think its fine for me

Maybe some other angles could help. Besides that looks like a decent paint job. The skin in the knee looks a little bit blueish. If you want u could set som brighter highlights around his upper parts especially the face/head.

@RinoTFU check out Sorastro on yt for NMM

Also you paintjob looks perfectly fine, you can always add more highlights

Played Chapter 1 last night (finally!) and took some photos after the session before the defeated Broodmother returned to her box. Such a fun game (not that I expected otherwise, but who knows)!

Overall, not a bad job! I'll echo the issue with the handle and blade of the machete. Looks like you have an issue that I'm also struggling with - contrast. The banana has a shadow tone and a mid tone but no highlight at a distance. I'd push the highlights on the banana since face is a focal point. Weapons are usually a secondary focal point so push the highlights there as well. I'm figuring out that about the point that I feel like I've ruined the model when working close up, it's just right at table top distance.

Thanks all, I will work on more contrast and pushing the highlights further, I do see now that is definitely an issue.

"pushing the highlights", "lahmian medium", "zenithal prime". - sorastro 2021

Wow just amazing. Hope shadowborne see these pictures they deserve to be in the rulebook or something. Amazing work. Going to attempt to take some of my stuff at some point too

Thanks a lot 😅

From Hype train to train rats

That looks great! What do you use for your lightbox to take photos?

Thanks! Nothing too fancy, just two softboxes with daylight lamps. The backdrop for these shots are just the lids from the game boxes.

First attempt using flock and clump scatter...

This looks almost too beautiful

It helps break them up a bit

Yah - pretty and interesting use of the foliage. Not grimy enough for my tastes though.

I'm still semi working out what and where to add to the trees and houses,

Changing the roof from the pale grey I ended up with to red after seeing someone else's and liking it better. Was originally trying for a slate roof but it ended up far too much like the rocks of the chimney, base and walls

These are fantastic, sets the scene so well.

Thanks a bunch! A pleasure to play around with 🙏🏻

Finished the Cur now I need to paint his optional arms