Khorne beserkers

[evil_red_orks]

This is my first foray into the world of blending. I must say it has been extremmly, extremely frustrating. I have painted and repainted these models just to get the right combination.

I have been working on this squad for almost a year, im calling these guys done.Its time to move on to a squad of thousand sons.

It seems tome the camera did not pick out the blending all that well, or maybe its just a horrible job. Anyway here they are.





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Ok, heeding some picture taking advice, I took some more pics. These are outside on the picnic, and i didnt get as close to the model.


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[Horst]

I can't really see the details on the guys that well, but from what I can see they look fine.

However, its the bases that are awesome. I've never thought of painting the rim to match the base... goes very well with the lava effect.

[fishboy]

I can see on the legs where you tried to do the blending but some other spots just look like line work. The human eye and a digital camera see things very differently so I cant wait to see them in person.

[warmasterprimus]

It's hard to see in the pictures. In terms of photography, here's a tip that's helped me out.

When you take a picture of a mini, it's okay to back up a bit. You're pictures are similar to this one of mine: www.coolminiornot.com/274401

I tried to get the mini in the whole frame, and while the center of the Parasite's body is in focus, even things relatively close are blurred (the Marine).

Center the mini and let it take up 1/5 of the viewfinder. It will look pretty small in relation to the rest of the picture, but if you have a modern digital camera (>5MP) it'll be okay. The depth of your field that is in focus will increase, and you can just crop out the edges. That's what I did for this one: www.coolminiornot.com/290767

Hope that helps. I know that I struggled with taking good photos (and still do).

[warmasterprimus]

Another thing to think about, when I'm looking at these, they're blown up to 3-5 inches. That's action figure big. When you get that big, things are going to look weird sometimes. I've seen stuff on the table that looks really good come out weird on an overblown picture (especially edge highlighting).

Looking at picture 11, the right leg looks great, and I'm sure that when you look at it in person, the blend looks seemless.

[evil_red_orks]

Thanks to the warmaster, I updated my original post with new pics. Take a look at them and let me know.

One set was taken outside and farther back from the model, the other was inside and closer.

[warmasterprimus]

It's a little dark to see the blending in most of the photos, but I think that the 4th picture really shows it off. The red fade from the top of the helmet to the bottom reminds me of Fontaine's (I think) FW dread & Lord that won golden deamons. I love that fade. What colors for the red are you using?

While I love the red, and the blue parts really pop out, the gold looks flat next to the well shaded reds. What do you think? Sometimes it's hard to get good metallic shots too.

[evil_red_orks]

Yea i agree about the metallic parts being kinda dull. The metallic is dwarf bronze, and im not sure what is best to highlight /shade with.

Using red gore as my base, then a little blood red. Using blazing orange for extreme highlights