Showing posts with label Sylvaneth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sylvaneth. Show all posts

10 Oct 2019

[Showcase] Sylvaneth Tree revenants

Alright wedding done, honeymoon was a treat, we can now go back to regular schedule after the craziness of the last few months.

There're still a few things I've finished and need to show but let's start first with a unit I was really looking forward to paint!

The "mighty" tree revenants! Mighty being a strong word since they do tend to die to a stiff breeze on the battlefield.

I started with a quick squad of fives, the point was to find a good balance between speed and result.
You can imagine, I was really dreading the blade as that's usually the longest part to paint.

The squad in all its glory
The skin recipe was tweaked on them since I didn't really have the time to think too much about it on the Arch revenant with the deadline for everchosen. 
I was supposed to do a tutorial on the skin, but I admit, I totally forgot this, soooo, next time?

The leader

Happy piper

George the standard bearer


Seeing the result, I'm really happy with the result, the standard is probably the coolest NMM I've done so far, but I really need to think twice if I want a second unit 😅

I still thinking about highlighting the black, but I'm not sure if it's worth it.

Expect a few more showcase next!

Happy painting !
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20 Aug 2019

[Showcase] Everchosen Sylvaneth Arch revenant

Soooo it's been some time since the last article, it has been a rollercoaster of adventure with my everchosen entry and time for writing between the competition and preparation for the wedding was pretty low.

To make it quick:
  • my entry was at first, not valid for the competition,
  • then it was valid again
  • my store decided not to participate two days prior to the deadline because gw left them in the dark with no news whatsoever
  • decided to participate in another store 2h away from home
  • had like two days to finish the mini including the whole bug and the base
  • and to finish it I did drop the mini just before taking photo and it broke in four pieces, that at 1am
So, as I said, not a smooth ride.

But in the end, the mini was finished even if a few parts are clearly rushed and I even managed to win my category on the shop. Thanks again l’Ornithorynque in Neuchatel for accepting me!

I really tried to push myself on this mini, the NMM is probably the most advanced I ever done, the wood veins were drawn all over the place and I even had to sculpt a few pieces to accommodate for the modified pose.

It really is a great model and to be frank, I’m very unhappy with the rushed end, you can clearly see those parts are not on pare with the rest of the model and it bother me to no end.

Starting from massive spike of motivation to finish in frustration, I’m not sure I’ll do anything similar anytime soon.

But enough ramble here are the pictures!

If you enjoy my piece, feel free to vote for it on the Warhammer community website, displayed pictures are random but you may stumble on mine 😊 

Winning entry!

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Close-up and different angles

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As a small reminder, a full tutorial on the blade is available free on the blog and you can find the step by step for the base, bark and leaves also in their respective links !

Cheers !

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10 Jul 2019

[Tutorial] NNM magical blade


So, following the pictures posted on social media, I had a few people requesting a tutorial for my magical blade on my arch revenant.
Following the waves of the crowd (keep dreaming dude...) I took all the pictures needed on the second side, woohoo!
Keep in mind, the point is not to make a very realistic metal, but a magical fantasy blade.

Bon après, les retours positifs et les requêtes sur les réseaux sociaux, voici le tutoriel sur le glaive en non métallique sur mon arch revenant ayant profité du deuxième coté pour faire les photos qui vont bien !
Garder en tête que l’objectif n’était pas de faire un métal réaliste mais bien une arme fantaisiste. 

Objective - Objectif:
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Disclaimer: This tutorial is the first with this kind of technique and I wouldn't dare to say I have mastered it, it's still the second time ever I tried it, so it is far from perfect, but it should give you an idea of the process and how to do it.

Avertissement : Ce tuto est le premier sur ce type de technique et je ne prétends pas qu’il soit parfait, loin de là, cependant cela vous donne une idée du procédé, n’hésitez pas à l’adapter selon vos besoins ou votre niveau.
Sans plus attendre, on attaque !


Without further ado, let's dig in !


Paint used - Peintures utilisées

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Scale 75
Hastur purple
Despair green
Caribbean blue
Hykey yellow

Kimera kolors
Violet
Magenta
Carbon black
Schmincke primacryl titanium white


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1. Give a nice and smooth basecoat of Caribbean blue. I find easier to start on a light basecoat and shade it than the opposite in this case.
Première étape, on prépare une jolie couche de fond avec du caribbean blue bien propre. Je préfère partir sur une base claire qui me semble plus facile pour travailler dans ce cas.

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2. I sketch my light using hikey yellow drawing fine line following the sense of the blade. On the big flat base, I try to do one big highlight and a second smaller one next to it. 
I alternate the light on the different surface of the blade, the effect works best when you have light and shadow next to each other.
J’esquisse rapidement mes lumières avec du hikey yellow en traçant des fines lignes dans le sens de la lame. Afin de donner plus de réflexion à la surface, je fais un éclaircissement principale large et un petit adjacent plus fin. J’alterne les zones de lumière et d’ombre afin de bien délimiter ces surfaces.

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3. Next it's time to roughly block the shadow using hastur purple, on the opposite part of the light and in between them to create a play between light and shadow. The consistence is a bit more diluted than a basecoat but not as light as a glaze, we will refine the transition later.
Je bloque rapidement mes ombres avec du hastur purple bien dilué à l’opposé des zones de lumière afin de créer ce jeu d’ombre-lumière qui va donner l’effet métallique à la fin. Le but est de vérifier que les alternances fonctionnent avant de travailler plus détails l’effet.

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4. Seeing that the alternate colours are working, I deepen the shadow with hastur purple pulling my paint toward the darkest point. I started smoothing the transition using despair green diluted to draw fine line between the caribbean blue and hastur purple.
Etant content avec mon esquisse, je renforce les ombres avec du hastur purple toujours en tirant ma peinture vers la zone que je souhaite plus sombre. Avec du despair green bien dilué je commence à travailler gentiment ma transition entre l’hastur et le bleu en traçant de fines lignes.

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5. Second pass of fine line with despair green, some are longer to give a sense of movement to the sharpness of the blade.
Then glaze the transition from despair to hastur purple with despair green pulling the paint from light to the darkest point.
Deuxième passage de despair green avec de nouveau des lignes, je fais attention à ne pas les faire toute la même taille afin de créer de la variété. Je profite aussi de ce moment pour faire des glacis de despair green entre le hastur purple et mes lignes pour affiner le passage d’une couleur à l’autre.

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6. Added some line with caribbean blue for the transition from despair to caribbean, doing some of them longer like before.
Je reprends un peu mes lumières en traçant des lignes de caribbean bleu entre la zone despair green et hikey yellow en tirant certaines un peu plus loin comme précédemment.

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7. With a mix of hikey yellow and white diluted, I follow the edge of the different surface to make them stand out. My line is a bit thick, I took a brush too big, but we'll be able to correct on the next step.
Avec un mélange d’hikey yellow et blanc dilué, je viens marquer toutes les arêtes pour les faire ressortir. J’ai été un peu fort sur le trait, je corrigerai ceci dans la prochaine étape.

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8. Refine the edge highlight with a second pass, I took the time to smooth the line going back with the appropriate colour to correct and refine it. We're starting to see something!
J’affine les arêtes avec un deuxième passage et j’en profite pour reprendre mon trait grossier en corrigeant avec les couleurs adjacentes nécessaires. L’effet commence gentiment à venir.

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9. To reinforce the light point, I took my hikey and white mix and draw very fine line in the middle of the strong line.
Je renforce les points de lumière avec le mélange de jaune et blanc et trace de très fines lignes au milieu de mes points de lumières principaux.

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10. To soften the white edge highlight, I lightly glaze hastur purple and caribbean blue on the edge following the colour on the blade. I went a bit too far around the hand as you can see.
Afin d’atténuer les arêtes trop blanches, particulièrement dans les zones plus sombres, je fais des glacis d’hastur purple et caribbean blue selon les zones concernées. J’ai été un peu fort sur la partie haut du glaive, bien visible sur la photo en gros plan.

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11. To give some reflection in the shadow, I sketch some light using magenta and white under or over the main light point. This will give some interest in the shadow and give an idea of the reflective capabilities of the material.
Pour égayer les zones d’ombres et apporter une certaine brillance à mon arme, je viens faire des points de lumières dans les zones d’ombre avec du magenta mélangé avec du blanc en suivant mon point de lumière sur la surface opposée. 

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12. Smooth the previous sketch with magenta diluted, pulling toward the dark part. You may need a few passes.
J’affine la transition avec des glacis de magenta dilué que je tire vers la zone sombre en plusieurs fois.

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13. Time for the light point! Using diluted pure white I trace a very fine line in the middle, add a bigger point next to the edge where the light would catch on.
C’est le moment des points de lumière finaux. Avec du blanc dilué, je reviens sur mes zones de reflets en traçant une ligne fine au milieu de l’éclaircissement, j’ajoute un point plus gros sur la partie directement à côté de l’arête.

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14. That's purely optional but I like to add scratches on my nmm to give it a more "realistic" look. Using a mix of purple and black I draw some lines around the edge where scratches would come.
Ces étapes sont purement optionnelles mais j’aime ajouter des égratignures afin de leur donner un effet d’usure. Avec un mélange de violet et noir, je réalise des traces réparties sur les zones qui s’abime.

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15. To finish the scratches, underlines the dark line with pure white, pulling the line a bit further than the black to give it some definition. I also add some lines just of white to do lighter scratches.
Pour finir, je viens souligner mes lignes sombres avec du blanc pure, en tirant la ligne un peu plus loin que celle de noir afin de donner l’impression de profondeur. Je fais des marques plus claires avec simplement des lignes de blanc.

And there you go, full step by step of my magical blade, hope you enjoyed this read and feel free to comment down below!
Et voilà, un tuto de plus ! J’espère que vous le trouverez utile et n’hésitez pas à commenter ci-dessous !

This paintjob is a bit more elaborate than before, the idea was to present this piece to the everchosen competition but apparently, it's not a valid mini. I'm waiting on clarification on this, but I'm a bit saddened by this decision.
J’avais prévu d’entrer cette pièce pour la compétition everchosen, c’est pour que ça que j’ai poussé le schéma et mes techniques, mais ce n’est apparemment pas une figurine autorisée, j’attends une prise de position de gw là-dessus mais je dois avouer être un peu déçu.

Anyway, see you soon and as a preview, I'll do a tutorial on the purpl-ish skin also.
Je vous dis à bientôt et le prochain tuto devrait concerner la peau violacée sur mes sylvaneth.

Thanks for reading thus far!
Merci d’avoir lu jusque-là !

Anamnesis

28 Jun 2019

[Showcase] Starting Sylvaneth - Dryads and Branchwych

Hello dear readers!

Busy month and heat mean it has been some time since the last article, but here I am again!
I was planning to redo the design of the blog, but it will come later.

Since I've sold my nighthaunt, I needed a new army for AoS.
I love the sylvaneth aesthetic and the new battle tome announcement plus the arch revenant miniature just convinced me if I ever needed any help. (N.B., I don’t) 

As side note, my mate confidence on painting an army has been boosted with contrast paint, so the new challenge is to finish 1000 points each for age of Sigmar by the end of the year!
Expect to see NMM for this army to keep the organic feel, I’m no Lan, but I’ll try to my best to have a convincing effect.

You saw the first few dryads for testing the scheme on my last two tutorials, the process is still in evolution but it’s getting better and faster.

Here is the complet squad for my first entry! 30 are still waiting to be build… few.

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And the old batch

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Even with the kit being a few years old, I still really enjoy painting them. Cleaning them is another story, removing the mould lines on the branches is a right pain. 
You can play "Spot the difference" between the fresh batch and the last one if you're bored, a few things are different.

Lady of the wood


I started the branchwych after the first 5 dryads, choosing to complement my painting scheme proved to be a difficult task to say the least and I’m still fiddling with it. Many things had to be repainted a few times to find something I was happy with. 

I tried to include as many nuances as possible in the blade, to have something magical.
To differentiate the hand of the blade, I painted a softer wood like birch with a warmer tone, which contrast with the black “hands”. Fuchsia was used for the hair just because the paint is really nice, simple choice!
I made a tiny waterfall on the base to see how it worked after seeing something similar on Instagram, inspiration is everywhere!

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Not everything worked as I thought but the mini is finished! Mainly, the spite is a bit rough.

Hope you stay with me on the road to painting 1000 points of sylvaneth since it's already mid-year and I need to move quickly now!

So, what’s next in the pipeline?
A tutorial on the blade will be made as requested on social media.
I’m also planning on entering the Everchosen competition with my Arch revenant, an article about painting for “competition” standard and my train of thoughts on the subject will probably be written.
As always, if you have any subject you would like to see, feel free to write them in comment!

Thanks for visiting the blog even with no new article and see you soon-ish!

Anamnesis

15 Mar 2019

[Tutoria] Painting a sylvaneth dryad

And here we go, second part on my dryad, you saw the base, time to paint the little twig on top!

Nous y voilà, la deuxième partie du tuto sur mes sylvaneth sur les dryads en elle-même!

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Paint used / Peintures utilisées :

  • Vallejo Black
  • Scale75 Tindalos red
  • Scale75 Sandalwood
  • Scale75 Nacar
  • Scale75 Huldra blue
  • Scale75 Hykey yellow
  • Vallejo Fluo orange 
  • White
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1. First thing first, I undercoat my miniature with grey and do a zenithal highlight with white primer to give some depth, I'm using an airbrush in this case.
Première chose, je sous couche ma figurine en gris avant de faire un voile zénithal avec du blanc pour faire ressortir les reliefs. Je le fais à l'aero parce que le temps est pourri ici.

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2. I airbrush my first colour with tindalos red all around, you may think the zenithal light is useless, but the colour is slightly lighter on the white!
Première couleur, tindalos red sur l'ensemble de la figurine. On pourrait penser que le zénithale de blanc est inutile mais la couleur est légèrement plus claire sur les parties blanches, difficile à voir en photo.

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3. First airbrush light using sandalwood to highlight a few key places, in this case, the face, knees, torso, butt and shoulder.
Premiers éclaircissements avec du sandalwood en choisissant certains endroits précis, typiquement le visage, les genoux, les épaules, le torse et les fesses.

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4. I blend the transition by spraying tindalos red again.
J’adoucis la transition en reprenant mon tindalos et fond les deux couleurs.

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5. Next is airbrushing the black, I keep this for the claws, feet and end of branches only. I messed it up and sprayed some black on the face though.
Je travaille les parties noires en sprayant les extrémités comme les griffes, les pieds et la fin des branches. J’ai d’ailleurs un peu raté la transition.

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6. Last airbrush step to highlight my sandalwood part with nacar trying not to go overboard.
Dernière partie à l’aérographe, je fini mes éclaircissements avec un léger passage de nacar sur les parties travailler avec le sandalwood.

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7. Time for a big wash of diluted tindalos red to give reddish hue to the body. Don't let it pool too much though.
Il est temps de passer un gros lavis de tindalos red dilué tout en faisant attention à ne pas le laisser trop s’accumuler.

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8. Time to highlight the body, with sandalwood drawing thin line toward the lightest point of your highlight
Je passe au pinceau et reprends mes zones claires avec des fines lignes de sandalwood que je tire vers mon point le plus claire.

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9. And again for the final highlight using nacar, doing thin line again. I'm also painting the leaves, I'm using a mix of huldra blue and hikey yellow.
Je recommence avec du nacar cette fois, je profite également pour peindre le pagne de feuilles avec un mélange de huldra blue et hikey yellow.

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10. Highlight the leaves adding yellow to the previous mix.
J’éclairci les feuilles en ajoutant du hikey yellow.

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11. Final light by adding more yellow, it should look almost greenish.
Et encore un fois avec plus de jaune, le mélange tire gentiment sur le vert.

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12. Wash the recess only and the in between the leaves with pure huldra blue. I'm using this step to paint all the part received the orange with pure white, the fluo paint don't cover well and work better on a white base.
Je fais un lavis d’Huldra bleu uniquement dans les creux, afin de finir les feuilles. J’en profite pour peindre toutes les futures zones orange avec du blanc pur, les peintures fluo n'étant pas couvrantes.

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13. Fun time! Apply your orange fluo on the white part. I glaze around to eye to create a small glow.
La partie sympa ! On vient repeindre toutes les zones blanches avec de l’orange fluo, je fais également un léger glacis autour des yeux pour créer un effet de lueur.

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14. I highlight the orange adding white and painting a few key spots to create some lighter part. If the white is too strong I glaze back some orange to smooth the transition.
J’éclairci mon orange en ajoutant du blanc afin de créer des variations sur les zones des runes et yeux. Si le blanc est trop violant, je reprends la transition avec un petit glacis d’orange.

And voila!
Et voilà !

I hope you've enjoyed it and find it useful!
J'espère que vous trouverez ce petit tuto utile!

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Retrouver mes t-shirts sur Redbubble !

Until next time!
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