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Offline TaraGreen

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TaraGreen paints
« on: April 30, 2023, 03:18:13 PM »
Here's a pic of my latest painting project: An entire 40k army, sororitas, painted as a birthday present for my favourite hobby store owner  :biggriin:


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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2023, 03:40:23 PM »
Thats awesome, what a good birthday gift!

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2023, 08:06:08 PM »
Looks very well done, congrats! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2023, 09:17:20 PM »
Very nice job!

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2023, 07:32:54 AM »
Thank you!

Here's my current painting project, a gift for a friend's marriage in July, miniatures from the board game Familiar Tales:


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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2023, 09:37:49 AM »
Ah!  And the answer to my question on the other thread appears here. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2023, 02:14:17 PM »
Almost done!


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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2023, 12:41:41 AM »
Cool. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2023, 07:18:10 AM »
Cute miniatures. Im hoping you'll post a pic of the fox once your done.

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2023, 11:30:07 AM »

Thank you. Of course, I'll post a pic of the fox. Not sure if I get to paint it today though.

Someone told me the eyes of the miniature above were "a bit too much". What do you think? Should I leave it that way or change them and make them a bit smaller perhaps?

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2023, 12:47:23 PM »
Someone told me the eyes of the miniature above were "a bit too much". What do you think? Should I leave it that way or change them and make them a bit smaller perhaps?

When you look at most creatures, it is almost impossible to see 'the white in their eyes' the treeman is a forest creature with eyes advertising where they are.  That is rare in nature (read: we think off that as odd. :happy:).  A small hint of them being eyes (dark brown or just black) would do the same trick without the overwhelming koala look. :smile2:

but, while that is said:


There is no right or wrong in fantasy  :closed-eyes: (read the words of SteveB below)





Very well done those sisters! It must be a particular nice shopkeeper to treat him like that!  :engel:

Keep it up!




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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2023, 04:45:51 PM »
To add to what Henerius has said, in real life if you look at a photo of a human to the scale of a 28mm figure you won’t see the whites of their eyes. I think in the past sculptors, trying to show how good they are, have made the effort to show the eyes of their figures and as a result the eye has become slightly over scale. Painters realising that their figures have the eyes sculpted have then made the effort to try and paint them. Over the years its expected that figures have eye sculpts and that they are painted.

Whether or not you paint eyes or how you do them is a whole new ball game and not relevant here.

You have painted eyes on your treeman and if you are happy with what you have done they are perfect. All I would say about them is that eyes are sunk into the head so that your eyelids can pass over them and I would suggest painting an outline round them – either a human eye shape or keep it circular as the sculptor appears to have done on the figure. Black across the top and dark brown underneath.

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2023, 03:45:37 PM »
That's a nice job. The size of the yes is pretty much up to you, I'd say. :)

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2023, 09:31:04 AM »
Thank you so much for commenting. I still haven't decided what to do with the forest man's eyes yet.


Highlighted the skin of these guys instead, and will continue painting this afternoon in our club.



Maybe I can add a freehand on the parts painted with Ushapti ... our club's logo, for example.



What do you think? Too difficult?  :unsure:

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2023, 11:02:35 AM »
I think you can do it! :icon_cool:
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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2023, 08:27:33 PM »
Almost done with these two miniatures of the boardgame Familiar Tales:


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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2023, 09:56:17 AM »
Great work on these!

Talking by experience, my impression is that you are at that point where you can easily increase your painting level by risking a bit more with certain techniques.

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2023, 05:08:31 PM »
Tell me more! I'm always open to suggestions and happy to improve!  :happy:

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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2023, 08:55:47 AM »
I am talking by my own experience running painting courses in Spain and here in Belfast (where I live now). I can see you are accurate, good brush strokes, very neat looking minis and overall, your minis have always a good finish.

I would start working on highlighting, as seeing you have the potential, you are at that moment when you need to risk and try go further when highlighting to take your minis to a different level. This is adding depth to any colour you use, and you get to that through a controlled darker base.

As an example, if you want to paint red (say Mephiston red for example), You don't start with that colour just like that. Try mixing Mephiston red with a dark brown such as Rhinox Hide or similar. If you have a wet palette, which is something I highly recommend, you can visually "measure" the level of contrast you want the base to have with respect to the main colour (Mephiston) high, medium or low contrast.

Then, as you are using a "darker version" Mephiston for the base, when you start with Mephiston, you will not cover the base entirely, you will always leave a bit of the base colour visible to get the depth you need, and by using always the same (main) colour, you get a much more organic look.
Then you will add Blazing orange or similar to Mephiston gradually with every highlighting step, and paint a smaller area with every step, always leaving the previous step visible, if that makes sense.

This principle applies to any other colour.

I hope this isn't too confusing. It's always better to see it done, but I hope this helps. : )
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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2023, 08:46:55 AM »
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain in such a detailed way what you meant. I'm going to try that next time.

Here's a picture of the fox I finally finished. It belongs to a boardgame called 'Familiar Tales'.


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Re: TaraGreen's miniature painting gallery
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2023, 10:33:07 AM »
I like the looks of the fox, congrats! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Re: TaraGreen paints
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2023, 04:56:56 PM »

Thank you, GP!

The Familiar Tales minis for a friend of mine are finished now:









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Re: TaraGreen paints
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2023, 01:21:00 PM »
Some great newly painted figures there! :smile2: :::cheers:::
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Re: TaraGreen paints
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2024, 03:13:17 PM »
Threadomancy already?  :Ohmy:

Here are 6 female dwarves of my dwarf housewives unit, converted and painted:



What do you think? Should I add more?

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Re: TaraGreen paints
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2024, 02:06:28 PM »
Well what is an Old World Dwarf army size