Monday, July 16, 2012

Step by Step Skellietones...

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Today we have a rough step by step on how I have been painting the skeletons.  I don't have any earlier shots than the brownish state of the first image, but I think this gets the point across. :-)

Everything is a bit uniform right now with the colors.  The idea is to create a whole range of colors on each figure...
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Here I am finishing off the bases, and really starting to determine where the reddish, yellowish or greenish colors will play out on the bone sections:
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Now I start to work on the armor and bows:
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By now I have really settled in on what kinds of colors I am building.  I get lighter and lighter with each of the colors.  To keep things from getting too disjointed, I use the same yellowish white to lighten the greens, reds, and yellows.
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By now I have the bows completed enough to do the freehand on them:
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I now enhance the darks, and complete the armor.  I also will use a complimentary color in my darks... for instance, I will used a dark green to darken an area where the light colors are more of a red shade.
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Here are some views of this group painted:
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I hope this proves to be helpful!