Painting technique experimentation
A 4Ground dwarf
The last model in my first go around with shaded basecoat is the 3D printed dwarf from 4Ground. While dwarves aren’t necessarily my go-to the fact that this was a resin print quickly put it to the top of my queue just on a new-and-exciting vibe alone. This is the last model before I take another look at the videos for shaded basecoat, and the results I’ve gotten, and aim to change my approach to it to see if I can make it fit from a continuous quality improvement perspective.
First up the zenith/pre-shade primer and then the base colours.
Then establishing highlights followed by shading.
Then going at it with glazes and the like the tune the shadows and highlights, attempt to smooth out the transitions (I think I need to do some work in earlier steps to make this more likely to be successful), details/cleanup and a matte varnish.
Next I’ll need to base him, after I decide what to do with the base, and take some higher quality pictures. Those won’t be zoomed so far in as these since they’ll be display pictures and not quick progress shots which I also use to get a better look at the gradients and blends 🙂
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