Getting better at NMM

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Project Entry by soapdodger

Time to print and get started

January 19, 2020

Tutoring 7

Skill 7

Idea 7

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I started off by looking for a model to paint. I hopped on Thingiverse and things have improved a lot in terms of selection and quality. Still quite a lot of tat on there though.

I had collected sisters of battle in the past and seen this model, it fit the bill.

The pose grabbed me and I had to download it. This wouldn’t only help with my NMM but may also be useful for female faces which I always make them look quite masculine.

I stuck it into my slicer and did a very quick auto support and a few additions. A few hours later I had a model.

After printing side 1

After printing side 2

Assembled and put on a cork base.

This printed out ok…. a few points of failure though. A part of one of the balls on the back pack didnt print and came out squashed and some of the spikes on the halo didnt print I just evened them off by cutting off the other side.

A few print lines from the angles used If I was going to try for perfection I could have re-printed this. Overall the model is great and is fit for my purpose.

I then printed the longer purity seal sword that came with it. I also didn’t take long enough cleaning this up. Initially I was only going to paint the armour and face.

I sprayed this a brown and then washed it with some brown wash.

After this I came in with the gold colour and prayed this. I was hoping it was going to magically turn into NMM don't think this was required.

These are the only paints I am going to use 2 paints 2 inks.

I based the model in gold brown shaded with sepia ink then black and highlighted by adding white to the gold brown I took the first section. I think this is the only real way of doing this. Taking a part at a time then painting this.

Edge highlighting I think is important I think next time I may shade this as well so it's not as solid all over. You can also see some of the layer lines here.

I then worked on the lower backpack and the halo. This worked surprisingly well. I think this section is one of the best. I think the gradients are to gradual and not dark enough.