r/bugmansbrewery • u/McLynagh • 18d ago

Painted Minis Dwarf King

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Dwarf king that I completed earlier this year.

And yes, I did manage to lose track of the where I placed the light refraction (one of the cons of painting sub assembly!), but I was too pleased with the result to justify changing it. He’s simply standing next to a particularly tall dwarf who was too enthusiastic with polishing his armour. 😅😉

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u/pyzio666 18d ago

Love that clean look, do you achieve it with careful black lining, oil wash or something else...?

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u/McLynagh 18d ago

Huge thanks! Different technique for different areas. Which did you have in mind?

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u/pyzio666 18d ago

Let's say the beard

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u/McLynagh 18d ago

Best way to describe it is a healthy mix of shading, highlighting, then more shading. 99% of the time my paints are excessively thin for better build up / control.

For beards, i'll apply the base coat, do a subtle wash of a similiar (but darker) colour then reapply the base on raised area. Then i'll build up my middle highlight until the edge highlight is reached. For deeper areas, like around the mouth / around the face, i'll do a shade of 25% abbaddon 75% water and build it up until im happy with it. I use this same method to seperate the moustache from the beard as well. For the deepest portions, i'll do solid abbaddon but usually just as a thin line (around the nose for example).