I painted this miniatures sometime in Autumn of 2012. It is a Goblin Warboss that you could only get through the White Dwarf subscription many moons ago. I first painted this miniatures when I was 10, that was when I first picked up a brush, but then I stopped soon after that as I was young and had better things to do! I then thought I should try and re-paint it to give it the nice lick of paint it most deservely needs. I still think there are many aspects of this figure that could be done better, however I most certainly think it would make a ncie addition my Orcs and Gobbos army. They will soon make their appearance on the blog when I start to archive my figures so I have a record of all my lovely plastic and metal figures. The picture quality isn't that great on these photos, however you can still make out all of the fine details.
First: The Before...
As you can see there isn't much in the way of highlighting and shadowing.
This figure for me was very plain to look at, I now knew a lot more about colours on a figure how 2 should contrast and 1 should tie them up. For example, if you have a red and blue, try and have a purple somewhere to tie them in. It is a very good system if you are struggling with your colour schemes for bloodbowl teams or armies.
And now the Afters...
With this figure I tried NMM again on the sword and chain mail. However I couldn't try NMM- Gold because my palette is very limited and I didn't have the colours to attempt this with. At some point once I have perfected the NMM style I will put up a series of Tutorials for all the avid painters wishing to progress their technique, like me.
The before and after posts will become more frequent in 2015 and beyond, once I finish my exams and I have time to paint up my own Tau army. The test figure can be seen here, Test Colour Miniature. Let me know what you think of the re-vamp. Would you have done anything differently, or have you attempted something like this on one of your own minis? Say so in the comments below. Bye for now
Like your work and your blog. I find it to be full of enthusiasm. I like the gobo. Great work.
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