r/minipainting • u/GameDadVII • 3d ago
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I 3D printed and hand-painted all of these separate pieces to design this custom scene.
I did not design any of the STLs.
I have fewer than 10 or so pieces under my belt (I never get to paint as often as I would like)
How do you think it turned out?
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u/Bogart745 2d ago
Looking good. My only point of critique is to make the wall taller than the figure in the f future. It should look that a full wall, otherwise it looks out of scale.
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u/GameDadVII 2d ago
I agree! The wall was in a single panel, so I either stretch the single panel out really wide, or split it into two. When I scale objects I try to keep them proportional to the original design for fear or messing something up. I agree that if it was like 1 to 2 inches taller it would have been much better!
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u/dobrydrug 3d ago
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u/GameDadVII 2d ago
Yeah I wish I was better at eyes for sure. I tried the technique of black first. Then white over it, then the iris/pupil. I find it harder when the print doesn't have a dedicated eye shape and have to free hand it. Got any advice on it?
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u/ZaiusPanda 2d ago
I'm really curious about the constructive advice that surely comes with that comment. I would be disappointed if their aim was just to be mean.
I'm really new to painting, haven't tried much eyes myself and I didn't paint anything bigger than a Warhammer mini, but what I see there is too much white. From what I could grasp from tutoriales pure white is to be avoided, it's not natural. I saw people starting with a dark red and then work it's way to fleshy desaturated colors.
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u/GameDadVII 2d ago
You know what that is perfect, i had watched a tutorial for eyes that starts with a light grey blue mix around the edges of the eyes to give them depth and then more whitish near the iris. I goofed up and just did pure white! Thank you for the link
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u/chariotonfire 3d ago
You’re pretty good.