One of the guys I am doing this mini exchange with is from NewZealand. I decided to do his rock base first because I have prior experience with making waves...
Rocks were the first thing to do. I do these first to give the waves depth so if you get rock colors on some of your waves who cares. If it shows through under the blue later then hooray for added realism! The following colors were used for highlights...
Then I shaded down with these colors...
Good enough for now. We'll do more later. Onto the seagull with the following colors for the beak and legs.
Next the feathers with some reference material..,
Back to the rocks with some pigments so they match what we put on the dwarves feet...
Oh noes! I got pigment all over my blue water - oh wait, hooray for depth! Now onto the water...
Good start right? Now the fun stuff! Attach the dwarve and spray it flat then start to work on the froth of the waves with some white stippling...
Oh look, the blue reflections make sense now ;)
It's okay, but now we put on some heavy gloss gel to give it movement and depth!!! When that is dry you drybrush the frothy areas with white, mix white into the heavy gel and stipple it on again to give even more depth!
A lot of glare I know, but in person its amazing :) Now add some gloss varnish to make the rocks and feet look wet, the metals to shine and some satin varnish to the leather to give it that texture...
Done! Can you believe that only took 4 hours?! Basing is fun and doesn't need to be super neat because it looks better and more natural if you are a bit messy.
Next Post: Display pics of this guy :) As always questions, comments and critiques are welcome and remember; you can't spell paint without a little pain ;)
