I feel as though a more stylised approach to representing flames in miniatures, as you did for the second one, is generally a better one because it embraces the fact that it's kinda impossible (as far as I'm aware) to represent literally in a mini, rather than fights against it, but idk. Great painting never the less!
I use a very dark brown at the very edges for the black smoke. I also do tiny specks of black in the yellow and orange to emulate floating bits of ash, and you can also do some white dots and lines in the very middle of the bright yellow. Also remember that fire is unpredictable so don't do everything in the same depth on each edge etc. Yours looks great and I'm not an expert either, just hoping that some tips might help
I a terrible painter but I enjoy watching your videos. I have a sense of guilt even saying this since I have no business chiming in but it appears the first attempt had to much yellow. Good job none the less.
Fire is darker at the source than at the edges. Look at a lighter and see that it is darker near the source of fuel,aka the gas. It's a light blue followed by red, then orange, and finally yellow.
both look great! you're very right though about how they change the contrast to make fire look better in photos. neon paint is expensive and probably not fine enough for minis.
I think avoiding the yellow ochre would have helped. (I think it was called filthy brown?) fire is very saturated and not brown at all. It's a hard thing to render though. The contrast is what makes it lively and that's really difficult to capture, especially when a big part of the contrast is against clear air where you don't actually see the fire at all at the base.
I think I saw someone do a thing with baked in lighting, so the armor would be painted in this case to reflect the light source of the fire. Seems like a pretty advanced technique, but I'd wager you could pull it off!
welll me i ues a liter to see what flame looks like i ues two thing scotch marks on minis well big thing say tanks and two to light my bar a Q or candels to see if the light go out and last glow in dark paint so when i turn light out well do as fire sapost to give light but no heat that be some efet if do that to ho i mack armer red at ege to show its hot but think did that looks good to me post will see
You are way too hard with yourself, I love the result ! btw,have you ever tried contrast-type paints. Their yellow seems stronger than normal acrylic paint?
"more of a chemical reaction than a solid object" - the word you are looking for is plasma. solid is a _state of matter_, as is liquid, and as is gas. If you feel fire is none of the above, you are right, because it is the fourth one, plasma! a chemical reaction is a process, not a state, so you make a category mistake in saying this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)
NOTE: Just learned that my old bottle of VMC Deep Orange has been renamed to Bright Orange.
Knowing you struggle with fire actually makes me enjoy the video more. We can only improve so much if we avoid the stuff that feels hard.
Oh, wow! the greatest miniature ever!
I feel as though a more stylised approach to representing flames in miniatures, as you did for the second one, is generally a better one because it embraces the fact that it's kinda impossible (as far as I'm aware) to represent literally in a mini, rather than fights against it, but idk.
Great painting never the less!
Love seeing Rackham minis. They were SO ahead of their time, and were industry defining.
Your end results look really nice.
Wow! The old school Fire Elemental from Confrontation... Thank you!
Those old Confrontation minis are just amazing
I love your transparency in admitting you hate painting fire despite your many years of experience!
I use a very dark brown at the very edges for the black smoke. I also do tiny specks of black in the yellow and orange to emulate floating bits of ash, and you can also do some white dots and lines in the very middle of the bright yellow. Also remember that fire is unpredictable so don't do everything in the same depth on each edge etc. Yours looks great and I'm not an expert either, just hoping that some tips might help
I a terrible painter but I enjoy watching your videos. I have a sense of guilt even saying this since I have no business chiming in but it appears the first attempt had to much yellow.
Good job none the less.
Rackham Fire Elemental
You do amazing work! I have been a subscriber for years! I look forward to new videos!
Looks amazing.👍
Great job as usual 👏
Engaging painting vid. Would love to see more confrontation figures painted!
Thanks for the video!
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
WOW! looks great! I hope Im half that skilled someday! keep it up!
Fire is darker at the source than at the edges. Look at a lighter and see that it is darker near the source of fuel,aka the gas. It's a light blue followed by red, then orange, and finally yellow.
both look great! you're very right though about how they change the contrast to make fire look better in photos. neon paint is expensive and probably not fine enough for minis.
I think avoiding the yellow ochre would have helped. (I think it was called filthy brown?) fire is very saturated and not brown at all. It's a hard thing to render though. The contrast is what makes it lively and that's really difficult to capture, especially when a big part of the contrast is against clear air where you don't actually see the fire at all at the base.
Just perfect video to watch, before I start to paint my Fire Vampires from Cthulhu Death May Die.
Second version is a huge improvement but it does kinda look like a Cheeto elemental.
I like the second way better, I mean it is a fantasy minifigure after all
I think I saw someone do a thing with baked in lighting, so the armor would be painted in this case to reflect the light source of the fire. Seems like a pretty advanced technique, but I'd wager you could pull it off!
I kind of liked the second better I think.
I remember the Bread Fox, doc...
Any thought about doing a titanium white/yellow oil wash/pin wash, to hit those really deep "low" highlights?
welll me i ues a liter to see what flame looks like i ues two thing scotch marks on minis well big thing say tanks and two to light my bar a Q or candels to see if the light go out and last glow in dark paint so when i turn light out well do as fire sapost to give light but no heat that be some efet if do that to ho i mack armer red at ege to show its hot but think did that looks good to me post will see
You are way too hard with yourself, I love the result ! btw,have you ever tried contrast-type paints. Their yellow seems stronger than normal acrylic paint?
Vallejo makes contrast type paint?
realistic fire demons.... XD
never use black or dark primer for yellows
"more of a chemical reaction than a solid object" - the word you are looking for is plasma.
solid is a _state of matter_, as is liquid, and as is gas. If you feel fire is none of the above, you are right, because it is the fourth one, plasma!
a chemical reaction is a process, not a state, so you make a category mistake in saying this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)