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Hi, I don't normally put up minis for painting C&C but I quite like my Vulkan Mini. I had a good time painting him and enjoyed it. (Tau were driving me mental!) I experimented with some simple blending and things.

Gentle criticism and feedback appreciated :-) or any suggestions to make it better.

Love the blending on the flames ect
All I can say is that the green areas look rather flat. highlights maybe?

Good job on the spear, it actually looks hot.

Flames look cool (ho ho), but some shading and highlights on the armour would finish the model off nicely.

Thanks guys - I will get on it - but any ideas how to achieve this? I tried some slight highlighting with goblin green on the edges of the boots and hands and things.

I like how bright He'Stan is. You did a nice job blending the fire tones. I would only recommend you going bakc over the green with some type of highlight. good job.

Maybe try ink washing the armour joins first so you get some easy shading done before you highlight? makes it easier to see where you are going overall, then highlight as you see fit. love how you've done your flames too, they are well done, you could maybe add a small amount of white on the tips and a darker shade where they meet the cloth of the cape this way they'll really stand out, and as you've done so well with them you'll want them to be noticed! :-)

Decent, man that model just has an awkward pose though, composition wise and anatomically it's, confusing.

Is he throwing that spear? Or striding sideways, or what? It looks off balance.

What way is the wind blowing? The motion of that mini is all messed up the cloak makes it look like its blowing from the left to right but the flames on the backpack are the other way, and of course the purity seals on the spear suggest a 3rd direction, or that the spear is being thrown, but that doesn't go with the feet position at all, which are nearly static.

Ugg that's a terrible pose model. You did great paint work on it though.

Good flame colors.