My first fantasy figures

[FraNe91]

Hello everyone! I'm new here in the forum and In the miniatures world 
But I've already done some figurines, so here are the pics!

The first three I made


The first three with four others:




I have still to complete the bases, more photos when they're finished!

What do you think? Any suggestions?

[nikharwood]

Very nicely done - and welcome too! 

You could give them a quick wash to accentuate your painting - it'll add a bit more depth & contrast, especially to the flesh.

[robert]

For a first attempt - excellent!

As Nik says, a thinned brown ink wash will work magic on your figures - paticularly the cloak - Nik didn't mean the figures were dirty - they just need a quick brush of thinned ink

check out Nik's links to his Wiki painting guides - loads of good material.

[Fenton]

Very nicely done sir, I would third the comments about a thin wash over the figures to bring the detail out

[Techno]

Good work....And welcome to the forum !
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello! Good job on the figures, but as the rest of the lads have said, a simple watered down ink wash will bring out many of the details.

[Squirrel]

Welcome aboard. Thanks for sharing your photos, very good start with your painting.

Cheers,

Kev

[Leon]

Very nice, welcome to the Forum!

[FraNe91]

Thanks for your replies! 
I've already done the washing with black color, but I suppose it didn't worked so well mainly because seeing all that black thick drops I was afraid they could remain on the figure ruining it, so I removed them... maybe it was just an impresison 

Should I apply the brown wash on the whole models or just on the cloack (I suppose you was talking about the red-brown one)?
Or what wash should I apply?

[FierceKitty]

That chap waving a sword seems to be wearing a tin-foil tunic (?).

[robert]

Be brave - mix one part water with one part brown ink wash, get a nice large soft brush and slosh it over the whole figure.  Black is too dark:)

wait a short while - if puddles of the slosh form at base of cloak or around feet of figure use corner of a tissue to soak it up.

Sounds complicated when written down (like most things) but is dead simples.

[FraNe91]

Ok, I'll try it!
I have no ink now, I have Game Color Beasty Brown, How many parts of color/water should I use?

[robert]

half water and half ink/wash - try it and see what happens.

Maybe need a bit more of either - don't know - never used Beasty Brown!

Like all of life you need to experiment and try things out until you settle on a way of doing things that satisfies you.

I got sucked into trying black undercoat - once - as that is a preferred start for many people - I hated it  - could not see anything to paint

[jchaos79]

They look great, pal!

[Syr Hobbs]

Look good!  and welcome

Duane

[Luddite]

Hi FraNe91 and welcome to the hobby and the forum!

You made a good choice starting with 10mm (god's own scale).

If they're your first miniatures they're excellent!  Far better than my (and i imagine most) first daubings.

I'll echo the advice on the painting though.

Brown ink (mixed 50/50 with CLEAN water - very important its clean - make sure your washing brush is scrupulously clean too...i've been caught out with a bit of metallic paint left on the bristles before...  ).

Wash it all over in a liberal coat. 
When it dries you should be pleasantly surprised how much better it makes your figures look!
For 'grubby' figures you can leave it there, but for brighter figures you might like to reapply a highlight coat to make the bright details 'pop out'.

And as the standard advice to new painters...'thin your paints'.  2-3 thin coats are always better than 1 thick coat.   

[nikharwood]

Bang in some Klear / Futura Floor polish into the mix for a more even (& protective wash) - if you can't get hold of that, just a drop of washing-up liquid will help consistency of coverage as it'll help with surface tension...or something similarly technical. 

[FraNe91]

Thank you everyone very much, I'll try to do this as soon as I can

[FraNe91]

I've tried with 50/50 brown paint/water but the result looks too brownish to me, expecially the sword, the hand  and the cloak (it was supposed to be reddish, now its too brown).
Is it normal or did I something wrong? Or should I do something more? Some drybrush maybe?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Dry brush over that, it will work out fine. ink has different qualities to paint, so i would dry brush the weapon definitely.
I usually use a black ink on weapons unless you  want a rusty effect.