Saturday, July 7, 2012

OSL Adventure

So I piddled around on Battlefield 3 tonight (PC gaming is my single greatest vice) and wasted precious time I could've spent on my warlock.  Knowing this made me guilty, so I set to work on my OSL version of the Isle of Blood skaven warlock.  I took a few pictures of the proceedings, so I'll attach them for your perusal and judgment.

The end result is somewhere between satisfactory and pleasing for me.  I could possibly have spent more time blending, but a more important observation was that, as the time drew on, I paid less attention to moving the highlights back toward the light.  I think it's pretty telling in the final product, but for future efforts with OSL, which I believe there will be many of, I will have noted this point.  At any rate, here are the painting sequence pics:





And here are the pics with OSL "done".  Feel free to let me know what weaknesses and places for improvement you see.





 

2 comments:

  1. looking nice the blue in the cracks for the weathering was a surprise but it looks nice.

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  2. Thanks! It was a learning experience and as with all of my stuff, I see room for improvement. Some things I noted:

    Hightlight back toward the light source sooner, creating a more drastic gradient.

    For warpstone, white isn't the optimal highlight color. I need to experiment with a saturated yellow.

    While I like the high intensity look, the light sources themselves seem lost, so this warrants some thought going forward.

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