I like your fenrishorse. But I notice that you never really quite go all the way with highlighting. Is that deliberate? I look at these and feel like they would really stand out with just another layer or two of bright highlights.
Yeah I am aware of it - the reason is I don't want them to glow in the dark in the traditional fantasy mini painting style, where nearly every colour (even black) highlights to a very thin white rim. It's more of a personal preference than anything (besides lack of skill).
I'm not exactly artistically gifted, so I paint mechanically - I have a technique which involves undercoating the model by hand black or white, basecoating, and for each colour I add a shade and a highlight (sometimes 2 - as on the Doom Reavers blades). That's more or less it - I'm more interested in them fitting in than I am in them standing out.
Vent - thanks for the compliment. Choosing a colour scheme is the hardest part. The Juggernaut warjack (the one with the big axe) is the first model I painted and it took me days - I must have painted and stripped his armour plates 3 times before sticking with this colour scheme. I must also thank my wife, who, as a woman, has colour-coordination capabilities I lack severely as a man.
The colours are Bestial Brown, Scorched Brown, Kommando Khaki and Ice Blue by the way - yes, I still use Citadel paints.
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