by Dave Garbe | Aug 19, 2015
The Elemental King project involves covering him in a bunch of whelps. Some are perched on him, others are bursting forth from his body! Lets look at how I've painted them and added some extra flair too.When working on this scale and around a larger project, sometimes...
by Dave Garbe | Jul 29, 2015
Next up in the saga of the Elemental King, I've got a brief article on his loin cloth. (haha) Not really anything fancy going on here, but I'll cover it nonetheless.Base CoatAs I've demonstrated before, stippling / sponging is a great way to paint leather because of...
by Dave Garbe | Jul 22, 2015
After painting the Mountain King's skin, his stones were the other large task I was faced with. It meant a lot of airbrushing, time consuming edge highlighting and possibly the most tedious task I have ever done in my time painting.All well worth it and along the way...
by Dave Garbe | Jul 15, 2015
Today I'm going to demonstrate the number 1 question I received during the Mountain King project - How I painted his skin.There were a lot of steps to it, but I'll show the ones that stand out. Most of the photos are hi-res so you can click them to get a more detailed...
by Dave Garbe | Jul 8, 2015
Another change I decided to make to the Mountain King was to replace all his finger and toe nails with real chipped pearl.The other thing I'll show off here is using a Dremel to make the process easier.You can see an example here of how it looks when I finished.I had...
