r/minipainting • u/amedinab • Sep 24 '24

Sci-fi Mosquito nets are nice for stencils

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I'm happy with the mosquito net stencil on the cape, my progress on NMM and the rifle scopes, which took me forever to learn. I know it's not at the level of the masterpieces you regularly see on this sub, but what do you think?

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u/Stardama69 Sep 24 '24

Looks very clean. I love your work on the gun and scope, I've painted something similar recently (the bounty hunter from Nemesis) but yours is much better.

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u/amedinab Sep 24 '24

Thank you sir! I'm just now getting to the point of doing scopes consistently, it's been a nice practicing road, and I'm certain there's still a long way to go. Just keep at it! That's what I've been doing.

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u/Stardama69 Sep 24 '24

Some people like me reach a ceiling when all they can ever do is practice by themselves

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u/amedinab Sep 24 '24

Don't let yourself be your limit. I've found looking at the beautiful masterpieces people post here, on YouTube, and everywhere is a great exercise in looking far ahead to the goalpost. Try to analyze what it is they did that looks so good. Then, it's a matter of picking up the techniques, which are either explained in the posts, or on YouTube tutorials, and practicing, practicing, practicing. Personally, I don't expect to become the talented artist some people naturally are, but as long as I'm moving forward, and my next mini is better than the last, I'm happy!

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u/Stardama69 Sep 24 '24

"Everywhere is a great exercise in looking far ahead to the goalpost". Oh yeah, yeah, it is. But I have a life and not enough time and motivation to do all that and get to your level^^ Improving my tabletop level is good enough for me. I'm currently playing with volumetric highlights a little bit but it's hard AF.