Reply To: Hobby Weekender 21/6/19 – The Shortest Night of the Year

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I got myself a few cheap big brushes from an arts and crafts store.

I did a second attempt with contrast paints and taking the lesson learned during the friday hobby stream : sloppy with a big brush …

Left to right (flash makes everything look a bit brighter than in real life) :

1. original attempt with armypainter and (too many) layers of lava orange mixed with fur brown (IIRC).
   No shading visible. A wash would have toned down the colour and fixed that.
2. original attempt with contrast (Gryphon Orange) now with a second layer.
   Definitely more orange, but not quite the effect I want (too brown).
3. new attempt, single sloppy layer of contrast using a big brush. The mini had a single layer of lava orange, but I doubt it had any effect on the result.
   It is more orange, but not bright enough for my taste.
   It does have a bit of shadow in the recesses, which kind of shows the contrast paint works as advertised

Summary : definitely need a white undercoat for what I have in mind.

 

Niantic has released an Pokemon Go equivalent set in the Harry Potter universe (and as we all know Pokemon Go was based on the Ingress ar app).
The idea is the same, except now you’re casting spells at stuff instead of catching little monsters.
There is a bit of voice acting, but I doubt they’ve used to original actors for Potter & co (then again they may have the budget).
It is a bit more interesting as it isn’t a simple swipe to ‘throw’ a ball at something. That does make it more complicated and difficult as well.

As with the Potter movies it is a bit confusing to see different names in the subtitles/text compared to the audio.